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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1968
Page
1
A 477 page report condemned the state and Newark police and city leadership for handling last summer's riots. It charged excessive force by police and guardsmen and urged a grand jury probe into corruption in city government.
Secretary of State Rusk told a National Association of Secondary School Principals audience in Atlantic City that the Vietnam War may be in its climactic period with the outcome assured if U.S. troops stay effective. He warned North Korea against underestimating American resolve after the Pueblo incident and noted 50,000 U.S. troops in Korea. He argued the North Vietnamese Viet Cong drive aims to paralyze South Vietnam and force a peace with a communist coalition government.
The article notes no letup in cold conditions through Monday as Iowa endures an Arctic air mass. Temperatures range from near zero to 25 above with light winds around 15 mph. Saturday lows vary from 1 below zero in Dubuque to 19 at Sioux City and Council Bluffs, with highs in the 20s and scattered snow flurries. Cedar Rapids peaks at 14 degrees by 2 p.m.
Production workers at Quaker Oats Co in Cedar Rapids ratified a two-year contract with management. Local 110 AFL-CIO said the agreement covers about 700 workers and took effect with the second shift. The old contract expired at midnight with wage increases of 36 cents an hour over two years and higher shift premiums.
A humorous column notes a female driver who drives as a male would yet faces blame more often. The piece explores gendered perceptions in traffic behavior.
The national ADA board voted 65 to 47 to support Sen Eugene McCarthy for the Democratic presidential nomination. John Roche resigned as White House aide shortly after. The resolution includes an escape clause and cites dissatisfaction with Johnson’s Vietnam policy and a divided membership. Joseph Rauh led the endorsement effort.
A grandmother and two grandsons perished when trapped in a rear bedroom as a rickety frame house burned. A third child was near death at a hospital after the blaze.
Robert G. Baker a 39 year old former secretary to the U S senate majority says he has resigned himself to a jail term in a statement quoted in Baltimore. The report notes Baker’s resignation follows his legal troubles as of Saturday.
Governor Rockefeller announced the state will temporarily take over New York City's sanitation department after a nine day garbage strike. Mayor Lindsay criticized the move while negotiations continued and workers would return to clear 90 000 tons of refuse. The plan would cost about 250 000 dollars more than the city would pay, with Albany set to enact the takeover as a crisis program.
Dr. Leo George Severa, 4406 Pepperwood Hill SE, lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and practicing dentist, died after a long illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born April 5, 1910, he married Carolyn Weeks in 1987, was WWII veteran, and leaves wife, daughter Carol Lee Jacobson of Lima Peru, one grandson, and father George J. Severa. He held ADA and Iowa Dental Society memberships and led Cedar Rapids and University District dental groups. Memorial services at All Saints church, burial at St. John's cemetery. Visitors may call at Turner's east after 1 today. memorials to All Saints Memorial Fund or Cancer Fund appreciated. Rosaries during Turner's east visit and Holy Name Society service scheduled.
Mayor Dick Greco announced that Tampa’s White Hats youth patrol will be replaced by a city supported volunteer effort after three of the five former leaders faced criminal charges. Carl Brazelton may head the new group while Arthur Roby Robert Dixon Norris Morrow and John Carter face varied indictments stemming from last summer’s riots.
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