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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1968
Page
11
City weighs a 1.8 million plan to seal 30 odor emitting units with concrete domes. Price per unit ranges from 50 000 to 63 636 dollars, plus possible 14 million totals for 22 domes. Officials seek phased options and fully effective coverage to calm residential complaints.
The piece notes 1967 state tax collections reached $31.9 billion, an 8.6 percent rise from 1966, with seven states leading in revenue. It highlights sales taxes as major income, Iowa’s tax actions including income tax boosts and property tax replacements, and concerns over funding as tax burdens grow.
Russell Baker lampoons American political conversations in 1968 style dialogue. Two figures debate trust in government and media while riffing on demagoguery pot slogans and the idea of unarmed weapons to expose absurdities in public discourse.
A reader, new to Iowa, endorses Governor Hughes challenge for responsible action toward building a just community. The letter from Mrs. James of Anderson argues case workers fail to name sin and calls out attitudes toward unwed mothers and birth control.
Marquis Childs portrays Clark Clifford as a pragmatic lawyer with deep links to corporate power who could steer Vietnam policy toward compromise. The piece notes his Senate appearance clarifying bombing limits, questions his loyalties, and discusses potential impacts on Johnson and national security.
The article argues South Vietnamese resentment toward the United States helped the Viet Cong penetrate the American embassy in Saigon. It cites economic disruption caused by U.S. troops, anti-American sentiment, and calls for troop withdrawal. It links Korean War era rhetoric to current tensions and notes Eartha Kitt controversy at the White House.
Civilians reported Eartha Kitt’s 2 p.m. speech to the First Lady amid antiwar protests. Two hours later she was seen with peacenik Stokely Carmichael at the Shoreham hotel after arranging a Pentagon visit to entertain troops in Vietnam.
Weather turns frigid with 18 below zero in Atlantic and Cedar Rapids hitting zero as a high of 21. The Cedar Rapids council passes an ordinance enabling future one way streets by council resolution. Bever Park zoo adds a young lion from Peoria. Milk price in 1948 remains 16 cents a quart as dairy talks stall. Laurence Turner wins a national essay contest. Industrial Education urges a Cedar Rapids technical school. Public Improvements club commends Dave Williams for opposing sand pumping.
A report from a pit southeast of the city sewage disposal plant cites flood hazard from ongoing operations. Ray Anderson, farm editor of The Gazette, was re-elected chairman of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce agricultural bureau. George Holmes filed nominating papers for the March city council election as a third candidate.
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