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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1970
Page
1
Cedar Rapids reports a gasoline arson damaged a classroom in McKinley Junior High on Sunday night. Entry was gained by a broken window, a flammable liquid spread inside, and a container was found outside the door. The room was gutted with minor damage to adjacent rooms, and officials expect a damage report Tuesday.
A fire in a classroom caused ceiling tiles to fall and heat heavy equipment including carburetors in a closet to ignite. A passerby reported smoke or flames, and officials suspect an explosion as a possible cause. An investigation remains ongoing.
Police pursued a voice-recording lead after a 1 500 acre Humble Oil complex fire and explosion injuring 29. Mayor Gregorio said sabotage was likely while FBI voice-print checks were planned. Residents saw a light aircraft near the refinery as the blast occurred.
Swiss Ambassador Giovanni Enrico Bucher was kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro in a swift ambush on a busy street. Bodyguard Helio Carvalho Araujo was shot in the neck and is in grave condition with a damaged spinal cord. Witnesses reported four cars involved and the getaway near Maracanã stadium as police set roadblocks to trap suspects.
Former radio operator Charles Sledge testified that Lt. William Calley shot a priest in the face as he begged for life and then killed a baby in a ditch during the My Lai massacre. Sledge described seeing Calley and Sgt. David Mitchell shove 20 to 30 civilians into a ditch and fire upon them from about four to five feet away.
The Detroit common pleas court will hear no wage garnishment actions between Monday and January 4 during the Christmas season.
More than 1,300 Teamsters drivers in Michigan and northern Ohio walked off Sunday night with potential to halt fuel oil flow from Kentucky to North Dakota. About 5,000 other Midwest drivers weigh joining as talks in Detroit broke off Thursday and resumed Monday. Rural areas face shortages in days as unions say fuel deliveries may slow despite most cities reporting limited immediate impact.
Houston report shows Charles B. Shuman resigning as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation effective at the end of the annual meeting in Houston. He is 63 and had one year left on a two year term. a successor is to be elected Thursday morning.
Teamsters drivers for Ruan Transport Co. staged a Monday morning picket at the Coralville petroleum terminal, while Cedar Rapids union officials could not comment. Reports say tentative agreements were reached with other carriers, easing fuel shortage fears as negotiations with the Labor Petroleum Advisers Assn. continue.
Washington AP reports AFL-CIO railroad unions warn President Nixon they will strike at 12:01 a.m. Thursday unless a deal is reached. Talks with the labor department stall over wage demands of about 1.65 per hour plus cost of living adjustments, while industry offers about 1.32 an hour with proposed work rule changes.
The United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co announced a tentative contract covering 166000 workers after nearly 28 hours of bargaining. Ford council members extended a midnight strike deadline and set a 9 am meeting to decide, awaiting details that resemble the GM deal reached last month.
Secretary of State Rogers says the United States is weighing a month long Vietnam truce during the holidays to push toward a permanent end of fighting. Senator Henry Jackson urged extending Christmas cease fire through Tet to allow Paris negotiators to press for a durable halt.
A humorous quip notes the surest path to harmony in marriage is a sincere apology. The line frames conflict as solvable by conceding and smoothing tensions with a simple, timely sorry.
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