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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1972
Page
3
Ames Motown highway commission reveals shrinking five year road program amid dwindling funds through the 1970s. Officials caution that federal and state revenue projections may be conservative, with a 90 percent federal apportionment assumption and continued road use tax diversions.
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt rode the America through fiery reentry and splashdown, ending an 18 day flight. They began a reunion cruise aboard USS Nconderga with Navy honors then head toward Pago Pago and Ellington Texas as officials call the mission the most perfect of America’s six lunar landings.
Highway Director Joseph Conpal outlined the five year plan showing $34 million more in funded work than funds available over the next two years. He noted past commissions over-programmed by up to $10 million and said about 90 percent of projects in the first two years should proceed on schedule, with delays not exceeding six months. The commission seeks to hire extra staff to offset project slippage.
A boom in Cedar Rapids highway work is planned with openings anticipated for Interstate West and the City expressways. A five year program aims to invest about 85 million by 1974, including paving 12.7 miles of the Cedar City expressway and by passing Central City to the west. Reconfiguring routes from Central City toward Milton and others is noted with several by 1974 deadlines.
DANBURY Conn AP After serving more than three years of a six year sentence Philly Berrigan anti war priest walked to freedom from the Federal correctional Institution Wednesday and was greeted by his brothers Daniel and Jerome About 140 persons most of them young stood in fog and driving rain to meet Berrigan as he began his parole from a sentence for destroying draft records and smuggling letters in and out of a federal prison
Former president Truman remains in serious condition as doctors report his kidneys failing and his overall condition fluctuates. Hospital briefings note he was semi conscious and less responsive overnight but improved slightly around 4 to 5 a.m. as his doctors express guarded hope.
U S District Judge John Sirica freed The Times Washington Bureau chief John Lawrence after about ten hours in jail for contempt of court. The appeals court ordered his release pending emergency hearings. The paper plans to pursue constitutional issues, arguing first amendment protections. The dispute centers on confidential interview notes from a Baldwin biography used in reporting on Nixon era matters.
SAIGON AP dispatch reports a third B-52 down as U.S. raids on the Hanoi Haiphong corridor intensified. Losses since Monday night include three B-52s and 15 flyers missing, with a B-52 making an emergency landing in Utapao, Thailand. Hanoi claims more aircraft shot down, while U.S. officials note heavy bombers and fighter-bombers involved, and reports say a North Vietnamese shore battery damaged the destroyer Goldsborough, killing two and wounding three.
A quirky office fashion note describes a white collar worker wearing three shirts, a blue workwear piece, and a paisley shirt. The piece links the boss's son-in-law to the outfits, with a humorous tone about corporate attire.
Pope Paul VI expressed doleful upset at renewed American bombing during a public audience in St. Peter's. Denmark's premier urged Washington to end involvement in Vietnam while Sweden, the Soviet Union, and China condemned the raids and urged peace actions.
Berlin is scene of a protest as more than ten youths attackAmerika Lous in West Berlin. Police take one into custody. six panes broken in three windows at the U S center. No injuries reported amid a Viet Nam era demonstration with a slip of paper bearing a Dowai slogan found.
A 25 year old San Juan Heights man at Kennedy Airport fled after grabbing a sky marshal and a customs agent gun during an X ray screening. He shot the two officials, both in non life threatening areas, before being chased onto the field and captured by Port Authority officers. The two wounded were treated at Peninsula General Hospital. no explosives were found. Named victims are Anthony Pettucci and Gerald McCarthy. suspect Robert J. Dubbclaer, 25, from San Juan.
Inmates of Marion Federal Penitentiary donated 1000 and hosted a Christmas party for Bowman Children’s Center in Jarvisburg. Four dozen guards escorted the children to the gym to receive gifts as inmates, including one from Kentucky, handed out presents and spoke of changing lives through acts of goodwill.
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