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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1973
Page
9
Stanwood, Wash. Five tons of broccoli expected instead of the usual 25 in a harvest hit by thefts. A spokesman said growers hired light patrols to curb the crop losses. Four suspects were caught last week in broccoli thefts across Skagit and Snohomish counties.
A U S treasury check for 5625 payable to Kearny N J was mailed to the city but stolen before it could be cashed. Mayor Anthony J Cavalier said the thief endorsed the check as Natan J Kearny and cashed it at a New York City bank.
An Airman barricaded himself in a base dormitory at a Mojave Desert base firing at times while negotiators tried to contact him. His sister arrived Wednesday to speak with him, no injuries reported, and security maintained a calm, vigilant stance as authorities weighed options to resolve the standoff.
In San Clemente a presidential aide says Nixon tires of guardian agents and would welcome fewer Secret Service personnel. He cites Kennedy's assassination as a breakdown in protective security and notes the president believes heavy wiretaps might have exposed Oswald’s plot. A separate report outlines an extremist plot to kill Nixon during a New Orleans motorcade, with officials saying no arrests have been made.
Pelter Paul Jesik, 26, reportedly warned a friend of being followed by two men before gunfire erupted at a Phoenix college registration. Four shots struck Jesik, killing him, while Debra Lacky, 18, was grazed and treated. Police arrested 47-year-old Charles Doss. both men had shared summer class discussions.
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