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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1973
Page
1
The page lists daily and extended weather figures with highs around 82 to 83 and lows near 63, plus August rainfall totals and normals. It also includes numerous local notices, births, deaths, services, address updates, and a long list of fines and court actions from area towns.
Joseph O Rourke age 19 from Wells Minnesota pleaded guilty in Cedar Rapids federal court to possession of money stolen from the Nora Springs bank robbery on January 23. He testified against two co defendants Gene Brierly and William Burgess who face charges of aiding and abetting and the masked shotgun robbery. Burgess allegedly drove O Rourke to the bank and planned the crime with Brierly and O Rourke in the week before the robbery. A $3366 bag was found buried near a cabin northwest of Nora Springs and Sheriff Lane testified to O Rourke's statements.
General Omar Bradley aged 80, the United States five star commander, underwent emergency surgery in Los Angeles for insertion of a device to prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs. His wife said the operation was successful and his condition is serious but hopeful.
UPI reporters questioned Americans in Dallas Chicago San Francisco Kansas City and more after President Nixon's Watergate speech. Reactions ranged from belief in his innocence to charges of lying with many observers urging transparency and full disclosure of tapes.
Four Israeli trained commandos boarded a Middle East Airways Boeing 707 in Beirut and seized control without firing. Passengers were moved to Lod terminal by bus after the 5 25 p m action. A MEA spokesman said about 110 aboard, unclear who hijacked or why. FPLO Palestine denies any member aboard. Earlier, Israeli planes forced a Beirut Baghdad liner to land at Haifa before release.
Memorial services for Cora Allen held Friday at 1 30 p m at First Nazarene Church conducted by Rev Forrest Whitlatch. Burial in Quasqueton Cemetery. Friends may call at Teahen chapel Thursday and at the church from 1130 to 115 Friday.
Charles Becker, a paid FBI informer, testified that he was instructed never to instigate trouble or advocate violence. He said the policy was general, with payments from January 1971 to July 1972. Defense argues agents provocateurs infiltrated VVAW to spur violence at the 1972 Republican convention.
Rockwell proposes to buy 2,967,647 Collins common shares at 25 dollars each, with a merger potential if over 1,681,766 shares are tendered. Collins stock rose to around 24 dollars after the Aug 10 announcement, vs 21.25 before. Rockwell already controls about 41 percent of voting power and would hold about 55 percent if the offer succeeds. The bid expires October 1.
The Cedar Rapids Waterloo Sioux City and interior Iowa Minnesota hog markets hit record highs earlier this week with quotes from 53.00 to 62.00 per hundredweight. Eastern Iowa lagged behind as buyers shrank and packing plants blamed slow movement of dressed pork. The price surge followed Nixon phase four price ceiling changes boosting pork demand while beef remained constrained.
Hiawatha council discusses an elevated 1-380 bypass through the community with one interchange at Blairs Ferry. Citizens will be polled in Sept and Oct via water bill mailings to gauge opinion. The panel also cleared an ordinance on street grades for 1975 paving and approved bids for Oak street, Daws road, and Robins road paving.
In Morris Minnesota Dr John Stock 26 won a temporary restraining order in federal court Monday preventing the Air Force from calling him to active duty while he argues a two year service swap to allow him to practice in a Morris clinic. Stock says the town with 18000 trading population needs his care as he describes a heavy local patient load and limited medical staff. The case hinges on a hardship claim as he and the town press for an alternative to full military service.
Jeb Magruder former deputy director of the Nixon re election committee pled guilty to a single conspiracy charge in the Watergate case. He becomes the second Nixon campaign aide to cooperate with prosecutors after Frederick LaRue pled guilty earlier. Judge Sirica deferred sentencing pending future Watergate trials.
Linn deputies joined in a civil defense helicopter and three patrol cars to search for two men driven from a farm north of Mt Vernon road and east of highway 13. The suspects, accused of malicious damage on Weaver Witwer’s farm, fled into a cornfield after being spotted about 7 a.m. The call came around 8:15 a.m. with the pursuit unsuccessful.
A report discusses new car equipment and Grenier's stance on imagined hazards. A spokesman cites 37,000 yearly car deaths and the potential lives saved by seat belts. Grenier recounts panicking at a carwash and failing to connect the system, questioning how the average person would cope under stress.
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