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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1973
Page
1
A violent spring storm dumped up to ten inches on Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa with more snow expected. Businesses, industries, and government agencies closed as workers could not reach jobs. Police reported stranded cars and ambulances, hospitals arranged shifted coverage, and street crews fought fast moving winds to keep up.
A ferocious April snowstorm lashed Iowa with up to 14 inches of wet wind driven snow. Roads were blocked and schools and plants closed as hundreds were stranded and plows bogged down. Officials warned 4 to 8 inches more could fall by Monday night as drifts reached 2 to 6 feet across Northeastern Iowa.
Communist forces fired on two peacekeeping helicopters in the Mekong delta, hitting a South Vietnamese chopper ferrying Joint Military Commission members and forcing a landing at Vi Thanh. The other aircraft carrying ICCS representatives near Can Tho was not hit. Later, Canada weighs withdrawing observers after deaths, while Trudeau rejects a quit gesture. Haig arrives in the region.
Washington AP Congress schedules three days of hearings on the Wounded Knee seizure and the Washington Bureau of Indian Affairs occupation. AIM leader Russell Means expected as main witness as talks falter over arms surrender and Garment negotiation terms.
Pablo Picasso, the Spanish born innovator who reshaped 20th century painting with cubism and distortion, died at his estate near the Mediterranean. He had prepared a Avignon exhibition of 201 canvases produced since 1970, and left a legacy of influential works and a life of artistic upheaval.
Mayor Don ald Canney announced a snow emergency urging residents to stay off streets to let emergency vehicles operate. Twenty two motor graders will work arterial streets for emergency travel only while crews clear roads around the clock until normal travel resumes.
Colorado traveler Carl Pickering recounted a scene at an Interstate 80 rest stop west of Iowa City where stranded motorists shared food and warmth. Families and campers exchanged clothing and blankets while a cheerful, holiday mood persisted despite freezing conditions and long closures.
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