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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1973
Page
11
CBS presents The Adventures of Don Quixote starring Rex Harrison as a windmill knight in a two hour telecast. The critique notes reverence overimposed on drama and sluggish pacing, with British accents clashing in a Spanish setting.
A dense catalog of TV channels and programs lists Cedar Rapids stations 9 KCRG 2 WMT 7 KWWL and others along with Waterloo Ottumwa Rock Island La Crosse Rochester Des Moines Dubuque and national feeds. It includes a mix of news weather sports late night and daypart blocks plus classic shows such as Gunsmoke Bonanza Alfred Hitchcock Theater and daytime soaps alongside NBC ABC CBS and PBS movie slots and game shows.
Widespread flooding followed heavy rains across eastern Iowa with the Cedar, Wapsipinicon, Skunk, and Iowa rivers rising through the weekend. Cedar Rapids’ Cedar River fell below flood stage while Wapello saw a four foot rise. Oxford Junction and Augusta evacuated as crests moved downstream. Road closures included Highway 34 west of Mt. Pleasant and Route 61 north of Mediapolis.
United Press International reports Mississippi River floods forcing 3,800 residents from their Illinois county and at least four deaths across Missouri and Illinois. Crests at a record 42.5 feet loom as river watchers warn the worst is yet to come.
Twenty years ago President Eisenhower stated he was prepared to confer anywhere with any party to achieve peace in Korea.
Philadelphia buys Milwaukee verdigris sludge processed as misorganite for use as fertilizer at Fairmount Park Commission. The Water Commissioner cites nutritious brewery waste and the lack of similar industry in Philadelphia. About 25 tons were purchased last year at $60 a ton.
Columbus safety director orders off duty police to refrain from arresting traffic violators or people in misdemeanors. The move follows anger over an accidental shooting death of a 19 year old motorist frisked by an off duty officer last month.
The Rev. Carl Cook of North Alton General Baptist church kept his promise and ate a live goldfish as 301 worshippers filled a sanctuary built for 150. He started the church in 1964 with 17 members and set other goals including 225 children riding buses to church and a humorous honey and feather stunt for the bus driver.
The court declined to set conditions for withdrawing guilty pleas. It let stand a Washington ruling barring Reader's Digest from sweepstakes promotions. It agreed to review whether Congress members may belong to military reserves under the Constitution. It let stand a lower court ruling allowing school officials to ban the Confederate flag. It heard arguments on court approval of interdistrict busing for desegregation and heard civil rights lawyers against a Southern school board.
A special advisory warns Iowa may see gasoline and diesel shortages during planting. Governor Ray’s committee notes 59 counties hit by the storm face delayed work, with possible long term economic impacts and reduced grain stockpiles. Planting windows are shrinking as farmers weigh late corn and soybean options and risk loan pressures.
New Delhi AP reports the government is studying legislation to outlaw smoking in India. Deputy Health Minister A. K. Kisku told parliament a tuberculosis and chest diseases associations urged a ban and passed a resolution against smoking.
Navy researcher Dr. R C Elton of the Naval Research Laboratory predicts an invisible X ray laser within years with peaceful uses in cancer treatment and materials science while noting others warn it could become a weapon. Atomic Energy Commission's Dr. Thomas Boster also cautions its dual potential and peacetime benefits.
Police found nearly ten thousand dollars in the pockets of 83 year old Peter Marleton after a routine search in Washington Square Park in New York. He refused to leave the bench prompting police to detain him and conduct a search. Marleton said he saved for 35 years while working at a Detroit motor company foundry.
California saw a drop in overall auto deaths but a sharp rise in pedal and motorbike fatalities. Highway Patrol Commissioner Walter Pudinski says 4,426 traffic victims last year, one less than 1969, with motorcycle deaths rising from 34 to 596 and bicycle deaths from 66 to 129 over four years.
A Sunday blaze destroyed a large barn and hog house on the Keith Baker farm seven miles southeast of Sumner in Fayette county. Firemen found both buildings burning fiercely on arrival with no livestock lost. Cause and damage estimates were not yet available Monday.
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