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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1968
Page
4
Republican gubernatorial candidate Donald E. Johnson spoke in Muscatine on Monday promising town hall meetings to keep state government responsive to local and area needs. He argued such gatherings will bring Des Moines to the people and push for safer, improved highways and roads.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate James Bromwell on Sunday urged tougher penalties to bolster law enforcement. He warned against taking easy options after 35 years of work in various fields, saying the nation risks disaster.
Franzenburg, Democratic candidate for governor, levels critique at alleged acquisitive inclinations of pipeline companies. He cites landowners pressured into signing easement agreements and says he supports legislation to shield owners.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert D. Ray told a Council Bluffs audience that Iowa’s highway system is imperfect and the state must pursue more than just superhighways to improve transportation.
Tony Mihalovich, a former Des Moines policeman now with Bankers Trust Co, will speak at the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce 12th annual former businessman barbecue at the 4-H fairgrounds. Barbecue serving begins 5:15 p.m. with Ed Rate as MC and the Old Capitol Barbershop chorus performing. A new feature adds two classes of Johnson county horseshoe pitching contest starting at 1:30 p.m.
Democratic candidate John Schmidhauser urged vigorous diplomatic and moral pressure to end Soviet military presence in Czechoslovakia. Speaking to World War I widows in Burlington, he pressed United Nations efforts for liberation from totalitarian rule and suggested U S involvement in Vietnam may have eased Soviet moves.
West Union rally features State Sen. David Stanley attacking Gov. Harold Hughes for blaming American policy in the Czechoslovakian crisis. Stanley, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, calls for Hughes to apologize and argues the invasion was a Soviet attack not caused by Vietnam policy.
Congressman Fred Schwengel of Iowa renewed his call for longer wider and heavier trucks to be regulated. Speaking at a Washington county GOP fundraiser he warned that unlimited truck length threatens highway safety and stated he will push a bill to direct a study by the House Public Works committee on maximum truck length on interstate highways.
A Chicago correspondent writes of intense security as a political gathering unfolds. A humorous exchange involves a room clerk and a reporter joking about a dog in the room, highlighting the city’s guarded atmosphere during the Democratic invasion.
The piece contrasts Iowa Democrats hosting a reception and dinner with Republicans holding theirs in Miami Beach before their convention. It notes Republicans aimed for unity after voting choices for Nixon Rockefeller or Reagan, while Iowa Democrats planned their event for Sunday night amid concerns they may not meet on Tuesday.
Peter Yaro of Peter Paul and Mary fame visited an Iowa Democratic dinner, playing a couple of songs for Eugene McCarthy. He noted the trio had split for the evening with Paul and Mary working separately for McCarthy in other states. Gov Rockefeller and Sen Hatfield attended the Iowa Republican dinner nearby.
Motorists not attending the convention can breathe easier as Ace Parking Service of Chicago offers valet parking at its lot near the International Amphitheater. The service charges $50 per vehicle for the convention period with in and out privileges.
AP reports La Porte City police sought three of four youths after a post dance brawl on Main Street. John Gray, 32, was found in a ditch with cuts and bruises. 15 youths, 11 juveniles, charged with unlawful assembly. Gray hospitalized in Waterloo in good condition.
Gov Harold Hughes of Iowa refused to confirm or deny reports he would deliver the nominating address for Sen Eugene McCarthy before the Democratic national convention. Jerome Eller said McCarthy would not elaborate. Labor leader Hugh Clark urged allowing private choice and noted endorsements to be decided at the Cedar Rapids convention September 11 to 13.
Weekend burglary at the Sac and Fox school office led to a ransacked room and about $30 stolen in petty cash. Sheriff department investigators pursued leads.
Over 100 towns are alerted to tune in for DIALING FOR DOLLARS MATINEE airing Monday through Friday at 3 30 PM on Channel 9. The program invites local viewers to call in and win cash prizes in a regional sweepstakes style segment.
FARLEY Frank T Konzen 80 died suddenly Sunday night at his home. Services will be Wednesday at 10 30 a m in St Josephs church here. Survivors include his wife Elizabeth two daughters Mrs Carl Caraugh of Plattville Wis and Mrs Elmer Robey of Dubuque five sons Clarence of Cedar Rapids James of Farley Frank of Worthington Fred and Lloyd of Dyersville 29 grandchildren two sisters Mrs Tom Ries of Dyersville and Mrs Peter Tegler of Farley and three brothers Theodore and Peter of Dubuque and Nick of Earlville
Neighbors fronted to aid Clarence Eike 48 of rural Manchester after a tractor tipped while hauling sand. He suffered hip injuries and was taken to Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids where he will remain in traction for several weeks.
Onawa Iowa fiddler Dwight Lamb captured first place at the National Old Time Fiddlers and Country Music Contest held in Bronville Nebraska on Sunday. Lamb edged competitors from nearby states in a rare triumph for Iowa musicians at the event hosted in Bronville.
Iowa Governor Harold Hughes urged party unity and said he will support whoever wins the Democratic nomination. He endorsed Eugene McCarthy, noted the Iowa delegation may be split between McCarthy and Hubert Humphrey, and suggested the nominee should not fully disassociate from the Johnson administration’s record.
Richard E. Jones and Clifford C. Taylor Jr from Luster Heights prison camp near McGregor turned themselves in to the Marquette marshal after a 4 a.m. bed check found them missing at 5 a.m. The men, each serving 10-year terms for robbery and breaking and entering, were returned to Anamosa.
Fragmentary line references a plan to implement the remaining recommendations from a commission. The note indicates further actions were to be carried out at the 1972 convention, outlining intent rather than detailing specific measures.
Ana Raquel Rodriguez Perez of Bolivia arrived Thursday to spend the school year with host family the Albin Husaks of Clutier. She is the third AFS student at North Tama High in Traer, aged 17, as the Husaks’ family includes another daughter Mary Jo, a North Tama junior.
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