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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1963
Page
1
Pope Paul VI signaled closer relations with Judaism Buddhism Hinduism Islam and other non Christian faiths. He appointed four cardinals to leading roles in the Vatican Ecumenical Council as it reconvenes September 29 after a nine month recess.
After a failed sergeants' revolt, the communist led Workers Command threatened a nationwide strike to defend labor leaders and the right to strike. President Goulart sought to prevent disruption as tanks guard Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro while Castelo Branco becomes army chief amid tense political crisis.
South Vietnam will end martial law at noon Monday and civilian agencies will resume functions President Diem announced. He postponed the national assembly election to September 27 as unrest spread to the countryside. The move drew cautious U.S. approval as Washington stressed watching developments. Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu in Belgrade called for an on the spot UN investigation of the crisis.
Washington AP reports Secretary of State Dean Rusk was said Saturday afternoon to be suffering from a slight cold.
Senate Majority Leader Mansfield hopes to act on a tax-cut bill this year but not before civil rights legislation. The Ways and Means Committee approved an $11 billion tax revision to be taken up Sept. 24 in the House. Civil rights action in the House may follow next month, with Senate timing tied to the bill’s form and possible filibuster.
President Kennedy plans a five day coast to coast conservation tour visiting 12 states making 13 speeches. He will overnight at two scenic areas Grand Teton and Lassen Peak and may add more project stops.
Federal agents closed a two month undercover operation in Miami seizing 10.8 pounds of cocaine with a black market value around 2 million dollars. Three Cuban exiles were arrested and one more sought as agents called the haul among the nation’s largest. Ray Bellinger, district narcotics supervisor, called it one of the biggest in the country.
Joseph P Kennedy father of the President underwent minor surgery at New England Baptist hospital for a skin lesion. He was flown from Hyannis Port to Boston for the procedure and returned home after it.
In New York the liner America remained tied to port with 950 passengers as crew claim racist acts by the first assistant engineer. The National Maritime Union said the blockage could spread to 53 United States Lines ships and that cancellation may be pursued.
CLEVELAND AP Harry S Truman urged home discipline in a blunt address to 1,200 at a $100-a-plate event for Sen. Stephen Young of Ohio. He attacked anti establishment protests and sit ins while predicting Young would seek re election in 1964.
Merwin Coad former Democratic congressman from Iowa resigns immediately from his post as a $75-a-day AID consultant. David Bell accepts the resignation stating Coad served briefly to coordinate food for peace programs with voluntary agencies. Coad cites allowing him to present the facts about past charges and to prepare a fuller report on AID programming.
After 714 months of transmitting experimental data the Explorer XVI satellite has ceased broadcasting from outer space.
British police now believe 14 men formed the gang behind the Glasgow to London mail train heist. Only about 10 percent of the 2.6 million pound loot has been recovered as detectives target remaining suspects and possible overseas cash routes. Police fear most funds left the country by private boat or plane with European contacts aiding concealment and suggest a recovery wait could extend to years.
In Prince Edward County Virginia public schools reopen Monday for over 1,200 Black students after four years of closure to resist integration. Classes run by the private Prince Edward Free School Association will be held in four county leased buildings.
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