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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1971
Page
4
Apollo crews race toward the Moon with docking issues resolved and Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell ready for space walk if needed. After a restful night they monitor systems and recharge as they drift 360,000 miles from Earth at 2,400 miles per hour with daily contact from Mission Control.
Administration officials propose raising patient shares in Medicare and Medicaid to cut $64 million in the final year of the current budget. The plan would mostly affect the elderly and needy, with hospital bill shares rising for Medicare recipients and charges imposed for some Medicaid beneficiaries. If enacted, federal costs would fall to $58.6 billion for Medicare and $3.4 billion for Medicaid, while details remain in flux.
Apollo 14 shifted to on target course as Stuart Roosa fired the main engine for the first time. The craft would pass within 69 miles of the moon before adjusting to an orbit of 69 to 198 miles, then drop to 11.5 miles at the high point. Shepard and Mitchell prepared for a Fra Mauro descent Friday morning while Mission Director Chester Lee affirmed plans for a lunar landing despite earlier linkage difficulties between the command and lunar modules.
Washington sources report the Postal Service proposing wide rate increases across almost all classes. First class stamps would rise to eight cents and airmail to eleven cents with postcards up one to seven and airmail postcards to nine. Increases aimed at $1.45 billion in annual revenue would take effect May 11 or May 15 pending rate commission approval.
The Cedar Rapids Community School District reports two roof construction issues in the district's four new elementary schools. Architect Carl Hock of Associated Architects says some roof truss joints are not correctly assembled and may not distribute weight properly. Temporary supports have been placed. no danger is reported. The team is reviewing potential use of different wood grade in the trusses.
Gov. Robert Ray announced the promotion of Donald Gene Briggs to director of revenue in Des Moines, effective Monday. Briggs, 98, has served as deputy director since 1969, succeeding William Forst as the department reorganizes under the administration.
Iowa in 1970 showed a cooling trend linked to a long worldwide pattern. The state posted a 48.5 degree annual average, 0.4 below normal, with January 1970 at 9.5 below the 20.4 norm. Records include a 806 inch January snow and subzero readings, while precipitation exceeded norms by 2.14 inches.
Washington reports quote Defense Secretary Laird denying any American ground troops in Laos while avoiding further discussion of alleged operations. He deferred to Gen Abrams for answers as reports of Vietnamese forces in Laos surface.
Harold E. Birky died of a gunshot wound near Ben Tre City in Vietnam. Born March 7, 1950 in Kali spel Montana he was a 1968 Muscatine High School graduate and Navy recruit since May 1969. Survived by parents a sister and a brother. Funeral arrangements pending in South English Iowa.
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