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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1964
Page
3
Washington AP Lyndon Johnson walks the White House south grounds with reporters and photographers in tow for five laps 45 minutes while Mrs Johnson shouts for lunch. He delays then shares poll figures and recounts horse riding lore before finally inviting reporters to his office.
At Lorain Ohio the construction site for a golden age center has struck oil three times. Ronald Ashley director of the Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority says the oil is a nuisance and that the authority is not pursuing oil interests. The latest discovery was at 10 feet below the surface. The 10 story center costs 2.2 million dollars and is to be completed by next June. Work began June 15.
Typhoon Ruby struck Hong Kong with 160 mph winds causing at least 15 deaths, 35 missing feared dead, and 250 injured. Rescue teams grapple with widespread damage across the city as authorities monitor the aftermath.
A morning radio gimmick parked a mobile broadcast truck on the Bayshore freeway drawing crowds of curious drivers. The disk jockey and crew broadcast from the truck while a helicopter delivered coffee. Traffic slowed to a crawl for miles before the plan was scrapped.
Washington report from the Public Health Service states diabetes is far larger than previously believed with new data showing well over four million cases in the United States. The disease ranks as the eighth leading cause of death and the third leading cause of blindness, with the exact total still unknown.
Five young people died in a head on crash in Rufus Oregon in the early hours. The two cars carried Utah and Washington license plates.
Cornell University astronomers and the Air Force report a refined Venus day length of 253 Earth days with a margin of five days. Measurements use the Arecibo radio radar telescope in Puerto Rico, noting Venus’ cloud cover makes rotation timing difficult.
The Batiment electoral, longtime host to major global talks, including the 1955 Big Four summit and the 1962 Laos conference, was razed by fire last week. It previously served as the League of Nations headquaters before World War II and hosted the Kennedy-round tariff talks this year.
President Tito cut the opening ceremony of the Zagreb International Fair as exhibitors from Europe Africa Asia and America filled the halls for a two week event. The opening drew officials and visitors from multiple continents to historic Zagreb.
Richard Johnson a 42 year old senior U S foreign service officer leaves with wife and two children for a San Francisco trip sponsored by the state department. The Wally Byam Foundation and Ford Motor Co fund trailers and cars for a two year program to speak on U S diplomacy and renew American ties. Johnson will hand the family to another officer in San Francisco and fly home for Brussels assignment as part of the Community Relations program.
Three New York Teamsters Joint Councils prepare to endorse Republican Sen Kenneth Keating against Robert Kennedy. Vice president John O Rourke resists bringing NYC Joint Council 16 into anti Kennedy efforts, while Hoffa foes push outside influence avoidance. Hoffa met with state officials in Atlantic City amid tensions over Kennedy opposition.
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