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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1968

Page

30

Red Cross To Run Regular Relief Flights To Biafra

The International Red Cross Committee will operate daylight relief flights from Santa Isabel Fernando Po to Biafra despite Nigerian threats. Five planes will carry about 50 tons each, with four donated by Denmark Finland Norway and Sweden and a sixth soon by the Dutch Red Cross.

Geneva International Red Cross Committee Biafra Santa Isabel Fernando Po Red Cross Denmark Finland Norway Sweden

Reservists Plan Suit Over Military Callup in Hawaii

A group of 206 reservists filed in federal court in Honolulu alleging illegal active duty orders. They claim Congress had not declared war or a national emergency in Vietnam, and that their activation violated constitutional rights under a 1966 public law.

Honolulu UPI U.S. Army Hawaii Daral Conklin Conklin Congress Vietnam Baltimore U.S. Supreme Court

Senate Unit To Probe TV Election Coverage

The Senate Commerce Committee plans a study of television coverage of national political conventions to see if guidelines can improve fairness. Chairman Warren Magnuson says complaints cite excessive attention to peripheral events like a delegate’s detainment at the Democratic convention. The study will occur next year with industry participation invited.

Washington Senate Commerce Committee Warren Magnuson D-Wash Magnuson

Groom Escapes With Dowry in French Altar Plot

In Mortain France Colette Viel 19 was stood up by her fiancé who vanished with $900 his promised dowry drawn from her. Police hunt Bernard Aime 21 who disappeared with the money after the failed wedding plan.

Mortain France UPI Colette Viel Bernard Aime Miss Viel

Honey Bees Seen As Hospital Aid

In San Francisco researchers report bee venom has antibacterial effects against penicillin resistant staph. The U S Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory found three strains reduced by a melittin substance equal to 93 penicillin units per milligram.

San Francisco UPS U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Sgt. McDonough Earns Master's Degree on Police Scholarship

Sgt. Kenneth McDonough, 40, earned a Master of Science from St Louis University under a police department scholarship. An officer since 1951, he earlier completed a bachelor's in 1964 after part time study at his own expense. He is married with three children.

ST. Louis UPS Kenneth McDonough Police Department St. Louis University McDonough

British Man Fined After Refusing Train Fare Over Ice Enforced Ride

CRAWLE England UPI John Butcher refused to pay the fare on a London to Sussex rail journey because the coach was unheated and the floor was icy. He faced a court eviction charge and was found guilty, then freed after paying 25 dollars in court costs.

Crawle England UPI John Butcher British Railways London Sussex

Primary Target at Pearl Harbor Was Carriers Says Planner

Minoru Genda, planner for the Pearl Harbor strike, says the primary targets were U S carriers rather than Pearl Harbor. He noted the carriers were out of the harbor on December 7 1941. Genda, an air force commander, was visiting a Fox studio showcasing models of the Japanese fleet. He was en route to a Peruvian parliamentary conference.

Los Angeles U.S Pearl Harbor Minoru Genda Genda 20Th Century Fox Corp Peru

Rookie policeman held in death of 2 year old girl

Midland Texas AP rookie officer Michael Lee Moody was jailed without bond after being charged with murder with malice in the death of 2 year old Lori Margaret Gunn. The body was found in the Walcher home where Moody’s stepfather and ex councilman Jack Walcher lived. The child had been missing for about 19 hours. Moody had just left the Marine Corps last November and joined the Midland police shortly after.

Midland Texas Michael Lee Moody Lord Margaret Gunn Moody Jack Walcher Miltland Harry Gunn Lori Walcher Marine Corps Vietnam Midland Police Department

Cohen sees poverty cut by two thirds by 1980

Welfare Secretary Wilbur Cohen forecast poverty in America has declined from 40 percent in 1930 to under 13 percent today and could be abolished by the end of the decade. He urged expanded education and job training, broader medical care access through Medicaid and Medicare, and addressing hunger to boost learning.

Washington Wilbur Cohen America Social Security

Chicago Convention Canceled by Group

The American Psychological Association canceled its 1972 convention in Chicago protesting police tactics at the Democratic National Convention. The move could cost Chicago about five million dollars in lost tourism from 14 000 attendees, as president-elect George Miller cited strong membership indignation and safer protest options at other cities.

San Francisco UPI American Psychological Assn Chicago Windy City George Miller Association Miller Billy Club

Gazette Classified Box Number Reply Instructions

Murphy employment secretaries advise including the preceding letter in the box number address for responses. Send replies to Gazette box number ads care of The Gazette, 500 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA.

Private Gazette Gazette 3Rd Ave Ave Ber College Cedar Rapids Ava National Oats CO E. C Hanstrom Hurly Tractor CO 7Th Ave Marion Iowa Waterloo Ritter & Rundle Oil, Inc Eastern Seaboard P.O Baker Manufacturing Company P. 0

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