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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1969
Page
4
Des Moines lawmakers debated urban street needs as winter damage worsened roads across Iowa towns. Rep. Cunningham urged a one cent gasoline tax hike to fund municipal road work, while Gov. Ray declined tax increases, favoring targeted highway fund use and a municipal problems study.
The Iowa City council plans a vote on a $4 million industrial revenue bond to finance facilities for a major industry to be named at the Tuesday meeting. The panel also plans to rework low rent housing authority rules and set up a city water treatment and softening program using zeolite to cut hardness by about half. Mayor Hickerson will appoint a five member appeals board. Police cars will be air conditioned to aid policing.
Peking said it is obviously most unsuitable for the U S and Chinese ambassadors to meet in Warsaw on Thursday after a 13 month gap. The defection of a Chinese diplomat in the Netherlands has created an anti China atmosphere and he is now in the United States.
A lighthearted saying urges never miss a chance to make someone happy even if it means letting them handle things alone. The note ends with a copyright marker.
Former President Lyndon Johnson plans a brief Iowa swing ending at the Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch with a Cedar Rapids arrival and a 6 p.m. takeoff. Senate in Des Moines approves Hoover Recognition Day to honor Herbert Hoover on the weekend closest to his August 10 birthday. Johnson travels with his wife while exploring presidential libraries in connection with his own project.
Gunmen opened fire on an Israeli Boeing 707 taxiing for takeoff at Zurich. Five aboard injured including pilot and co pilot. one attacker killed, others arrested. Authorities suspected Arab assailants and a female participant hid near the runway. Passengers evacuated via emergency chute.
Washington UPI reports Interior Secretary Walter Hickel appointed Thomas Holley age 38 as an assistant in the department.
University of Wisconsin dissidents call for a pause in protests while 2100 guardsmen remain nearby. Six students arrested after a weekend calm as 300 attended a campus rally. Elsewhere San Francisco State and Pennsylvania State report disruptions and actions tied to protests and military recruitment.
Secretary of State William Rogers told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that U S anti ballistic missile planning depends on Soviet nuclear arms aims. He urged quick approval of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty to avoid the spread of nuclear weapons.
Valerie Schulte 22 testified she attended Kennedy victory celebration near Santa Barbara as campaign manager. Crippled by a ski injury she followed Kennedy into the pantry where he was shot and said she could not identify Sirhan. An earlier witness noted a polka dot dress. Roosevelt Grier cried as rioters surged.
Cedar Rapids schools vote to raise teacher salaries by about 13.31 percent for 1969 70. The package raises starting pay to 6 800 for a bachelor degree holder and boosts average district pay from 8 025 to 9 094 with a total cost near 1 293 million.
White House announced Ray Bliss will resign as Republican national chairman in mid April to return to private business. President Nixon accepted the decision praising Bliss for a job well done. Bliss had led the party’s organizational work and may be succeeded by Rogers Morton or Murray Chotiner, with Akron insurer Bliss returning to private business.
Senator John J. Williams of Delaware announced he will not seek re election next year citing age. The longtime watchdog pushed for a congressional age limit and helped expose Bobby Baker in 1963, earning a reputation as a lone wolf investigator.
A predawn derailment in Crete Nebraska triggered a tank car explosion releasing anhydrous ammonia. Eight deaths were confirmed with possible higher tolls, as gas clouds and heavy fog prompted mass evacuations. National guardsmen aided, gas masks used, and a Lincoln helicopter helped disperse the cloud.
Saigon reports the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces breached the 24 hour Tet truce a record 261 times. A Me Kong delta outpost battle left 6 South Vietnamese dead 7 wounded and 28 missing. U S helicopter gunships killed 12 attackers. The battleship New Jersey shelled a North Vietnamese anti aircraft site.
The government designated Harris, Galveston and San Patricio counties along with adjacent flood damaged regions in Texas as disaster areas. Local authorities coordinate aid and relief efforts for affected residents and businesses.
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