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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1971
Page
5
Television Today previews a three part CBS investigative hour Some Are More Equal Than Others focusing on legal aid for the poor and disadvantaged. The documentary examines equality under law, bail, jury selection, and detention with jurors from a Black Panthers trial offering reflective insights.
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Vice president Agnew voiced misgivings about the U S table tennis team's tour of Communist China at a Williamsburg Republicans meeting. He questioned the thaw in China policy, noted U S commitments to Taiwan, and argued home praise of Chinese living conditions could be misrepresented. He also said one team member seemed to align with communist rhetoric and defended late-night talks with reporters.
LOS ANGELES AP The judge in the Sharon Tate case denied defense motions and formally sentenced Charles Manson and three female followers to death for seven murders. He called the deaths utterly senseless and said the death penalty was appropriate and compelled by the case. Tate, a film actress, was slain with four visitors in 1969, followed by a copycat killing the next night of another couple.
A 41 year old Cedar Rapids man Roy Wilson of 220 Ingleside drive SW was hospitalized in fairly good condition with second and third degree burns to face neck and hands after a carburetor blew up while he was working on a car in a salvage yard on Monday afternoon Mercy hospital admitted him for treatment.
Des Moines Governor Hubert Ray wrote Postmaster General Winton Blount urging serious consideration of a commemorative stamp for Carl L. King, Fort Dodge band master who died March 3. Ray called King one of the world's most colorful and dedicated musicians in his note requesting the stamp.
The Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to Daley patronage in Chicago, clearing the way for a lawsuit by Michael Shakman against Mayor Richard Daley’s machine alleging public employees must fund and work for Daley’s organization. Shakman claims 8,000 to 30,000 workers are involved.
Democratic chairman Lawrence OBrien and six senators will discuss Indo China on a 30 minute ABC program titled IndoChina: Another View. They challenge Nixon’s policy and seek faster U.S. disengagement, noting stations rejected free time and appeals to the FCC follow.
Sen Charles Mathias warns rural health care shortfalls threaten small town life. He cites Hurlock Maryland and Dyersville Iowa as examples, noting underused facilities and empty beds due to doctor shortages and aging rural physicians, urging legislation to improve emergency services and recruitment.
Julian and Sine Blackwell aged 1 and 12 discovered a live 20 pound World War II bomb on a Braunton beach. The children wrapped it in paper and carried it home before police were alerted. army experts defused the device. Rosemary Blackwell described the moment as shocking but not frightening.
A two day event at Coe College hosts a student law conference titled The Student the Law and the Private College open to students administrators and interested persons. Workshops cover Due Process Substantive Rights and Legal Access with experts from University of Iowa Law School University of Iowa and local attorneys speaking at scheduled times.
College professor Malcolm Peel has been selected for a $12,000 Guggenheim research fellowship for the 1972-73 academic year. Peel, chair of the philosophy and religion department at Coe, studies translations of ancient Nag Hammadi writings, key to early Christianity. He recently declined a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to accept the Guggenheim.
Near ideal fieldwork weather last week boosted farming across Des Moines area. More than 7 percent of the 1971 crop acreage has been plowed versus 40 percent at this time last year. About 80 percent of acres seeded, up from 60 percent last year and 65 percent of the five year average.
United Air Lines filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board to extend its system to Beijing Shanghai and Canton. President Nixon’s leadership toward normal trade with China is cited as motivation by United president Edward Carlson who says the move would make United the first U.S. carrier to offer passenger service to the People's Republic of China.
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