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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1970
Page
3
Daily Record weather and public notices summarize Dec 17 1969 events in Marion and surrounding areas. Includes temperatures, precipitation, barometer, humidity, sunrise and sunset times, and month totals. Notices cover births marriages and court actions with multiple local addresses and names.
Government seeks removal of NTA after studies show a tenfold rise in fetal abnormalities and deaths in animals fed NTA with cadmium and mercury. NTA, adopted by firms like Procter & Gamble to substitute phosphates, softens water and aids cleaning, though concerns include heavy metal mobilization and possible cancer risks.
The defense chiefs stated air force personnel should report only for concrete concerns about antiwar remarks in public places. Assistant secretary Moot stressed privacy and constitutional rights, saying investigations usually not sparked by mere views opposing U.S. Vietnam policy. Resor noted orderly protests can occur without warrant for investigation. Kerner was cited in a prior routine probe, last noted in 1952.
RAWALPINDI Pakistan AP reports 26 people are believed drowned after a bus fell from a bridge into a canal Thursday. Rescue teams search the wreckage as authorities investigate the accident and passenger counts are confirmed.
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce supports the Winthrop alternate for I-380 between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, favoring a north Cedar Rapids start and a junction with highway 20 near Winthrop. Waterloo opposes east-entry routes and backs a south-entry alignment. The highway commission will review six routes with a public hearing set for September 1971.
Cedar Rapids men James Levy and David Uelze were sentenced in Linn district court on drug charges. Levy, 19, received two years in the men’s reformatory at Anamosa and a $10 fine for sale of narcotics plus a $300 fine for possession, with probation under the Iowa bureau of adult corrections. Uelze, 19, got two years probation under the corrections bureau and a $300 fine plus costs for allegedly selling narcotics to an undercover agent.
Agnes DeLuhery 81 of 827 Seventh Street SW Cedar Rapids died Friday after a short illness. Born July 1 1889 in Fayette county she was a retired practical nurse and a St Matthew s Catholic church member. Survived by nephew Charles McSweeney who shared her Cedar Rapids home. Services Monday at 10 at St Matthew s Church conducted by Rev Louis V McDonough. Rosary Sunday at 4 at Teahen chapel by Father McDonough. Burial Mt Calvary cemetery Westgate.
Former residents Claire McKenna-She died Thursday in Colorado Springs after living in Cedar Rapids. Services set for Saturday in Colorado Springs. Joseph J. Barker died Thursday night in Dade City Florida after 47 years in Cedar Rapids as a bricklayer. He lived in Wisconsin and Florida and was born April 1 1898 in Manchester. Surviving are his wife six children three brothers and two sisters. Services Monday and burial at Graceland Cemetery in Valparaiso Indiana.
Memorial services were conducted at Turner Chapel East for Kathleen Sheryl Flaugh at 1 30 p m Friday led by the Rev Allen S Van Cleve. Burial followed in Montour Cemetery. May Ellen Jackson honored at Turner Chapel East at 10 30 a m Saturday by Rev Earl Osnes with burial in Pale Cemetery. Mrs Charles C Ritchie remembered Saturday at 10 a m in Stewart Funeral Home by Rev Allen S Van Cleve with burial in Linwood Cemetery.
General Mills will stop redeeming Betty Crocker coupons for life saving items after May 31 and December 1 next year amid accusations the program profited from misfortune. Approved groups had exchanged coupons for items like kidney dialysis machines and iron lungs to hospitals and clinics.
A Iowa special select committee on student unrest drops a proposal for a statewide housing code from its final report. The panel retains other actions including studying the need for a housing code and allowing university staff to petition regents to attend meetings. The group urges emphasis on undergraduate education at Iowa's three universities.
The Linn-Mar school board plans to borrow funds via judgment bonds to cover payroll during a 60 to 90 day gap. A board meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 p m to discuss finances. David Ulrich and the Linn‑Mar Educational Assn anticipate questions about the January 20 payroll at a January 7 administration meeting.
A compact note invites readers to browse the Want Ads for Christmas gift shopping. The item suggests using classified listings to find holiday presents and seasonal bargains.
Dennis D. Daringer age 20 of 1104 Thirteenth Avenue SE charged with resisting due process after allegedly wrestling with a Linn County deputy during a warrant service Friday at his address. He remains in Linn County Jail awaiting municipal court arraignment.
A subcommittee report accuses a deputy secretary of the Navy of bias toward General Dynamics, noting long finance ties and prior service as a policy counselor and de facto director. It faults Korth for conflicts of interest and questions the motives behind the award to Dynamics over Boeing.
Attorney General Mitchell defended Obama era policy shifts while addressing questions on housing desegregation and court appointments. He noted ongoing pollution probes against Jones Laughlin U S Steel and Republic Steel and discussed the Connelly Treasury nomination. He cited 50 of 2,700 southern school districts still segregated and outlined government actions against black teacher dismissals.
Thomas van Horn a 24 year old law student at the University of Minnesota reports his car was stolen from the campus on November 23. Five library books were in the car and were returned to the St. Paul public library on December 2.
Two 11 year old boys were charged with larceny after taking bulbs worth 3 dollars from a yard display at 109 Janice Drive NW. Authorities processed them through the youth bureau and released them to their parents.
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