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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1966

Page

17

Grenada Officials Face Court Ordered Civil Rights Protections

Federal sources report eight white men arrested in Grenada for conspiracy to violate civil rights after attacks on Negro children and newsmen. Judge Claude Clayton ordered Grenada officials to protect desegregated schools and criticized local leadership while civil rights leaders plan daytime marches.

Grenada Miss.ap Claude Clayton Oxford Mississippi Highway Patrol Mississippi Hosea Williams Martin Luther King Southern Christian Leadership Conference

U N List by Soviets Hungarians Expected

The Soviet Union and Hungary are expected to make voluntary contributions soon to ease the U N peacekeeping deficit. Informants say they anticipate the contributions will be forthcoming in the next week or two to fulfill general commitments made over a year ago as the General Assembly opens on Tuesday.

United Nations Soviet Union Hungary U.N General Assembly Thant Vietnam Soviet Bloc France U.S

Body of Missing C R Airman Wells Found in Greenland

The body of Cedar Rapids airman Grover E Wells 24 was found on Kronborg Glacier Greenland where he died in a 1962 Neptune crash on a Keflavik Iceland flight His family details and survivors are listed along with a note on the Canadian British discovery and defense department confirmation.

Cedar Rapids Grover E. Wells Kronborg Greenland Wells Aviation Ord Hanceman Keflavik Iceland Defense Department Neptune McKinley School Navy Robert E. Wells Nst Portland Ore Wanda Lee Marjorie Nancy Jacksonville, Fla Bob Donna Carol Roger

Indonesian Team Heads to U.N. Session From Jakarta

In Jakarta General Suharto said a team of Indonesian observers will attend the U.N. session opening in New York. It was unclear if Indonesia would rejoin the world body this year. In Dacca floods, about 50,000 were evacuated by firemen and police after 42 hours of rain. a woman and a child were found dead in a flooded home.

Jakarta Suharto Indonesia U.N New York Dacca Pakistan

Shotgun Fires Injures Four Teens in NE Iowa

Four teenagers were injured when a shotgun discharged Friday evening at the Corcoran home southwest of Hazleton. Patients include Diane Larson 15 Oelwein Jane Beckner 15 Gelwein Curt Corcoran 15 Hazleton and Larry Graf 17 Hazleton who was transferred to Rochester Minn in serious condition.

the Gazette Hazleton Oelwein Diane Larson Janet Beckner Gelwein Curt Corcoran Larry Graf Oelwein Hospital Rochester Minn Graf Miss Larson Robert Larson Miss Beckner Loren Beckner George Corcoran

Peking Moves Troops to Canton to Curb Red Guards

Hong Kong AP reports regular Chinese troops moved into Canton streets to curb violent Red Guards after clashes with local guards. Patrols began Wednesday night with orders from Peking to control Red Guard activity, while reports say violence extended to elderly and property.

Peking Canton Hong Kong South China Shanghai

Neighbors Rally To Aid Man Revealed as Killer

Plains Texas residents circulate a clemency petition for Leamon Lemley a convicted slayer who vanished from Alabama prison in 1944 while serving a 20 year term. He has lived near Plains for two decades as a respected farmer and family man. The petition to governors Connally and Wallace cites remorse and past acts and is signed by bankers officials ranchers and civic leaders.

Man Killer Plains, Texas Alabama West Texas Leamon Lemley Harry Cayce The Plains Record Lemley Cayce Connally Wallace

Pope Plans October World Week of Prayer for Vietnam War

The Vatican said Pope Paul VI will issue an encyclical on Monday dedicating October to a worldwide month of prayer for an end to the Vietnam conflict. The move seeks intensified prayers from Roman Catholics to foster peace as the pontiff continues his efforts to mediate between the warring sides. He has sought talks with U.N. leaders and key diplomats in hopes of a settlement.

Vatican City Vatican Paul VI Vietnam Paul Holy Father Castel Gandolfe U.N Arthur Goldberg Henry Cabot Lodge U.S Saigon Gromyko New York

Chuckle Joke About Gardening Wife and Back Kink

A humor item features a man with a back kink telling his sympathetic neighbor that his wife loves gardening and there is nothing she’d rather see him do. The line delivers a dry punchline on domestic life and humor.

Gasoline bombs ignite blaze in Rhodesia shop block

Africans threw gasoline bombs at a four shop block on Salisbury outskirts Friday night. The fire gutted the building after the attack.

Salisbury Rhodesia

Cedar Rapids Driver Killed At Rail Crossing

Jay N. Dryden 95 of 718 J street SW was killed early Saturday when his panel truck collided with a freight train at the North Western crossing in the 3500 block of J street SW. Police said the accident occurred at 2 23 am as the southbound truck struck the westbound train, causing extensive damage to the vehicle and injuries to Dryden, who died on arrival at St Luke s hospital. The crossing lacks signals or a gate, contrasting with a nearby Crandic spur with electrical warning devices. The Cedar Rapids safety concerns and council discussion are noted.

Cedar Rapids Jay Dryden North Western Railroad J' Street iDryden St. Luke’s Hospital J Street

Tri Quang Ends His Fast After 100 Days

In Saigon AP report Thich Tri Quang the radical Buddhist leader ends his anti government fast after 100 days bowing to Unified Buddhist Church appeals. He remains hospitalized at Duy Tan clinic in weakened condition with asthma weighing 81.5 pounds down from 139. The monk began the fast last June in Hue protesting Ky government and Johnson policies.

Saigon Thich Tri Quang An Quang Duy Tan Tri Quang Hue Vietnam Johnson

Marines Battle North Vietnamese Near Demilitarized Zone

U S Marines from Bravo and Delta companies of the Fourth Marine Regiment faced a larger North Vietnamese force three miles south of the DMZ with air and artillery support. Reinforcements moved in as clashes continued. 80 enemy killed in this action and related efforts in Quang Tri province.

Saigon Hanoi Quang Tri South Vietnam

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