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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1973
Page
1
President Nixon revived key private pension reform proposals in a message to Congress. He favors vesting of benefits with five years to full vesting and suggests a separate retirement savings program with tax benefits. He rejected union demands to allow portable benefits.
Snowbound Iowa lawmakers return to desks as Gov. Ray outlines a revised 1973 75 budget with an $87 to $100 million windfall. Major one shot items include $28 million to pay Vietnam veterans a cash bonus, plus funds for a new power plant, road and law enforcement projects, and adjustments to offset lost federal money. Recurring allocations cover special education tax relief and state programs.
Government negotiators weighed an American Indian Movement proposal to disarm at Wounded Knee based on a Sioux religious vision. The plan would seal weapons in a tepee with a sacred peace pipe as security, and any crossing of the pipe would be a mortal sin per beliefs.
Daniel Ellsberg testified for a second day that his career aimed to defend the United States. He outlined work from 1958 to 1969 as a consultant to national security agencies and trips to Vietnam, explaining why he released the classified documents. Co defen dants Anthony Russo and Ellsberg face theft conspiracy and espionage charges tied to the 1969 leak.
A 387 vehicle convoy breached the Communist blockade on highway 4 linking Phnom Penh to Kompong Som seaport adding food salt lumber cement and machinery to the capital under heavy U.S air cover. The move fuels talk of a possible halt to a petroleum airlift as shortages strain the city.
Iowa continues reopening after a severe April snowstorm that killed at least 13. Highways and many roads are clearing but remain rough with one‑way sections. Snowplows face breakdowns and traffic, while schools stay closed in rural areas. Officials warn flood risk as temperatures rise and costs mount. Johnson county reports most roads open. Decorah and Cedar counties ease, but some routes remain blocked and budgets dip.
Environmental Protection Agency head William Ruckelshaus granted a one year extension of the 1975 auto emission standards with interim rules requiring some use of catalytic converters. The plan sets 1975 nationwide 15 grams CO per mile and 1.5 grams HC per mile with California at 90 grams CO and 0.9 grams HC. The 1976 target remains 90 percent reduction. the catalyst phase in is to be phased in gradually to limit disruption.
U S intelligence reports that about 1000 tons of North Vietnamese artillery shells and ammunition were sent into northern South Vietnam last week. Estimates claim 700 North Vietnamese trucks used the Ho Chi Minh supply trail in Laos in the same period, with most materiel expected to reach South Vietnam.
Cedar Rapids street crews pressed through heavy snow with little sleep since Sunday night. Most main roads opened to two lanes though bottlenecks remained on avenue NE between Fiftieth Street and Blairs Ferry Road. Commissioner Richard Phillips said crews worked long hours and faced abuse, yet did a respectable job under tough conditions.
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