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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1972
Page
3
Communist gunners hidden in nearby mountains fired a 43 rocket barrage into the Da Nang air base injuring two Americans and damaging a village nearby. The attack struck the South Vietnamese sector of the base and caused casualties amid continued fighting in the Da Nang area.
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird said President Nixon will announce another Vietnam troop withdrawal on August 28. The attack on Da Nang killed two civilians and a government soldier and wounded one more, marking the month’s third and largest strike on the city. Rockets damaged aircraft, revetments, and buildings at the base, with several planes destroyed or damaged.
In Saigon UPI reports President Nixon adviser Henry Kissinger completed two days of secret talks with South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thien and departed for Tokyo. Kissinger met Thien for four hours Friday after a two-hour session Thursday and the talks covered all aspects of South Vietnam’s situation and prior Paris discussions with DRV representatives.
Sargent Shriver campaigns on a fundraising blitz with a lettuce theme in Denver. A young woman holds a lettuce boycott sign as publicity focuses on farm issues and the party needs funds.
Detroit report says General Motors cut 31 from an extra 85 charge planned for 1973 cars after government pressure. GM Chairman Richard Gerstenberg told Don Rumsfeld the concession would cover costs tied to product improvement plant safety and environmental programs.
A middle-aged man hijacked a United Airlines Boeing 727 at Reno International Airport Friday as it prepared to depart for San Francisco. He demanded 2 million dollars in cash, gold, two Magnum pistols, three submachine guns, a flashlight, 20 containers of pills, walkie talkies, and a monitoring radio. He arrived on a bicycle, wearing a ski mask, while passengers were confined aboard the jet.
Protest groups in Miami Beach plan marches sit ins and civil disobedience during the GOP convention. Police estimate about 3500 to 6000 protesters may attend while security forces total over 12,000 including police, troops, guards, and intelligence agents. The action is expected to be largely nonviolent but some groups threaten stronger tactics.
Special to The Gazette. Michael Reddick, 16, son of Cedar Rapids Lt. Richard Reddick, was struck and killed by a car five miles west of here along the highway near Lakeland Grocery. Details released later by Iowa Highway Patrol. Funeral pending at George L. Gay funeral home Iowa City. AFL-CIO says it will not back a major presidential candidate but allows unions to endorse freely.
Washington AP House votes 282 to 202 to ban cross town busing and restrict desegregation orders. The measure bars busing except as a last resort and limits bused distances to the second closest school. Senate action unsettled. bill cites potential reopening of orders back to landmark rulings.
In Reykjavik the 15th game between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky ended in a draw just after resuming with 40 moves completed the day before. Fischer remains at nine points in the match while Spassky trails, needing more than half a point to claim the title.
Sen George McGovern will speak to the New York Society of Security Analysts at a luncheon on August 28 as part of an effort to reassure financial leaders about his economic proposals. The address aims to outline revised welfare and tax ideas while facing ongoing controversy over corporate excess profits tax plans, annual citizen payments, and inheritance taxes.
The article outlines tensions between reformers and traditionalists over delegate selection for the 1976 Republican National Convention. It notes Agnew staying out of the dispute while large urban states push for more influence, and a proposed constitutional amendment to ban busing is discussed. The GOP committees push back against reformer efforts, with a plan to take the fight to a May convention before a national audience.
In Belfast early Friday a bomb damaged Catholic homes and the Hibernian club as Protestant vigilantes pledged revenge for a pub bombing. A Catholic area saw two soldiers wounded, while a 24 year old corporal named Michael Boddy was killed in three years of Northern Ireland violence.
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