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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1969
Page
3
The Daily Record lists weather observations for Iowa including high and low temperatures, precipitation totals, and wind data. It also reports multiple death notices and obituaries from Tama, Dyersville, Wyoming, Guttenberg, Victor, and Marion with service details and family notes.
A Senate debate quotes committee chair Fulbright and Senator Rogers on Article VI of a nuclear disarmament treaty. They discuss good faith negotiations and the goal to abolish stockpiles, with questions about ABM linkage if the treaty takes effect.
A 12-member jury reached a 69 verdict by 2:30 p m Tuesday after deliberating since Monday in the Hoover Coffee murder case. The panel weighed first degree murder or lesser charges as testimony detailed premeditation and a complex relationship with the victim, Michael Lawson.
Testimony recalls Sirhan Sirhan fighting off bystanders as Kennedy lay struck on the floor and defense witnesses describe Unruh shouting to spare further blood. Grier narrates Kennedy’s final moments, security aides describe removing the gunman and protecting Mrs Kennedy during the chaos.
Demonstrators at University of Dunois increased demands from 35 to 41 while the library suffered thousands of index cards stolen and destroyed. An official called the theft a crippling blow likely requiring years to repair. In a separate incident at the University of South Carolina a youth was arrested for burning a Confederate flag before the president's home, with state law banning flag mutilation.
Larry Buck 20 of 903 Ninth Street SE Cedar Rapids pled guilty to assault and battery resisting an officer and fighting. Judge Loren Hullinger suspended all three sentences and placed Buck in probationary custody with Rev. John Thomas and Abdullah Igram of the city human rights commission. Buck originally pled not guilty with trial set for March 21. officers say Buck struck Carl Morrison Jr. in the 1400 block Mt. Vernon Road SE and resisted being taken to the squad car.
Mayor Bosh urges building new housing in Oak Hill before removing substandard dwellings. He lobbies for rapid housing alongside renewal, noting previous relocations. City planners support interim housing, while a study of an NDP grant aims to start rehabilitation by July covering Tenth to Twelfth streets near Jane Boyd House.
Report describes a tense city renewal dispute linked to Oak Hill and Western European Union policies. Buck alleges police conduct and abusive language after a beating as Morrison seeks renewal approval amid consultants’ verdicts. The dispute touches housing classification and future development zones.
A federal judge in New York enjoined the planned Atlantic Richfield Sinclair Oil merger pending final determination of antitrust claims. Judge Frederick Van Pelt Bryan said the government showed a reasonable probability of success and the merger could harm competition in southeastern states, with merits to be resolved at trial.
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