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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1972
Page
7
In Hamburg the Elbe ferry Eppendorf rammed the launch Ceasar II carrying 43 workers. Eight men are missing and presumed drowned, 35 rescued and hospitalized as divers and a crane attempt to raise the sunken vessel amid river ice and darkness.
Dick Clark announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat held by Republican Jack Miller. Clark, a former administrative assistant to Congressman John Culver, seeks support statewide while pledging to listen as well as speak during the campaign. Culver praises Clark's dedication and urges voters to back him for Senate.
In a Catholic district of Belfast three men were shot in the thighs by likely IRA punishment squads. Two more men were wounded in separate shootings from passing cars. Outside Belfast a youth was tarred and feathered on the road to Lurgan as police noted the IRA’s drive to purge alleged traitors.
New York AP column by Jack Anderson claims the Nixon White House misidentified a leak source over secret documents. He says FBI error led to Rear Admiral Robert Welander’s transfer and asserts the administration hid life and death decisions behind the brink of nuclear war.
Martha Mitchell argues John Mitchell is more important in the justice department than in Nixon's re election campaign. She notes his track record includes cleaning up crime and corruption and cites planned solar energy projects as part of broader policy. The piece mixes her quotes with Vatican context about Pope Paul VI observing Lent.
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