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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1963

Page

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Dallas rally turns violent as anti U N demonstrator targets Stevenson

In Dallas after a United Nations day address by Adlai Stevenson a protest escalated with an anti U N demonstrator spitting at Stevenson and a sign strike that knocked him back. Police arrested a man amid the disorder around Stevenson's car while a woman identified as Cora Fredrickson was briefly detained. Stevenson urged calm and helped console reporters amid the chaotic scene outside the Municipal Auditorium.

Dallas U.N Adlai Stevenson Stevenson Municipal Cora Fredrickson Murray Schueth Schueth

UGN Drives Toward 60 Percent of Its Goal in Cedar Rapids

The United Good Neighbors campaign reached 60 percent Friday morning with $183,160 raised since Tuesday and a total of $470,961 in cash and pledges. With 40 percent left, the drive extends for another week and a 7:30 a.m. Thursday report breakfast at the Sunshine Mission.

Cedar Rapids United Good Neighbors Sunshine Mission

Socialist Nenni backs center left Italian coalition

Italian Socialist Leader Pietro Nenni formally urged his party to join a center left government with the Christian Democrats.

Rome Pietro Nenni Christian Democrats

Tito Leaves Amid Bomb Scare Before Departure

President Tito sailed home from New York after a 40 minute delay caused by a bomb threat on the Holland America Line Rotterdam. Police and bomb experts searched the ship with Tito guarded by security as protesters gathered. Tito called his Kennedy talks useful and said they would aid mutual understanding.

New York Tito Coast Guard Rotterdam State Department Kennedy

Truck Clips Rail Bridge Blocks Highway 6

Two truck incidents slowed Highway 6 during a rainstorm. Gordon Booher of Huntington Park California said his semi clipped the Rock Island railway overpass pilings in Homestead, ripping the rear and peeling the trailer. Machinery littered the road as the vehicle skidded down the highway.

Gazette Tom Merryman Highway 6 Homestead Rock Island Railway Gordon D. Booker Huntington Park Calif 149 Marengo Gordon D. Booher Booher

Bulkeley Named To Guantanamo Commander

Captain John Bulkeley, famed PT skipper who evacuated General MacArthur from Corregidor, was named commander of the U S naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba on Thursday.

Washington UPI John Bulkeley Gen. MacArthur Corregidor Philippines Thursday U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay Cuba

Mackay Named Chairman of Coe Board in Cedar Rapids

Donald R. MacKay an insurance executive and 1935 Coe graduate was elected to a two year term as chairman of the Coe board of trustees. Also elected were John B. Turner and Nile E. Cave. MacKay continues as treasurer and serves as vice-president and director of American Reinsurance Co. He lives at 2483 Grande avenue SE.

Collins Radio Employes UGN Armstrong Store James Colbert Cedar Rapids News Donald R. MacKay Cedar Rapids Insurance Coe Friday Coe Board of Trustees John B. Turner John B. Turner and Son Nile E. Cave Westfield N. J National Biscuit Co MacKay Coe National Alumni Assn Grande Avenue Donald MacKay, Jr

Tax Increase Due for Cedar Rapids School Area

Cedar Rapids area residents face a 3.684 mill tax increase in 1963 payable in 1964, with a 1.401 mill drop in Marion district and a 7.034 mill rise for Hawkeye residents within the Cedar Rapids district. Total Cedar Rapids levy would be 102.063 mills. Burrill warned unofficial county levies remain in flux as valuation figures from neighboring counties are gathered. He expects final figures after supervisors approve and promises no expected changes to Friday’s announced levies.

Cedar Rapids Community John A. Burrill Marion Independent Hiawatha Cedar Rapids Burrill Linn County

Shelters Open as Ginny Approaches Charleston Coast

Hurricane Ginny nears the Carolinas with 100 mph winds forcing evacuations along a 100 mile stretch. About 300 public shelters opened to house up to 7,000 people as Charleston urges inland school dismissals and civil defense prepares for potential landfall near Cape Fear Myrtle Beach.

Charleston South Carolina Ginny Cape Fear N.C South Carolina Line Weather Bureau Myrtle Beach S.C Civil Defense Red Cross Donald Russell Columbia Carolina

Woman Shot at Busy Intersection in Des Moines

A Des Moines woman, Anna Mae Jackson, 32, was shot and killed Friday after jumping from a slow-moving car at a busy intersection. A Waterloo man, her companion, is believed to be the shooter and fled the area. Police held roadblocks and later took seven children into protective custody from the woman's home.

Des Moines Anna Mae Jackson Waterloo

Fogg crew recalls 60 hours of hurricane seas

The 10 man crew of the decommissioned USS Fogg described 40 foot swells and 60 to 75 mph winds as their tow lines parted off Cape Henry. They faced limited power, no hot meals, and relied on cereal and peanut butter until rescue. No injuries were reported.

Portsmouth Fogg Atlantic Walter Ganey Norfolk Coast Guard Chilula North Carolina Orange Texas Cape Henry Ganey

Valachi Senate Date Postponed

Turncoat mobster Joseph Valachi’s appearance date before the senate crime probes was postponed. The investigations subcommittee aims for a closed session next week, depending on legislative pressures and other factors.

Washington Joseph Valachi Senate Senate Investigations Subcommittee

60 Arrested in Vice Crackdown

State police arrested more than 60 Thursday night in a vice crackdown on scores of clubs and taverns.

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