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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1969
Page
2
Iowa debate centers on lowering the voting age to 19 to calm campus unrest. State Rep Michel Blouin says riots and draft-card protests would rise if youths cannot vote. Gov Hay and the Senate back the idea, while House leaders delay.
An anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King Jr s assassination sparked peaceful services marches and vigils nationwide. Vandals damaged stores in Memphis during a mass march and a curfew was imposed. In Montgomery a crowd camped overnight awaiting a march on the state capitol. Reverend Ralph Abernathy led the King memorial events in Memphis. Chicago saw limited violence while Evanston hosts a Good Friday service with non violent calls. Demonstrators in Nashville pressed for justice at the state prison grounds where James Earl Ray serves a nine year sentence. Kathleen White urged Congress to declare King a national holiday. Alaska see Bircher activity opposing a national day of mourning.
DES MOINES AP I report notes a resolution for an interim study on motor vehicle inspections. Rep James Klein filed the resolution as his subcommittee was overwhelmed with bills. The effort aims to produce recommendations before the next session, with debate focusing on whether garages or state should conduct inspections. A warning about potential loss of federal highway funds was voiced if no action is taken. The resolution passed on a voice vote.
Des Moines AP reports federal income tax returns run slower than last year as April 15 looms, with about 500,000 more residents needing to file federal forms. State deadline nears April 15. Kansas City regional center handles half the refunds. Nearly $54 million has been withheld. Iowans face roughly $1.0 billion in federal taxes this year, with total state activity rising.
A rural Wilton area crash killed Judy Ki. Foster, 21, Saturday morning. State patrol says a westbound car left the highway, struck a ditch, and rolled. Foster was alone in the vehicle and died at the scene.
Dubuque police plan a slowdown to press for higher wages. Gerald Sjobakken, president of a local association, says several officers will reduce ticketing and traffic enforcement while maintaining response to emergencies. The move aims to dramatize wage demands without halting essential services.
In Prague the Communist party rebuked the Czechoslovak Journalists Union and called for restoring socialist state control of media. The party presidium declared journalism must serve socialist interests, signaling a forthcoming broad reshuffle of editors across newspapers, radio, and television.
Derr, a Winthrop Marine on leave, was charged with reckless driving after a high speed chase on Highway 20. He drove a pickup owned by his father, tried to crash into the REC plant driveway, and rolled over after failing the turn.
Des Moines AP reports a 20-year-old ex security guard named Niccum will face trial Monday for the brutal slaying of -year-old Linda Boothe at the Arnold Palmer Cleaning Shop where she worked alone as a night clerk. Key witness Thomas LaVern Logsdon testified at a January preliminary hearing that Niccum confessed. Former Attorney General Lawrence Scalise had sought dismissal citing possible accomplice testimony needing corroboration.
OSKALOOSA AP Leaders of a black students organization and William Penn college President Duane Moon have reached a pact on a list of demands. The college will push to recruit a Negro professor and make scholarship information more accessible to Afro-American Student Union members. Additional steps to help Negro students adjust academically were agreed. The college refused two demands including immediate group representation on the student council and a demand to admit the group to power.
Legal notices detail amending electrical code precinct boundaries and non metallic boxes within Cedar Rapids Iowa, including Section changes, ordinance numbers, and publication dates. Also notices of probate of will for Lewis O Hepker and a bid takings for city park projects with bid procedures and rules.
Classified notice invites readers to place low cost advertisements in the Gazette using a toll free like number. The item lists a dialing instruction and a contact sequence for placing ads.
A collage of classified notices seeks mechanics, drivers, bartenders, cooks, and farm help. Listings include positions at AR Auto Store, Kelty Radiator Service, Miracle Water, Marti's Car Wash, Fox Theater, Elmcrest Country Club, and Shorry's Gulf. Also seeks architectural draftsman and marketing oriented executives with year round farm labor and livestock duties noted. References and in person applications preferred.
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