04 Feb 1969
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1969
Page
1
Nixon signals a new diplomatic probe into U S China relations proposing first steps to ease travel and communications barriers and potentially relax the trade embargo. Officials note possible shift from isolation to flexibility as Stoessel may seek travel and communications loosening.
A Catholic delegation urged Cedar Rapids school officials to back legislation to expand shared time with Des Moines expected to file this week. Forrest Rosser said Catholic schools remain stable but face higher costs as nuns leave and lay teachers replace them, raising salaries by 4000 to 5000 dollars per position.
The state department says Chinese diplomat Liao Hu-shu who defected in the Netherlands ten days ago has arrived in the United States and requested asylum.
The Iowa Senate voted 48 to 9 to empower campus security officers at Iowa's three state universities with peace officer authority. The measure, requested by the board of regents, allows sidearms but does not require them and requires training to be provided "as rapidly as practicable." The bill now moves to the House with three hours of debate and amendments debated and rejected.
Los Angeles AP Sirhan Bishara Sirhan testifying in his murder trial said his top yearly income was $2,212.46 in 1966. He listed earnings from a drive in, a local ranch, a Corona construction firm and a Pasadena food store while noting he mostly lived at home and partly gave money to his mother.
Navy testimony details proposed actions after the Pueblo seizure. Plans to raid for crew release and to destroy the Wonsan intelligence ship were discussed but never authorized. Rear Admiral George Cassell said the Pearl Harbor command judged North Korean attack risk minimal as the Pueblo was surrounded, limiting any possible aid. The 5th Air Force was not placed on strip alert, and arming aircraft from Okinawa would have taken hours.
Onshore winds drove a 200 square mile oil slick toward Santa Barbara bringing it within about two miles of the beach. Offshore drilling operations paused by order of Interior Secretary Hickel were resumed after experts found procedures safe. Humble Oil Co. received permission to continue as winds threaten 40 miles of southern California coastline. An aerial survey showed the slick’s northwest edge drifting toward Santa Barbara.
Senator Vern Lisle criticizes the Iowa Board of Regents for consulting with student groups on selecting the University of Iowa president. He compares student influence to allowing a learner driver to pick the state highway patrol chief, warns of radicals influencing the process, and questions how the board will enforce final responsibility for the choice.
Secret Service reports one of the largest counterfeit currency seizures in history, over 1.5 million dollars, tied to two men, Lawrence Whitt and Jack Whitt. The operation began in January 1968 in Columbus with bills in 10 20 and 100 denominations, found with printing plates. The suspects were arraigned and held for federal court. a third man Bobby Fulton is being sought.
Yassir Arafat, elected chairman of the PLO executive committee, pledges a war of liberation and escalation of armed revolution in all parts of occupied Palestine. He rules out political solutions and leads the El Fatah faction, with plans to discuss orders in refugee camps in Jordan near the West Bank.
A humorous note says men no longer marry women on fifty dollars weekly. The joke claims a wife should earn at least a hundred dollars weekly, reflecting changing attitudes on income and partnership.
Minnesota endures unprecedented winter as 100 inch totals in the north and 54 inches in the Twin Cities trap residents. Les Sankey and family describe being snowbound since December with delays in milking and milk storage, isolation from roads, and plans to flee to Arizona as storms linger.
Atlanta mourns as Ralph McGill, 70, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, dies from an apparent heart attack at a dinner meeting. McGill was known for advocating civil rights long before such positions were common in the South.
The White House said President Nixon spoke by phone with former President Johnson for about 15 minutes on the Middle East crisis. Nixon plans to brief Johnson and Eisenhower weekly on foreign policy developments. Ziegler outlined formats for the updates.
The Bureau of Customs, celebrating its 180th year, collected over $3 billion in 1968, the highest total in the agency’s history. The figure underscores strong import activity and enforcement during the year.
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