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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1969
Page
6
A letter writer questions why the military industrial complex speech by Barry Goldwater and remarks by Spiro Agnew were not widely reported. The piece explains editors prioritize reader interest, space limits, and competition, noting coverage varies by region and time.
The 1969 floods were battled with early warnings from the Weather Bureau and USGS, swift federal action under Nixon, and March efforts by the Army Corps of Engineers. About $8 million in temporary levees and control works spared an estimated $145 million in potential losses, though long term prevention remains essential.
Washington congressman L Mendel Rivers, chairman of the armed services committee, faces scrutiny over using air force planes and taxpayer money for five secretaries to take an overseas trip. The 5,788.62 cost covered Spain Italy Germany England stops with housing study claims, later deemed secret. Rivers deflects questions, citing national security, while chief counsel Blandford defends the expenses and salaries.
In an April 25 incident Cedar Rapids firemen answered a neighbor’s call to a home fire. They battled heat near the barn within 40 feet of the house and entered when safe, protecting the home with professional care and courtesy. Mr and Mrs James W McCann thank the firefighters for risking their lives and saving their home.
In a Senate floor speech on April 16 Senator Barry Goldwater criticizes press coverage gaps. He notes a scholarly analysis on the military industrial complex was well received in the chamber but ignored by Washington reporters. He cites Paul Harvey on Fourth Estate integrity and urges better citizen information.
The speaker praises the teachers union for creating city talent centers and urges community involvement. They emphasize identifying and nurturing talent amid automation and call for support from benevolent service clubs and volunteers to brighten the future for local children.
Cedar Rapids officials denied a bus fare increase as council members voted 3-2. The plan would raise token rates from three for 50 cents to four for 75, with Stewart Shank Don Gardner and Bob Johnson voting yes and Mayor Jim Meaghan Swede Halvorson voting no.
Ten to thirty years ago a collection of commodities totaled nearly 19 tons. Dr Dudley Crafts Watson of the Chicago Art Institute presented one of his famed music picture symphonies at the Cedar Rapids Art Association gallery in the public library.
William Rogers warned that the powerful must be restrained while the weak can be rash, but the piece argues the rule applies only to half the world the Free World, not to the Soviet Union. It cites the Pueblo incident and Soviet actions in Egypt and Czechoslovakia to challenge the double standard.
Analysis of New York City politics centers on Mayor John Lindsay and the black white dynamic in the ghetto. Dem hopefuls include Mario Procaccino Wagner Scheuer Badillo with Wagner steering toward old union backing. Lindsay faces a choice between a law and order backlash and machine politics as the fall race shapes national political signals.
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