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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1968
Page
12
The Kingston school system debates replacing grass with a synthetic turf at a cost of 225000 dollars. Officials warn the project needs careful funding and public input, suggesting delaying the decision to 1969 to ensure strong financial footing and broader community support.
Schramm a legislative assistant to Senator Talmadge of Georgia sued the Supreme Court over a ground it leased behind his home. The court finally cleaned the lot, and Schramm vows to keep the suit until cleaning becomes habitual. Hurrah for Schramm.
The Iowa Sheriffs Association executive board voted 24 to 0 against creating a 300 man statewide emergency force. Editors urge sheriffs to coordinate with the highway patrol national guard and local police and to meet with Governor Hughes and Attorney General Turner to plan immediate mobilization for trouble spots.
A letter from Joe Goithelow of Iowa City thanks Onslow residents for support via a newspaper route and urges print space for youth routes. He criticizes national political rhetoric while praising local kindness and urges Cedar Rapids Gazette coverage.
A powerful 1958 storm swept from Mississippi to New England leaving up to 42 inches of snow and at least 142 deaths. A polar air mass drove Iowa to record lows with Cedar Rapids enduring 28th straight below zero day. The region faced fires and infrastructure damage as towns like Tama Centerville and Napier reported blazes and losses.
W C Benesh, commissioner of public safety, said a change would allow parking for 14 more cars per block and offset space set aside for bus loading. Four new elders were elected at the First Presbyterian church annual meeting Ira Carruthers Stewart Holmes Dwight Krumholtz and M M Thompson. Robert Norris of Cedar Rapids was re-elected president of Coe college’s junior class in second semester elections.
Veterans and party leaders discuss George Wallace and Eugene McCarthy as potential third party or independent candidates. Most see Johnson secure the Democratic nomination and anticipate a nonclose race with wide Republican victory, while Wallace could draw votes on racial-issue appeal without broad national backing.
The piece argues Nixon as likely GOP nominee given experience, with Rockefeller and Romney in weaker standing. It notes Rockefeller’s fallout from the New York City sanitation strike and Romney’s recent setbacks. It centers on voter mood toward changing administrations and the 1968 presidential landscape.
If the American people want change there will be an electoral majority for the Republican nominee. If they reject change President Johnson could win a sizable majority. A third party candidate seems likely to be irrelevant and meaningless.
The piece explores Black Power criticism of civil rights orthodoxy with focus on white liberalism. It cites Howard student Harry Quintana and All Souls Unitarian church discussions showing a push for a separate black community and self determination as alternatives to integration.
The text argues that urban housing should serve poor black communities and be controlled by black leadership. It notes Stokely Carmichael's claim that only blacks can plan for a black community and discusses distrust of white investment in ghettos. It warns that white society may resist and suggests black control could offer a racial modus vivendi beyond integration.
Park and South Korean officials debated retaliation after North Korea's Pueblo seizure and a covert Panmunjom talk. Porter and Bonesteel assured Washington kept South Korea informed while denying U.S. backroom deals, and ministers pressed for full accounting of events.
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