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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1969
Page
6
Cedar Rapids voters rejected the Civic Center bond proposal by a wide margin, sparking varied analyses. The editorial argues the result reflects a general frustration with costs and governance, not a single cause, and urges continuing efforts on other community problems while noting a resubmission could come later.
Woodbury county officials sue to resolve the pay raises for county auditors clerks recorders and treasurers after a legislative drafting error. Attorney General Turner ruled increases cannot take effect until January 1 leaving counties with varied practices. Senator Dirksen announces Nixon supreme court pick.
An Enver column warns Denver of mass death risks from nerve gas and chemical waste near Rocky Mountain Arsenal. It details Army disposal plans halted by congress, Kistiakowski led review, and Colorado scientists pressing for public risk disclosure and soil surveys around Rocky Mountain Flats.
Washington report on how Rep. Wilbur Mills exposed a miscue in the $7 billion tax relief plan that reshaped tax reform and threatens Nixon welfare aims. Internal Democratic politics, Bolling opposition, and last‑minute shifts added $2.4 billion for the $8,000 to $13,000 bracket, likely setting long term priorities favoring private investment over public programs.
A Harris survey of 1,375 households from July 16 22 finds 68 percent would be disappointed if Nixon fails to withdraw 100000 American troops from Vietnam by year end with 73 percent favoring withdrawal but only 36 percent confident he will achieve it. Public support for his handling of the war has fallen, with distrust rising as Vietnam drags on and settlement remains uncertain.
In 1959 Cedar Rapids city council appointed a second assistant city attorney William Eads, a University of Iowa law graduate, to a 4200 dollar annual salary. Incumbent M A Halvorson sought a third term as public improvements commissioner in fall elections. Camp Good Health fund surpassed its 7485 dollar goal, finishing early despite a larger budget. Herbert Stinson of Cedar Rapids, a Rock Island railroad brakeman, received a 100 dollar savings bond for saving a coworker Walter Wratten. In 1939 Hilltop Farm's Hilltop Mary Shelton won the opening saddle horse show blue ribbon in fine harness. A new 135000 dollar municipal incinerator was ready to operate as Cedar Rapids was asked to abandon its Cedar Lake dump site.
Benjamin Mentzer aged 92, longtime Marion grocer and former Marion Savings Bank president, died at his home after ill health following a spring influenza attack. He led the town’s prominent grocery and served in civic affairs for decades.
Mrs. Agnes Gilbert thanks a taxicab driver who rushed her son Ralph to St Luke's hospital after a bicycle accident near a tree at Ellis park. She does not know the driver's name but asks him to come forward so she may reward him. she praises the kindness shown by a former Scouter.
A Cedar Rapids reader extols the Grenadiers drum and bugle corps for earning first place in a recent competition, praising the hard work of youths and urging more coverage of their achievements. The letter defends drum music against noise complaints and calls for fuller newspaper support of these community efforts.
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