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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1973
Page
6
The American spacecraft Pioneer 10 narrowly clears Jupiter and speeds toward interstellar space. A gold plated message bearing humans and a couple sketches will drift for millions of years, offering a greeting from Earth to distant intelligent life.
Column contrasts 1960s peace movement hostility to truck stops with recent highway blockades by truckers over rising diesel costs. Notes fuel price pressure, economic impact, and shifts in public tolerance while suggesting a tempered, broader view of dissent.
A Harris survey of 1,497 households shows Ford as the first choice for the 1976 Republican nomination among Republicans and independents at 21 percent, Reagan 16 percent, and Percy 11 percent. The results suggest strong support for Ford as a potential vice president and a viable successor to Nixon.
Secretary Kissinger warns that nuclear arsenals on both sides pose a constant threat and urges limiting confrontations. The piece outlines scattered reports of weaponry in Europe and the Middle East, the scale of stockpiles, and the risky proliferation that keeps humanity at risk.
A reader argues for common sense measures to ease shortages. He suggests lower home temperatures, slower driving, staying home, and turning off yard lights for a day to save fuel, noting inequities in rationing and taxes harming modest earners more than the affluent.
Reader accuses Senator Clark and Rep. Culver of political games over the energy crisis. He cites Culver’s 1973 claim of a $90 million Great River Road bill and questions truthfulness, transparency, tax loopholes, and secrecy in Congress. He urges a full week of work and an independent investigation.
The piece discusses Judge MacKinnon and Judge Wilkie dissenting from a majority ruling on President Nixon's taped conversations. They argue for absolute privilege for confidential executive communications, with no required in camera review. Historical parallels with Burr and Marshall are cited, suggesting public interest weighs differently.
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