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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1970
Page
6
Nixon warns of ecological disaster in the White House report while Dr. William Blagen cautions about early doubts. Experts fear a collision with disaster, yet public faith in science persists as society seeks new solar energy solutions and self reform to avert catastrophe.
In Floyd County during Agriculture and Industry Days a booth run by the American Friends Service Committee was closed minutes after opening by two Vietnam veterans and allies. Sheriff Lane deployed 20 reserves amid threats of violence, but no arrests were reported. Kip Hauser, Jaycee chairman, had granted permission. veterans cited rights arguments while others sought to halt peaceful expression. The incident prompted calls to reread the U.S. Constitution.
Roscoe Drummond and Geoffrey Drummond survey the Paris peace talks with practical guidelines. They warn readers to ignore minor shifts in communist rhetoric and focus on clear signals of negotiation readiness as the talks unfold.
A reader comments on Wednesday’s Gazette article about the Scherle McMartin effort to make political hay. The letter questions timing and motives and urges clarity.
President Nixon visits Yorba LindaWhittier Beverly Hills and Hollywood in a reflective tour of his California roots. The piece contrasts California’s wealth boom with persistent poverty and rising unemployment amid aerospace decline and migrant worker struggles.
In New York Rockefeller mobilizes Black and Jewish voters with targeted funding and local campaigns led by Jackie Robinson and Evelyn Cunningham. Goldberg leads in polls but Rockefeller seeks to close the gap with labor and ethnic outreach, targeting Harlem and Italian and German voters while leveraging Conservative and third party support.
State Sen Jack Miller accepted KCRG-TV's offer to host a debate with Gov Herschel Loveless in the Iowa senatorial campaign. The Iowa highway commission reaffirmed that vehicles over eight feet wide are banned on state highways. The state attorney general ruled the regents lack authority to expand Iowa State Teachers College into liberal arts. Dr Morgan Foster urged garbage disposal incineration due to flies carrying polio. Truman praised MacArthur’s Far East role. Maplewood residents discussed a bus service petition in Cedar Rapids. The All Iowa Fair opened with Iowa's first television broadcast and Cedar Rapids used radial glass brick alongside standard glass brick.
The University of Iowa hospital in Iowa City was named by the national research council of the army as one of four institutions to carry out research on blood storage for transfusions.
Retired postal worker recalls dangerous dogs over three decades with two poisoned and one abducted dog found dead near his fenced yard two blocks from his residence. The interview emphasizes threats to mail carriers and pet safety in the neighborhood.
The Gazette editorial page invites readers to submit letters on issues or events not personalities. Letters should stay to one topic and aim for readership impact. About 400 words, one letter per writer monthly, all letters may be shortened, no anonymity, and a writer's telephone number accompanies name address and signature for authenticity.
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