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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1971
Page
8
The outlook calls for warm and humid conditions from Monday through Wednesday. Scattered showers are expected Monday evening through Wednesday. Highs in the upper 80s to near 90, turning cooler in the extreme west. Overnight lows range from the mid 50s to upper 60s.
Obituaries report Paw Saylor of Hutchinson and Edwin Niffenegger of Ta. Victims include Katherine Wolfe Taylor of Lakewood Colorado born 1910 in North Liberty. Services listed for Johnson and Sons Hutchinson, Peffers Halverson and Olinger Lakewood mortuary. Military burial rights noted for Cedar Rapids veteran.
In Mountain View California NASA Ames researchers aboard the Convair 990 jet named Galileo gathered infrared data above most atmospheric water vapor to study Mars. The 10 000 pound equipment aims to reveal Mars atmosphere surface water and temperature while scientists aboard monitor signals from space.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 109 voted Friday to strike if needed at the end of a contract extension with Towa Illinois Gas and Electric Co. The local covers about 650 workers in Cedar Rapids One City Ottumwa the Quad cities and Dodge. The extension allowed five day written notices before any strike. Ailed notices appear in the text with obfuscated names and addresses.
Hospitalized Mrs J S Faylor of 1610 Seventh Avenue SE at Mercy hospital. Indoor Sports Club to host a potluck picnic Sunday at 1 PM in the Manhattan pavilion. Robbery reported by Duane Brockway at 4320 Golfahteel Street. thief took a fan television clock and radio valued at $200 between 7 and 9:40 PM Friday.
The Jefferson Memorial dedication details mention a circular marble interior chamber and a Rudulph Evans sculpture. The article notes the memorial’s 1933 dedication by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and references a 200th anniversary event. It also includes unrelated items about bicycle thefts and a custody update for Dew fields Jr, with addresses and bond details.
Dallas AP reports seniors can ride city buses off peak for a $3 pass during a six month trial. The plan requires a photo identification card and includes contact options for Birthright for unplanned pregnancy counseling. A separate item notes two gauge sets valued at $150 stolen from a Midland Construction Co truck.
Washington Rep Wilbur Mills and colleagues of the House Ways and Means Committee accepted an invitation to meet with the Common Market in Brussels in November. The trip is seen as key to U S trade standing and ties with traditional European partners. The Georgia Bulletin of the Atlanta Archdiocese editorialized against Vatican rules barring miniskirted women from St Peter's Basilica calling attention to the sartorial squabble as unworthy of contention.
Warsaw North Carolina AP report says Henry Stevens 75, national commander of the American Legion in 1992, died Thursday in the event of a passing, with details noting his service and leadership in the veterans organization.
Moscow reports a master plan for two decades of deeper Comecon integration. The program, approved in Bucharest, envisions a fully convertible currency, standardized machinery, and coordinated five year plans while preserving domestic sovereignty. Nine member states include the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Mongolia.
Hong Kong newspaper reports Chinese American nuclear physicist Clen Ning Yang may have flown from New York to Peking via Moscow. The Star cites unnamed sources claiming he traveled to visit his ailing mother and raises Nixon’s China visit as a possible motive. Yang, Einstein professor at Stony Brook, has been out of the country for two to three weeks.
An organization of 1600 bulk mailers says it will sue to block the Postal Service plan to raise third class bulk mail rates from 4.2 to 5.0 cents per piece. The move, eliminating phasing, would shift the five year rise into one step, with claims of irreparable damage and a larger deficit impact.
Minor traffic accidents injur ed two people Friday evening in Cedar Rapids. Kenneth J. Wilson, 18, of 524 Thirty Fifth Street SE, was treated at Mercy hospital for a broken collarbone and right shoulder injuries after his motorcycle struck a curb in Bever Park when throttle stuck during a turn at 6 p.m. Another driver, Kenneth L. Jones of Des Moines, was treated at St Luke's hospital for a lacerated lip and a broken rib after his car hit a parked vehicle at 2239 Forty second Street NE around 10 p.m. No charges were filed in either incident.
The encyclopedia notes Stalin purged most of the Red Army officer corps in the late 1930s and ignored advisers warning of a Hitler attack. It claims he trusted a secret nonaggression pact with Germany, doubting betrayal. Himes’s economic writings were deemed mistaken and harmful. he was arrested on multiple grounds and later released after posting a lifetime bond.
Cedar Rapids roofers agreed Friday to return Monday after a temporary settlement. union official Jerome Kriz said the matter remains unsettled as the wage review board favored a 40 cent November raise instead of 80 cents. The dispute centers on pay scales and contract provisions with contractors noting a signed wage-only revamp.
A Cedar Rapids juvenile aged about youth faced charges of theft and possession after police stopped a car in the 100 block of Twelfth Street NE on a Friday night. Authorities say he stole money from a kidney fund container at Jerry's Hamburgers and were investigating a substance believed to be marijuana found on him. He will be turned over to the probation department after youth bureau processing.
Michael D. Himes 21 of 1210 Twentieth Avenue SW was arrested on a warrant charging assault and battery in connection with an attack on a 13-year-old Cedar Rapids boy. The Rev Edmund Weisshag Creek Reformed Presbyterian church announced plans to retire in August and a two week vacation church school opens Monday at First Lutheran.
In Rome today the Italian Senate approved key housing and tax reform measures amid party lines. The vote solidified Premier Colombo's coalition despite opposition from the Communist left and neo-Fascist right, while changes softened private property restrictions and sparked debate over expropriation rights.
In Belfast a delivery truck driver was killed by British troops who fired at him by mistake near a military control point. Witnesses said the backfiring truck appeared to be under attack and the driver, married with six children, died at the scene. Police planned an investigation as violence surged, marking the ongoing Northern Ireland death toll rises.
A Soviet airliner passenger report says mechanic Boris Romanchenko dangled from a rope for 50 minutes at 1300 feet to fix a jammed nose wheel on a TU-104 flying from Moscow to Odessa. He lowered himself through a hatch, replaced a faulty bolt, and the crew maintained low altitude and speed during the dangerous repair.
Disney officials say the amusement park has purchased a one mile beachfront site on the Atlantic Ocean north of Sebastian Inlet, about an hour from a $300 million park planned to open near Orlando. The site will offer saltwater swimming and beaches for guests. price not disclosed, but area dealers value land at about 18.6 million dollars.
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