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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1968

Page

8

Johnson urges voluntary wage price restraints to curb inflation

President Johnson’s cabinet committee urged business and labor to accept guidelines for voluntary wage and price restraint. The six year target would rise to about 4.8 percent for wages in 1964 and price increases near 1958 levels, with firms absorbing the first one percent of costs.

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Road Plan Faces Delays In Five Year Highway Program

The Gazette outlines delays and funding factors for multiple projects in the proposed five year highway program. It notes shifts to a fiscal year and design changes can push 1970s work into 1969 or 1971. Paving and grading plans stretch from Cedar Rapids areas to Marion and Central City with several two year postponements.

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Scant Reply To Anti American Ads Stirs Brazilian Debate

In January seven readers responded to Brazilian newspaper ads urging anti American sentiment. Writers and a teacher offered criticisms tied to U S actions in Vietnam economics and cultural gaps. Joan Mowinkel of the American Embassy promoted anonymous letters to gauge opinion.

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Wes Tied Up In Booth By Rope Tangle

In Bris Ol England three truck drivers bound a booth with rope trapping two youths inside. They freed themselves after contacting their girlfriends and summoning police aid.

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Wage and Hour Seeks Missing Iowa Back Wages Claimants

The U S Labor Department seeks 800 workers owed back wages from federal wage and hour violations. Among those to locate are five with last known Iowa addresses. Amounts range from under 25 to over 1000 dollars. Names include Beverly Gillespie Haunceville Cedar Rapids John Kolden Jane Dale Olson Sioux City and David Shivley.

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Peace talks shift as U S aims for military focus in Viet Nam

Report notes a Hanoi related bid to formalize talks with the United States while urging the National Liberation Front to be recognized. U S officials insist on a strictly military frame for discussions and refuse to let diplomacy dilute the prisoner release objective.

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Pressman's Union Reaches Agreement with Four Firms

Pressman's Union and four employers including Stamals Publishing Co and Russell Guide, Inc reach a new contract with the union. Six other Cedar area commercial printers rejected offers and gridlock persists as the association contract runs out Tuesday night.

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Record Bird Census Sees Peak Species Count

Bird watchers report a record number of species on a Christmas census day. The Cedar Rapids area counted Arctic tundra migrants and many common waterfowl and songbirds across Cedar, Marion, and nearby lakes and rivers.

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Denver Hospital Mixes Up Death Pronouncement for 71 Year Old

A 71 year old Denver widow was pronounced dead on December 6 after three weeks in hospital. Doctors revived her heartbeat with stimulants and prepared for post mortem surgery before her respiration and pulse returned. The hospital chief called the incident highly unfortunate and said the initial pronouncement was effectively correct. Mrs Rheams's sister was notified in California and word of the death appeared in local newspapers.

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Robins Sighted in Milwaukee Despite Snow

Milwaukee bird watchers report 91 robins observed during a winter census despite a five inch snow cover and teens temperature, part of an annual winter court for the U S Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Argentina reports missing space capsule during weather mission

Argentina's air force offers a reward of about 29 for information leading to recovery of its camerat equipped space capsule sent aloft last Sunday for a weather study mission described as a success. No trace found on Earth despite search efforts.

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Hope- Continued Reflections On A Tough Vietnam Tour

The piece notes the performers endured illness fatigue and travel strain on a grueling Vietnam tour. It highlights audience- performer empathy and gratitude from the audience, calling the shows show busy at their best and expressing hope for an end to the conflict. It emphasizes that these young performers deserve a better life and a chance to live in peace.

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Trygve Lie and Norway's wartime leadership profile

Trygve Lie, secretary general from 1946 to 1953, led the U.N. at its founding after a career as Norway's justice minister and exile government member. He joined the Norwegian labor movement, served abroad in London, and later returned to Norway before pursuing efforts to expand Norwegian industry with foreign capital.

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Area Ten College Receives Department Grant for Law Enforcement Training

The announcement by Rev John Culver notes Area Ten Community College secures a substantial grant under the Omnibus Crime Controls and Safe Streets Act to fund training in law enforcement. Loans or grants up to 1800 annually may be awarded to eligible students. applications are handled through the college office.

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Mah Faces Asyaul Charge Filed by Wife

A man named Mah was charged by his wife with assault and intoxication after an arrest on Saturday. He was released on own recognizance on the assault charge and remains in custody on the intoxication count?

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Plan for $6.3 Million Gas Facilities in Cedar Rapids Area

Illinois gas district manager announces a four year plan totaling 6.306 million dollars for Cedar Rapids area projects. Highlights include six miles of 10 to 12 inch feeder lines around the eastern perimeter and a 36 thousand dollar 1961- era modernization of the Cedar Rapids office. The program notes a rise to 411,336 gas customers and increased consumption to 17,111,969 hundred cubic feet. A 130 thousand dollar modernization for the commercial office is slated for 1969.

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