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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1972
Page
6
A detailed look at Amtrak's birth and push for a multibillion dollar upgrade as lawmakers mull federal investment. The piece contrasts rail, auto and air travel, cites deficits and taxes, notes impacts on service quality and future growth, and surveys public sentiment on rail subsidies.
Prague residents say apathy grew after the 1968 invasion as resistance faded. The Communist leadership and Russians push soft sell campaigns while the party purges and numbers decline. Husak emphasizes patience and gradual reform amid mixed public sentiment and consumer optimism.
Kansas City dispatch notes former President Harry S Truman regarded the Harry S Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace in Jerusalem as a proud memorial. The $3.6 million center, built on Mount Scopus, opened January 1966 funded by 36 Americans at $100,000 each, with Truman warning of nuclear war dangers.
UPI reports Japanese-Americans interned from 1941 to 1946 may qualify for social security wage credits if they were 18 during confinement. The credits cover retirement survivors disability and Medicare and could boost benefits for those already receiving payments.
The Census Bureau has begun its quinquennial survey of the national economy. Staff are distributing questionnaires to 2.1 million large firms to collect data on employment, wages, and activities for 1972. An additional 2.9 million smaller firms will be interviewed selectively.
In Minneapolis, Judge Lindsay G. Arthur heads Hennepin County Juvenile Court with a mix of humor and hard facts. A Peanuts cartoon and a quotable wall slogan soften the chamber as he stresses root causes, not blame, while guiding youths and social workers. Arthur, 55, has led the court 11 years and recently was elected president of the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges.
The Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce convention and tourism bureau will outline 1973 convention plans and future activity at Friday’s meeting after a noon Town House luncheon. The session includes the gavel passing with Donald L. Jacobsen succeeding Eldon Colton as chairman and is open to all interested in convention or tourism projects. reservations via telephone are welcome.
Demand for coal is rising and operators can speed up production by cutting corners with an underground conveyor belt system. A train of two wheeled cars carries a steel reinforced flexible rubber belt that moves around in the mine and can turn corners to double coal handling rates, says B F Goodrich, designer and builder.
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