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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1972

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Vernon junior high eighth grade plays Thursday at 7:15

Vernon junior high presents two one act plays in the gym Thursday at 7:15 p.m. The shows include Couldn't I Kiss You Good Night and Run, Robber, Run with casts led by Vernon faculty director Ernest Miller. Public attendance is free.

Vernon Junior High Wendy Walmutt Terry Maginnis Yvonne Pitzen Tom Parman Julie Balcom Ken Thompson John Wicke Pat Swearingen Brad Ciha Tammy Cerney Chris Horner Jim Hinton Patti Tharp Kim Flugga Jeri Brekke Ernest Miller

Riley Praises Productivity of 1972 Legislature

Iowa State Sen. Tom Riley praised the 1972 legislative session as highly productive during remarks to the Cedar Rapids Board of Realtors at the Longbranch. He noted major laws passed, despite a short session, while citing failures on property tax relief city aid collective bargaining and tax loophole closes.

Iowa Cedar Rapids Justices of the Peace Iowa Senate House Riley

Reds Still Mud Slinging At Honored Novelist

In Moscow, Soviet authorities intensified campaigns to discredit Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The Writers Union weekly Literary Gazette published nearly a full page of letters from 15 writers denouncing his novel August, 1914. The correspondents call him a tool of Western propagandists and a traitor who indirectly attacks the October Revolution.

Moscow Alexander Solzhenitsyn Soviet Union Writers Union Literary Gazette

EPA Urges Action on Noise Bill

Washington EPA official urges rapid passage of anti noise legislation to curb urban noise levels. The bill would set federal standards for major noise makers including construction and transportation and require labeling of consumer products deemed dangerously noisy.

Washington UPI Environmental Protection Agency EPA Thomas E. Carroll Senate Carroll

AFL-CIO Urges Pickets Against Price Violations

Leo Perlis of the AFL-CIO urged unions to picket stores and landlords raising prices beyond Nixon price controls. He abandoned a prior restraint policy and told members to act as needed to press for fair enforcement during a week-long community services conference.

Washington UPI Afl-Cio Nixon Leo. Perlis

Firm Is Fined In Rent Hike Case

In Tallahassee Florida real estate firm Futura Inc and part owner Charles S Tunnicliff were fined 250 on each of three counts for raising rents by 60 a month on a ramshackle frame house rented to two students near Florida State University. The fines followed a March 3 conviction under the Presidents price freeze.

Tallahassee, Fla U.S David L. Middlebrooks Aginst Futura Inc Charles S. Tunnicliff Futura Tunnicliff Florida State University

Soviet space talks with U S progress says expert

A Soviet space expert said talks on joint space projects with the United States are moving ahead successfully. The remark came amid broader commentary on effective outreach in business contexts.

Joint Space Progress Moscow The U.S

Selective Service Chief Reassigned to State Post

Curtis W. Tarr, draft director since 1970, is named by President Nixon as an undersecretary of state to coordinate military aid. Tarr, 47, follows Lt. Gen. William Hershey who led the agency for 28 years amid criticism. Congress created the $40,000 a year post under a February law. no replacement named at the selective service.

Washington Curtis W. Tarr Nixon Tarr Selective Service Defense Department Air Force William B. Hershey Hershey Congress

Kissinger Postpones Japan Trip Amid Indo China Crisis

The White House said Henry Kissinger will delay his planned trip to Japan due to the current Indo China crisis. Press Secretary Ziegler stated the journey is postponed to likely the first part of May. Kissinger, President Nixon's national security adviser, chairs the Washington Special Action Group meeting daily since North Vietnam and the Viet Cong intensified actions in South Vietnam.

Washington White House Henry A. Kissinger Japan Ronald L. Ziegler Kissinger Ziegler Nixon Washington Special Action Group North Vietnam South Vietnam

French Urge Peace Talks to Resume

Paris government calls on the Vietnam peace conference to resume without delay to secure a political settlement. North Vietnam and Viet Cong demand Thursday resumption and insist Washington halt bombing. the United States and South Vietnam reject the demand as not serious. The cabinet statement, issued after a Pompidou meeting, stresses a political solution and Paris’s wish for early renewal of talks. The US suspended proceedings March 23, citing lack of serious negotiation from the communists. The Viet Cong warn that persistence of such pretexts by America will fuel opposition to a peaceful settlement and push toward military victory.

Paris United States Washington North Vietnam South Vietnam Georges Pompidou France Leo Hannon U. S Viet Cong

Damage to Cells Tops 210 at Anamosa Reformatory

Warden Charles Haugh reports seven inmates damaged seven cells during a 12 hour lock-up that held 480 prisoners to quell a sit-down protest over hair and beard rules. He says damages total 210 to 250 dollars and inmates will be assessed. A lightning outage at the power house caused by a bolt was not the inmates’ doing, he adds.

Anamosa Charles Haugh Haugh Reformatory

Marijuana Count Filed Against Young C R Man

Steven M. Berry age 20 of 1833 First Avenue SE faced a controlled substance act charge Tuesday. He posted 2500 dollar bond and was released after investigators found a jar of suspected marijuana in his apartment following a Monday fire at the First Avenue address.

Young C.R. Man Steven M. Berry First Avenue SE Berry First Avenue

Ernest Groth 70 Dies in Shellsburg

Ernest Groth 70 retired meat locker operator in Shellsburg died Tuesday funeral services Friday at 1 0 pm Zion Lutheran church Friends may call at Fellmer funeral home Keystone after 1 p m Thursday Survivors include wife two sons Richard of Shellsburg and David of Marshalltown a daughter Charlotte Alden of Shellsburg and 18 grandchildren

Shellsburg Ernest Groth Zion Lutheran Church Fellmer Funeral Home Keystone Richard David Marshalltown Charlotte Alden

Electric Strike Slows Ireland Power Grid

A wildcat strike by Electricity Supply Board plant workers halted most of Ireland's generating stations causing a major power outage. Less than a third of normal supply remained, with 60 percent of current output diverted to emergency services. Domestic users faced up to 21 hours without power as the government barred commercial heating and lighting.

Dublin Irish Republic Electricity Supply Board

Cub Scouts Pack 32 Advancement Awards Ceremony

Members Jerry Cada Kevin Manning Doug Hadish John Schlenk Ted Kurt Pat Valant and Jeff Colbert received advancement awards at a ceremony held at St. Ludmila's school.

St. Ludmila’s School Jerry Cada Kevin Manning Doug Hadish John Schlenk Ted Kurt Pat Valant Jeff Colbert

Two Are Injured in One Auto Accident

Two people were injured in a one car crash on Dupanda road northeast of Toledo at 6 30 am Tuesday. Cynthia Lee Wilson 18 of Toledo lost control on a curve and the car overturned. Passenger Robert W Willson 18 of Marshaltown suffered lacerations and was treated and released by a Toledo physician.

Toledo Dupanda Highway Patrol Cynthia Lee Wilson Miss Wilson Robert W. Willson Marshalltown

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