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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1972
Page
13
The piece surveys graffiti in New York, noting its spread across subway cars and stations. It describes fast removal efforts by transit crews and the prevalence of taggers like Taki 183 and Pear 136. Public frustration grows, with officials weighing laws against spray cans.
In Benghazi talks since Monday President Anwar Sadat and Libyan leader Muammar Kadafi discuss uniting Egypt and Libya. They are tied to Syria in a Federation of Arab Republics from earlier this year. Kadafi proposes a United Arab Republic with a single cabinet and parliament and Cairo as capital. He seeks greater Libyan involvement against Israel and offers more oil revenues.
Elderly Paiute Indian Boone Wilson files suit to reclaim the Krupp ranch now owned by Howard Hughes. Attorney says 1929 sale to Willard George violated law prohibiting Indian land sales without Bureau of Indian Affairs and Interior Secretary approval.
Yonkers City Manager Seymour Scher refused a 14 percent pay raise saying it inappropriate to raise his salary now. Earlier the day he announced raises totaling 25000 for department heads and commissioners. Mayor Alfred Del Bello and council praised Scher for declining the five thousand dollar raise.
Washington (UPI) Assistant Interior Secretary Hollis M. Dole warned to a House subcommittee that gasoline demand has driven price increases and may tighten supply by late summer. He cited a 6 percent rise east of the Rockies and 10 percent in western states, with overall energy use projected to triple by 2000. Nassikas of the Federal Power Commission added blackouts likely continue on the Atlantic seaboard and upper Midwest due to lagging nuclear capacity, with New England and several states hardest hit.
Center Point resident Mabel Hills 87 died Wednesday in a Center Point nursing home after 62 years in the town. Born January 3, 1885 near Elgin, she married Harry Hills May 28, 1900 in Prairie du Chien, Wis. He died in 1966. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Calvin Kelchner of Waterloo, a son Harold L. Hills of Central City, two grandchildren, four great grandchildren, five sisters and two brothers. Services 11 a.m. Saturday at Murdoch chapel Center Point. Burial Center Point cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday.
Rena Papakee Youngbear pleaded guilty in municipal court on an assault and battery charge. She was fined $20 plus costs for the incident in the 1000 block of Fifth avenue SE Saturday, after allegedly assaulting Cathie Kruse.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy accuses the justice department of abusing the grand jury in the IRA gun-running inquiry in Northern Ireland. He urges bail for five New York residents jailed more than a month for contempt in Fort Worth. He says subpoenaing them caused extraordinary inconvenience to families.
The Senate Democratic steering committee recommends Sen. John L. McClellan of Arkansas for thechairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Democratic caucus and full Senate are expected to approve. He would replace the late Sen. Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana.
Dr John A Ritchie was installed grand knight of Joseph C Carroll Council 5390 Knights of Columbus Tuesday night Francis R Geers was named deputy grand knight David L Keese chancellor Henry M Kopernik warden Thomas R Strabala treasurer Ronald L Petersen recorder Leonard Lamphier advocate Michael J Strabala Jack Tredin nick Clyde M Hendricks guards Trustees are Francis A Lauderdale Bruno H Lensing Lynne L Strabala Rev Justin A Kane pastor of St Josephs in Marion is chaplain Dr Ritchie succeeds Earl Chaisson Council 5390 includes Marion and northeast Cedar"}
Rome United Press International reports Howard B. Adelmann aged 74 of Ithaca New York has won the Italian Rotary Clubs Galileo Galilei prize for the history of Italian science.
The Dade county grand jury found no justification for charges that law enforcement ignored nude swims or pot smoking by demonstrators during last month's Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach. The interim report to Judge Harold R. Vann praised police, called violations minimal, and declared the convention a success. Oliver Bright of the Crime Commission urged review, but foreman William Quesenberry said allegations were unfounded.
Isobel Walker Soule an author editor and labor leader died Monday in Stonington Conn at age 74 She was an active suffragette and later served as first vice president of the Union of the Office and Professional Workers of America
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