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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1969
Page
11
Four city pools offer relief as a heat wave sears the area. Young men are photographed at Ellis Park pool, performing their own routines off the high dive on Tuesday evening amid 90 plus temperatures and a light breeze, showcasing summer recreation in the city.
Des Moines Iowa Governor Robert D Ray said he asked the state social services department to send him immediately a federal report on Iowa Medicaid. The nine member federal team’s April study found the program was vulnerable to abuses in its first two years. Ray said officials assured him Wednesday that identified deficiencies have been corrected and Social Services Commissioner James Gillman wants to straighten out the program.
Washington AP says the Strategic Air Command will shut the Eighth Air Force headquarters and some support elements in Massachusetts, cutting about 1 150 military and 200 civilian jobs at Westover air base. The move realigns reporting to Barksdale and March air forces, with an estimated annual saving of 15.4 million dollars.
Cedar Rapids youth bureau officers arrested two 11 year old boys Tuesday for stealing a station wagon. Patrolman observed them stripping accessories from the stolen auto on Thirty third Avenue SW. The vehicle had been stolen Monday evening from Len Koenigham of Bjornsen apartments. The bags were processed and released to their parents pending juvenile court action.
A trailer detached from a utility truck and crashed into a moving car on College Grove Avenue Tuesday afternoon. The two occupants, Kenneth C. Allen aged 20 and Sally Gill aged 18, escaped injury. No injuries reported.
NEW YORK AP A Long Island Rail Road commuter who refused to show a ticket because the train was crowded hot and dirty was cleared of criminal charges by Judge William Suglia who noted the railroad has problems and that the man had no intent to cause public inconvenience Cummins was en route to his summer home when he was removed at an unscheduled stop and charged with disorderly conduct He also noted he drives to his own Long Island summer home.
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