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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1969

Page

15

ABC plans wide mix of docs on crime, society

New York and Nashville reports outline ABC TV ambitions for Summer Focus and related documentaries. ABC’s Thomas Wolf discusses protecting sources in a mafia expose, a crime, campus unrest and organized crime study, plus future projects on inflation attitudes, education spending and Latin America. Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash back burn center fundraising after fires affected their families.

New York Strategic Air Command Thomas H. Wolf Abc-Tv Wolf Toc Nashville, Tenn Roy Orbison Johnny Cash Vanderbilt University Hospital Orbison Cash June Carter

Seven New Astronauts Are Named

UPI reports NASA named seven MOL pilots to its civilian astronaut corps with one more assigned to flight crew operations in Houston. The MOL project was canceled, impacting 14 MOL trainees. Active civilian astronauts rise to 65, later dropping to 54 as Anders departs.

Cape Kennedy UPI U. S. Space Agency Air Force Manned O Orbiting Laboratories Corps of Space Manned Orbiting Laboratory MOL Space Agency Manned Spacecraft Center Houston National Aeronautics and Space Administration Apalla William A. Anders National Aeronautics and Space Council NASA Karol Bobko Air Force Academy Seaford N. Y Robert Crippen U. S. Navy Potter Texas Charles Fullerton U. S. Air Force Portland Ore Henry Hartsfield U. 5 Lair Force Birmingham Ala Robert Overmyer U.S. Marine Corps Westlake Ohio Donald Peterson U. 8 Winona Miss Richard Truly U.S. Navy Meridian Albert Grews Alexandria Mouston Bobko University of California Hartsfield University of Tennessee Peterson Spacegram Defense David Packard

Hearings Set On Bond Issue In East Buchanan

Hearings are scheduled for Monday at Quasqueton and August 23 at Winthrop on a 430000 bond issue to finance a new Winthrop elementary building, an industrial arts shop at the Winthrop high school, and boilers for Quasqueton elementary and the Winthrop junior high elementary. Nick Quint of Aurora was authorized to remove 10 dead elm trees from the Aurora school grounds at a cost of zero per tree.

Wessewrew Nick Quint Aurora

Cyclist Hurt In Race At Dairy Cattle Congress Grounds

Keith Bickert a 17 year old racer from Independence is listed in the intensive care ward at Allen hospital Waterloo with concussion broken ribs and arm injuries after his motorcycle cycle lost control on a curve during a race at WaterlOO Dairy Cattle Congress Grounds Wednesday night.

Keith Bickert Kenneth Bickerts Rural Independence Allen Hospital Waterloo Young Bickert Waterlno

Hijacker With Knife Attacks Flight to Cuba

An armed gunman with a knife hijacked a Northeast Airlines jet from Boston to Miami near Wilmington North Carolina. He said he wanted to see his mother in Cuba. The incident highlights 1989’s rapid succession of in-flight hijackings to Cuba.

Cuba Miami Northeast Airlines Wilmington

Michigan Student Ordered to Trial In Coed Slaying

A 22 year old Michigan college senior was ordered to stand trial for the murder of Karen Sue Beineman. A witness identified him as the man seen with the victim, and a crime lab expert testified blond hair matches found in a basement linked to the suspect. Judge Edward Drake bound John Norman Collins over to Washtenaw County circuit court for first degree murder.

Ann Arbor Mich Ened Sehnolnate Crie John Norman Collins Collins Michigan Alan Vielim Edward Drake I Collins Washtenaw County Cowl Karen Sue Beineman Walter Molz Miss Beineman Ypsilanti Colling Pavid Leik Leik Holt Miss Reineman

Meany Attacks Nixon Welfare Plan As Subsidy To Poor Employers

AFL CIO President George Meany said Nixon's welfare proposal would subsidize cheap labor for the worst employers and encourage the poor to train for nonexistent jobs. He urged higher minimum wage, expanded labor standards, and direct benefits targeted to the working poor, warning federal subsidies would trap the needy.

Nei Gilbride Washington Aflcio George Meany Nixon Meeny Labor Force Federation Congress Afl-Cio Meany Aplcio Gederal Hie Saids Chhildren America

Shay Bound Over on Keokuk Murder Count

Gary Paul Shay 25 of Oskaloosa bound over to a Keokuk County grand jury after waiving preliminary hearing. He is held without bond in Sigourney jail on a first degree murder charge in the July 46 death of Warren Deselm 56 whose body was found behind a trailer near Rose Hill and Delta.

Dillon Gary Paul Shay

Radioactive Leak Report Retracted by AEC

The Atomic Energy Commission said radioactivity from an underground nuclear explosion did not leak into the atmosphere as first reported. A spokesman said later readings showed the radioactivity came from a cable on the ground rather than the air above the Nevada test site.

Las Yagas Atomic Energy Commission Nevada

Truck overturns near Maynard after tie rod failure

A power company boom truck overturned on a county road six miles northeast of Maynard on Wednesday afternoon after a tie rod broke. The driver, Gerald Schnell, 6, of Arlington, was treated for lacerations by a West Union doctor. Truck damage was estimated at fifty dollars.

Maynard Interstate ‘Power Co Gerald Schnell Arlington West Union

Asleep at Wheel Crash Near Lamont Kills Child

Lamont authorities report a car driven by Jacqueling Brown left Highway 1h two miles south of Lamont. The vehicle veered into a ditch and overturned breaking through a fence and striking another child. Miss Brown apparently fell asleep at the wheel. Time of the accident was 4:30 a.m. Thursday.

Lamont Jacqueling Brown Miss Brown

Nixon urges continued student loans to aid needy students

President Nixon urged lending institutions to keep funds flowing to needy college students for the coming year. He warned about 200000 students who would be turned away if loans were cut, saying Congress must not turn its back on young Americans needing education support.

San Clemente Cale Nixon

Nixon to Announce Vietnam Pullout Plan by August

President Nixon conferred with the National Security Council as advisers weighed withdrawal options from Vietnam. A final decision on troop reductions was expected by the end of August, with indications favoring either course amid heavy enemy actions.

San Clemente Galte Nixon National Security Council Vietnam

Bridge facts and caution in bidding from Jacoby illustration

Oswald and James Jacoby present a bridge principle about suspecting offers from expert players. The note describes North and South holding spades, South reaching three spades, and East and West likely overboard at diamonds. The contract seems risky, potentially a wrong lead.

Toray Etter Nort South East Wes

West Outplays South in Diamond and Heart Clash

In a tense bridge hand West cashed aces and kings of diamonds to pressure South. South failed to gain fortune with hearts, while West ruffed a heart and misled dummy. West’s clever ruffing and a misleading discard left South wrongfooted and West poised for the win.

West South Dummity Miny Fin Jimmy

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