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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1970
Page
4
Five day forecast shows partly cloudy and cooler conditions with highs in the 50s and 30s to 40s, little precipitation expected. Tuesday high 32 with overnight low, several city events and local notices list births, police activity, traffic fines, and funeral services for area residents.
The Cedar Rapids city council approved buying 15 acres of land from Rock Island railroad for 3000 dollars. The site along Cedar River near Prairie Creek joins the open spaces program with 50 percent federal participation.
Senate leaders consider attaching the social security boost to an excise tax bill to speed action before adjournment. Senator Harris says another path exists if floor debate stalls. Mansfield favors passage, possibly retroactive to January 1 if needed.
A Burlington Northern freight train derailed near Waterman Illinois injuring and killing three men believed to be hoboes. Police found the victims amid wreckage as 49 cars derailed from a 90 car consist. Officials cited an open switch as the likely cause and rerouted traffic to Minneapolis St Paul while crews cleared the tracks.
Cooper and Church seek a second Senate vote to block any US military role in Cambodia as part of a proposed 255 million dollar aid package. The defense bill bars ground troops in Cambodia, but House action remains uncertain. Officials say aid will largely fund ammunition and supervision, with phased troop withdrawals in South Vietnam.
Abram Isakovich Alikhanov, 66, a Soviet nuclear physicist who helped develop the first atomic bomb, died after a severe illness in Moscow. He was a leading figure in Soviet physics and wartime atomic research.
Memorial services for James Navail Turner one and a half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Turner will be held Friday at 1 30 p m in Turner chapel east. Burial follows at Oak Hill cemetery. Turner born July 19 1969 in Cedar Rapids. Survived by parents two brothers and two grandparents.
Obituaries list include Lee C Weikal and Alvah E Gorsh with services at Chapel of Memories and burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Keith E Nebendahl services at Janeba Kuba Funeral Home and Keystone Cemetery. Joseph Franklin Parr services at Turner Chapel East with Cedar Memorial burial. Lester L Johnson services at Turner Chapel East with Mizpah Masonic Lodge burial at Cedar Memorial.
West side Cargill plant may stay open during strike but shift workers to maintenance if needed while east side operations face shutdown risk. Crandic handles switching for the west side plant. rail moves could stall outbound shipments. National Oats relies heavily on rail, with 40 to 50 cars daily and limited truck loading capacity amid potential delays.
Belgrade AP says President Tito postponed his trip to Italy after Aldo Moro stated there would be no talks on the Trieste territorial question. Demonstrations in Italy against Tito’s visit were reported.
In today’s Want Ads shoppers find a wide array of Christmas gift ideas across categories. Featured items include toys clothing electronics and home decor from local vendors offering festive selections and special holiday prices.
Purvis Tanner of Rockford Illinois received a six year term from Federal Judge Edward J McManus after pleading guilty to transporting and negotiating six forged money orders worth 75 each. The forged orders were stolen in Rockford and cashed in Waterloo. Tanner is eligible for parole. Accomplice Mary Kay Utecht, also of Rockford, was deemed a youth offender and placed on probation for three years after her guilty plea.
Senate Democratic policy chair urged Nixon to mediate as rail unions threaten a strike over stalled pay hikes. C L Dennis of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks backs a 13.5 percent immediate raise plus 5 percent in April to delay action. Volpe warns troops may run trains if needed. Meany calls for rejecting strike power and even nationalization.
The plan covers Des Moines Sioux City Cedar Rapids Iowa City Waterloo Cedar Falls and Davenport Clinton with five administrative boards and a sixth area via open shop M-150 contractors aiming to hire 50 minority workers yearly for three years. Maxwell and Ray cite progress toward equal employment but warn the goal is far from reached.
An attorney argued that alcohol by the Roosevelt hotel patron would have oxidized by about 3 a.m. the day of the crash, countering claims of intoxication at the time of the accident. The Cedar Rapids suit seeks 1.2 million dollars against the hotel for serving to a driver whose car crossed lanes killing Pose's husband.
The council gave final reading to an ordinance to let the city set taxi and limousine stands at the Municipal airport. William Wells presented a petition with about 300 names urging equal rights for taxicabs and limousines, noting drivers pay $1,890 yearly while limousine operators pay nothing. Mayor Canney noted limousines are licensed by the ICC. Wells argued the ordinance discriminates against taxicab drivers, citing Linn County court limits on airport commission authority and shifting power to the city council. Taxicab operators claim airport stands favor limousine firms.
In a joint session the Swiss parliament elected Rudolf Gnaegi as pre par of Switzerland for the constitutionally fixed term of one year.
Cedar Rapids declares a gas war with cuts from 36.9 37.9 cents to 32.9 cents per gallon and even 30.9 at some stations. Mobil Oil may follow. managers debate causes and predict continued price shaves citywide and in nearby Marion and Hiawatha.
Two individuals pled guilty in Linn district court in unrelated cases. John L. White, 26, of rural Ely, admitted grand larceny for stealing ten hogs from Crawford Dairy Farms in Ely and faces sentencing December 30 with a pre sentence investigation ordered. David Uelze, 19, pleaded guilty to possession of a narcotic drug for sale after an undercover hashish sale May 14, with sentencing set for December 18 and a pre sentence investigation ordered.
Linn District Judge Harold Vietor orders foreclosure of a $105 667 93 mortgage on about four acres along J street SW north of Thirty third avenue. The decree names R D and Edwina Monroe as defendants and Iowa Des Moines National Bank as plaintiff.
Reports place billionaire Howard Hughes in the Bahamas amid a power struggle over his Nevada holding. Gov. Paul Laxalt says Hughes claimed good health and was in the Bahamas at the Britannia hotel, with staff on the ninth floor but Hughes unseen by authorities.
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