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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1971
Page
6
Peter Smith leads efforts to remove 5,000 elm stumps as part of Edar Rapids battle with Dutch elm disease. The long campaign to curb dead elms enters a new phase with staged removal and public safety considerations.
City crews accelerate stump removal funded by a $500000 arborist bond. Contracts have been let for over 1500 stumps across several city quadrants at 10 dollars per stump, including chips and topsoil. Forestry crews have removed 800 stumps since January as the elm crisis nears a long-awaited close.
Construction of the Central Branch YMCA’s $753,196 addition along First Avenue is on track with occupancy expected by early winter or possibly by November. Executive Director James Springer says the project will deliver a collegiate pool, full gymnasium with two cross courts, two handball courts, spectator seating, and multiple lobby and entrance features.
London report outlines a new euro-smuggling ring exploiting Common Market rules with levy dodges and rebates. Operators circle shipments like butter and flour to claim multiple rebates while rebranding goods as tariff free cattle feed. One Hamburg operator allegedly earned 10.8 million through repeated port transfers.
In Dublin at a tractor factory workers who do not smoke during work hours receive a 24 dollar summer bonus. Manager W. M. Henderson says the plan improves workers health and wages while reducing cigarette smoke and ashes on the factory floor.
FRANKFORT KY AP Coal remains Kentucky’s dominant resource though mining trends tilt from strip to underground, says Mines and Minerals Commissioner H N Kirkpatrick. Yet fundraising figures show a total of 10774 77 still needed for a local health fund donations noted.
Two Eastern Iowa men enlist in the air force while four service members receive promotions. Richard L. Close re-enlists in the air force, Michael T. Smith joins the delayed air force program, Terry Schneekloth earns promotion to army spec.5 at Fort Hood, Rollin G. Richman is promoted to army sergeant at Fort Campbell, Charles J. Clask is promoted to air force sergeant at Bien Hoa Vietnam, and Marine Sgt Allan J. Haley earns a new rank while stationed in Ilwakuni Japan.
Oil spills have endangered Eilat’s coral reef, already ancient and famed for its beauty. Marine experts warn the reef faces a near-death risk after the oil terminal opened without an oil proof boom, leaving the delicate ecosystem exposed to pollution.
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