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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1967
Page
4
UPI reports U S Marines repelled a 300 plus North Vietnamese ambush six miles below the demilitarized zone. In eight hours of fighting 92 attackers were killed. Five Marines died and 65 were wounded. Nearby Con Thien faced three ground and mortar attacks with tanks aiding the defense.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette won the general excellence award for newspapers over 12,000 circulation, plus first in sports, second in editorial page, and third in women’s page at the Iowa Daily Press Association contest. Keokuk Daily Gate City led small papers with top honor.
In Salonika a Greek motorship sank in a storm with six missing after a centennial display train was damaged by about 70 people thought to be Quebec separatists. Montreal police face criticism for not halting the disturbance.
The Minnesota supreme court ruled in favor of six Boerboom family members living seven years downwind from a livestock rendering plant near Marshall. An advisory jury had suggested $11,000 in damages. the court allowed the plant to stay open.
Defense chief McNamara labeled Romney blind to truth in a rocky exchange over Vietnam. Iowa GOP chief Robert Ray suggested the attack could help Romney, while other party leaders questioned the impact on Romney’s presidential bid. Romney defended his record and accused the administration of a credibility gap.
Mayor Flask sought a legal injunction to end a police and firemen walkout in Youngstown Ohio where almost two thirds of officers and most of the fire department were off duty over a wage dispute. Governor Rhodes declined immediate National Guard aid citing unfinished legal steps.
Secretary of State Rusk told reporters the United Nations has an obligation to seek an end to the Vietnam conflict though he does not expect strong UN action. He defended McNamara against Romney’s charges and urged not to engage in pre campaign rhetoric while stressing dangers of abandoning South Vietnam or widening war.
A two car crash near Downers Grove kills ten people including nine family members. Arthur Hoffmeister 28 his wife and five children die along with Mrs Brubaker and Mr Brubaker of Virden Illinois. Ralph Kusnierz of Lisle Illinois also dies. Authorities could not determine cause on the open road.
In Saigon President-elect Thieu said he will be No. 1 in the new government after Ky failed to win control of the South Vietnamese senate. He refused to appear with Ky on NBC Meet the Press, appearing alone or not at all, and asserted plans to be inaugurated Oct 1 with a pause in bombing North Vietnam to push talks.
Mrs Henry Crane aged 55 of 2404 Johnson avenue NW pled guilty Aug 29 to embezzlement by an agent. Judge Warren J Rees gave a suspended five year sentence with probation and a $500 fine after testimony from her doctor that imprisonment could endanger her life. Crane was treasurer of the Cedar Rapids School Employes Credit Union for 20 years until last September, accused of stealing $67243.
Surveyor 5 aims for a precise lunar soft landing with a camera and a small laboratory to analyze soil. Biosatellite 2 carried more than 10 million insects plants and bacteria into orbit for three days to study effects of weightlessness and radiation on biological processes.
A passenger train was stranded by floods near New Delhi with about 200 people Friday as rescue teams tried to reach them. The closest road to the track is underwater, but officials said there is no immediate danger. An Israeli official reported a separate Gaza Strip incident with one soldier killed and four injured after a mine incident and a jeep involved. Two boats carrying food have been dispatched to aid stranded travelers.
Humorous quip notes that reclaiming a single dollar proves tougher than it sounds, playing on value erosion and frugal wit in a lighthearted finance joke.
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