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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1975
Page
2
The House sustained President Ford's veto of a bill extending 1975 tax cuts, denying an override by 17 votes. Long seeks a spending lid addition to appease the President, while congressional leaders warn of a January tax increase without new relief.
Iowa commission recommends 29.4 percent pay increases for lieutenant governor, Speaker, floor leaders, and all general assembly members to reflect inflation. Also proposes higher daily allowances and per diem for legislators and shifts in committee meeting pay. Current salaries start at 8,000 with various top-tier raises outlined.
Governor Robert Ray told President Ford and the cabinet that public discontent with government across levels is the key challenge. He urged continued federal revenue sharing, stronger federal state cooperation, and focus on energy, economy, and other major concerns as states face inflation.
A local committee named Your Community Center Committee backed a $7 million bond issue and ran flyers and a large telephone drive. Critics say private funding and rapid spending violated Iowa disclosure laws as HF 431 broadened the definition of political committees effective Aug. 15.
Senate leaders, citing Vietnam memories, held a second secret session on Angola and backed a measure by Clark and Case to cut covert military aid to anti-Soviet factions. The plan would allow open aid only if both houses and the president approve within 30 days.
A Cedar Rapids woman, Genniva Fries, 336 Twenty First Street NE, collapsed at her residence and was hospitalized after a neighbor raised alarm. Donald Kaliban, who reported the neglected mail, alerted police, who found Fries unable to rise and summoned an ambulance to St Luke's hospital where she remained under observation in good condition the next day.
Judith Campbell Exner, age 41, denies acting as a go between for the Kennedy White House and mob figures in alleged plots by the Mafia and CIA to kill Fidel Castro. She says her relationship with Jack Kennedy was personal, not conspiratorial, and she refused to discuss any sexual ties or further details. The disclosures come amid Senate Intelligence Committee findings of a phone call between an unidentified close associate and the White House, cited in news reports.
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved George Bush as CIA director 2 to 4 after Ford ruled him out as 1976 vice presidential candidate. Four Democrats opposed. White House aides discussed risks of Bush’s nomination and Ford’s decision.
The United States and at least one Western nation with 18 others pulled out of a UNESCO general conference session in Paris over a Zionism resolution linked to a U.N. General Assembly vote. U.S. officials cited lack of consensus and the objectionable reference as reasons for withdrawal.
A fragmented index item mentions timing issues and lack of audience with unclear references to Coenen and SETS. The readable text suggests a groan about punctuality and crowd absence, but specifics like event, place, or date are unresolved.
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