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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1968
Page
2
New York columnist argues a luxury tax is a political danger yet urges a 10 to 20 percent levy on genuine luxuries to protect the currency. He cites British tax policy, opulent U.S. spending, and quotes from Wall Street ads to illustrate affluence and potential tax backlash.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson appoints Barbara Castle 56 for the British cabinet position of secretary of state for employment and productivity. The former transport minister becomes the sixth ranking minister, noted for his description of her politics as red as her hair.
Jacqueline Thaler of 2121 Linden Drive SE is elected for initiation into Sigma Epsilon Sigma, the national honorary society for freshmen women at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
A traditional kitchen tip advises using the same amount of buttermilk to replace sour milk in recipes. The substitution is claimed to work equally well for the expected texture and acidity balance.
Mr and Mrs Steven Hoth of Eagle Butte South Dakota will arrive Wednesday to visit Dr Hoths parents Mr and Mrs Frank G Mary of 3109 Bever Avenue SE They will also visit Mr and Mrs Donald Hoth of Lamont, the other set of Hoth relatives.
Keith Bean and Miss Elizabeth Splinter won first place in the Howell movement at Welty Way Sunday evening with Mary Egan and Jim Nash of Iowa City taking second. In the master point game part of the Mitchell movement at the YWCA on Saturday evening, North-south winners were Mrs. Robert Smoker and Clyde Nowlin first, DeVere Hirt and James Weikart second. East-west winners were Mrs. Richard Nassif and Mrs. Robert Water first, Robert Otto and Mike Huddleston second.
A color TV special titled Win with the Stars features Gisele MacKenzie and Paul Lynde as guests. It airs at 6 p.m. Monday on Channel 9.
A Sunday art auction at Temple Judah realized around 4000 dollars. Sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Bnai Birth to fund community philanthropic projects, works came from the National Art Auction Gallery Inc New York. In the preview Mrs Hirschel Katz and her husband were photographed with another couple.
Eight marketing club members from Riker College in Houston Maine traveled to New York for a week of job interviews with major firms. They reported offers to two students and noted average starting salaries around 7200 with dream earnings up to 50 000 a year. The expedition cost about 150 and highlighted the pressure to justify college costs to their parents.
Miss Patricia Loring daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Loring pledges Delta Phi Sigma sorority at the University of Dubuque.
Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr quoted her husband stating a man must have something worth dying for to be fit to live and that it is not how long you live but how well you live. The remarks were delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, AP reported.
Miss Nancy Louise Conrad and Marshall Glenn Hugo exchanged nuptial vows in Christ Church by the Sea Newport Beach California. The couple celebrated with 175 guests at the Sheraton Beach Inn and planned a honeymoon in Acapulco Mexico before settling in Corona del Mar.
Mr and Mrs Tom Quigley of 208 Wilson avenue SW returned home Sunday after a visit lasting three months in the South.
A 15-year-old, Oliver Knussen, conducted the London Symphony in a 25 minute four movement symphony without a baton. He received mixed reviews though audiences cheered with ten minutes of applause and five curtain calls at the Royal Festival Hall. Oliver is the son of Stuart Knussen, principal bass player for the orchestra.
The Pro Divorce and Solidarity Movement failed to enter five Milan seats in the May 19 general election as papers arrived 59 seconds after the 8 p.m. deadline. Angelo d Alessio led the filing, which was submitted to the senatorial office by mistake. The delegates raced to the chamber of deputies office but arrived too late. He plans to appeal to Rome’s central election board.
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