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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1966
Page
14
CBS and NBC spar over a Sinatra special while Pearl Harbor tributes and competing broadcasts loom. Robert Goulet previews Brigadoon on ABC TV and details a grueling, globe-spanning schedule with stage work, TV guest spots, and a personal dream of quiet years with Scotch and coffee.
The snippet lists television stations in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo with channel numbers and program sections. It mentions News Weather Sports and a reference to Bob Williams, indicating a local TV schedule and weather update segment.
Iowa Governor Hughes addresses the Conference on Children and Youth urging talks with youth on a mature level. He outlines three priorities: education and counseling for emotionally disturbed teens with pardons for rehabilitated felons, raised respect for law enforcement with better training and pay, and expanded outdoor recreation with more parks lakes and refuges in Iowa.
Des Moines AP reports the 1967 Iowa legislature shows close divisions on repealing the right to work act. Gerald Bogan of Iowans for Right To Work outlines Senate votes and House dynamics, citing 22 likely repeal supporters in the Senate and 34 keeping the law in the House, with party and candidate statuses still unsettled. Directors from East Iowa include Adolph Elvers and Chase Fox among others.
Sir Roberts Bellinger, who left school at 14 to work as an office boy, was elected the 639th Lord Mayor of London on Thursday.
Dale Paris of Manchester was chosen master of the Iowa State Grange at its 97th annual meeting in Newton to fill the unexpired term of Loren Murphy who resigned for health reasons. Richard Meyer of Muscatine was elected overseer and assistant steward. his wife became lady assistant steward. Two new executive committee members were named, with Murphy taking a three year term and Arthur Black of Muscatine a one year term.
AP reports 16 year old Johnnie Hook of Buckingham Iowa won grand champion Hereford steer at Ak-Sar-Ben Live stock show earning a record $9,270. Another 16 year old, Greg Wood of Spencer Iowa, took reserve grand champion with $2,273. An Omaha steak house paid $2.25 a pound.
Fragmentary OCR lists artists and labels including Lee Dorsey Amy Smash Philips Columbia along with MGMs Animals and Bob Dylan. No full event or context is clear beyond a mixed list of performers and record companies.
Washington report says the federal farm credit system will indefinitely limit lending to reduce inflation and high interest rates. Priority loans go to essential equipment and farm improvements via land banks and Production Credit Associations, while refinancing existing debt and land purchases face strict limits. Loan activity remains around 4.5 billion annually for short-term production needs and 1.4 billion for land loans.
The land banks and the Bank for Cooperatives are lending at the legal limit of 6 percent, while Production Credit Associations charge around 7 percent. The system sustains about 1.5 billion dollars in annual lending.
The Iowa City Community school board sold 575000 in school building bonds to Halsey Stuart and Co Inc of Chicago in a special session. The net interest rate was 3.9463 percent with total interest cost 278573.75 after 11 bids. Funds will complete West Side high school.
Giacomo Zarbo, 14, died after eating quinces with unwashed pesticides in Agrigento Sicily. The outbreak follows recent poisonings in Oppido Mamertina and Francica where eight were hospitalized in critical condition after bad canned eggplant.
Madison Laboratories asked all buyers to return its anti ivy aerosol spray after reports of adverse effects in children from excessive use. The spray, used for itching from poison ivy oak and sumac, has sold 400000 cans since last April. A lotion form is unaffected after nine years on the market. Eighteen children experienced sleeplessness bad dreams and fever from the spray.
Cape Kennedy AP reports NASA set the Gemini 12 liftoff for November 9 after a Thursday rescheduling due to weather and technical checks.
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