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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1972
Page
8
Safety Commissioner John Oberthien said the Cedar Rapids fire department will keep the snorkel unit on standby to ease manpower shortages. City officials defend efforts to demolish 34 nuisance houses, noting court delays while trustees work through legal steps.
In Baltimore Judge C Stanley Blair granted the government an injunction stopping A and P from paying 15 to 22 percent wage increases to 77 union meat cutters. The workers struck last November with a contract signed November 21. A and P and the union were fined 2500 dollars each in civil penalties.
Hales and Hunter Co., a subsidiary of Cargill, sues Kenneth Herring and Mechanicsville Grain Co., alleging Harold and Sharon Timm delivered a $21,492 promissory note secured by 135 acres of corn which was allegedly sold and converted for private use.
Forks Commissioner Stan Reinis announces Arbor Day observance in Greene Square on April 28 to mark the 100th anniversary of the holiday and the completion of downtown park replanting. Thirteen trees of different varieties will be planted to replace elms affected by Dutch elm disease. The mayor and council members are invited. the ceremony starts at 9 a.m.
Galen B Robertson, 46, Anamosa, was in critical condition with a heart condition in the intensive care unit at Veterans Hospital Town City Wednesday after a one car crash on Highway 151 three miles east of Marion. Deputies say Robertson’s car went off the road, overturned, and landed on its wheels. He apparently suffered a heart attack before the crash. hospital reports no major injuries.
Cedar Rapids city council set May 10 as the bid opening date for the southwest side storm sewer project. The work covers Clive Drive SW between Highway 30 and Twelfth Avenue and aligns with paving on Twelfth Avenue. Estimated cost about 18,600 dollars.
Landladies hosting a group of physical education teachers for a week consider raising rents after noting teachers eat twice as much as others. Eric Pollitt, secretary of the town hotel and guest house association, says the group has the appetite of a horse at normal times.
White House aide Peter Flanigan agreed to testify on Wednesday to the Senate Judiciary Committee about his role in hiring outside consultants for the Justice Department and about a meeting with business leaders tied to Nixon era reforms. He will face questioning on revenue sharing and government reorganization with limited restrictions.
The statement asserts Flanigan is not required to testify about any knowledge derived from confidential communications with the President or with other presidential aides. It frames his testimony as limited to non-confidential matters.
In Chiavassa, a town near Turin, four masked gunmen raided a mail coach before dawn Tuesday. They bound and gagged workers and escaped with $258,000.
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