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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1971
Page
2
San Francisco AP report says a West Coast dock agreement is likely with no new walkout by 7,000 Longshore Union workers in four Pacific ports. Government and union sources note evidence of genuine will to reach a settlement.
Decorah man Donald Ray Thole, 37, died in a one car crash when his vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a limestone embankment near Montgomery street and highway 2. Two other Iowans died in traffic incidents during the Christmas holiday weekend, including Connie Marie Gilbert, 24, near Griswold, and James W. Mackin, 25, in a Scott County two vehicle crash. Funeral plans for Thole are pending at Steine.
Washington AP report states the Cost of Living Council rejected mandatory controls on interest rates, promising voluntary restraints instead. Rep Patman criticized the move as a holiday gift to lenders, urging presidential justification under the Economic Stabilization Act. The council cited a potential rise in rates as the economy improves but said mortgage and consumer rates should stay affordable.
Former Teamsters president Hoffa was released from Lewisburg prison by presidential commutation. He reunited with his wife and family at their daughter’s Glendale home. The 88 year old may not manage labor groups until March 1900, and Detroit labor leaders praised the action.
Oklahoma City Explorer Post 4 sells Christmas trees to raise funds for a hospital in Agua Prieta Mexico across from Douglas Arizona. Proceeds total about four to four and a half thousand dollars plus eight truckloads of donated equipment valued at fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. The hospital, run by nuns, will serve 35 to 40 patients with no or nominal fees and about twenty teams.
In St Petersburg a 15 car passenger train derailed minutes before arriving at the station after a vandal moved a switch, sending the Coastline train onto a spur yard. Over 50 emergency vehicles responded as more than half the cars were off the rails and two engines felled into flames. Twenty travelers were treated for injuries.
The Naughton and Anderson families hear from loved ones detained in North Vietnam as Navy Lt Robert Naughton and Lt Gary Anderson report they are well. Peggy Naughton and spouse, along with siblings, await more letters, while the Rev Richard Fernandez delivers 1001 letters collected from prisoners in Paris to families.
Giovanni Leone, 63, a mediator with moderate politics, won 518 votes in parliament to become Italy's sixth president, ending a 15 day impasse that saw fistfights among lawmakers. He will take office December 29, succeeding Giuseppe Saragat and forming a caretaker government with Emilio Colombo staying on briefly.
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