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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1972
Page
3
Weather details for Saturday and February totals with a lull in precipitation. Birth announcements list multiple families and addresses. Obituary notices follow for numerous Iowa towns with service times and burial details.
In prepared remarks at a fund raising dinner Senator Edward Kennedy accuses the Nixon administration of failing Americans on several fronts including the Vietnam War. He says Nixon’s peace offer was a one sided plan rejected in 1965 and that only a Democrat can end the war in 1972. Kennedy cites economy welfare crime and race relations as other failures.
Dr. Tom Haggai a former Furman quarterback turned ordained minister travels about 250000 miles yearly as a public speaker. His wife Burden owns a local restaurant here in High Point North Carolina.
The notice lists carrier rates at 75 cents weekly with mail options including night and Sunday editions at 6 issues a month for two dollars, nineteen per year, and afternoon editions at seven issues a month for two dollars and fifteen cents or twenty dollars yearly. U.S. territories capped at thirty dollars yearly. No mail subscriptions in carrier areas. The Associated Press retains exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
The two nations maintain talks with a rare postwar agreement to exchange wounded and sick prisoners. A date remains undisclosed as Bhutto disclosed plans to meet with Mrs. Gandhi and Mujibur Rahman, while an Indian letter to Waldheim bore the February 14 date.
Democratic senate leader Andrew Frommelt of Dubuque notes the campaign shift. Walsh ends his pursuit of the Second district seat citing Culver's campaign funds and staff, stating the move would prevent debt for his family. He mentions possible reelection to the state senate and his focus on transportation seniors and nonpublic education.
Senators Mathias Beall and Humphrey will introduce legislation to spend 1.5 million dollars to buy Oxon Hill Manor near Washington as the official residence for the vice president. The NPS says the 55 to 158 acre estate fits needs, though ownership is held by developers. Agnew has not commented on the proposal.
District Court jurors in Linn County need not report until Feb 28 as the clerk’s office remains open Tuesday. Cedar Rapids Municipal Court jurors are also excused for Tuesday and should report Feb 28 unless told otherwise.
William C. Henning 100 of 1730 Second Ave SE died Saturday after a long illness. Born August 4 1871 near Davidson Michigan he spent most of his life in Cedar Rapids and worked with A N Palmer Co and Cedar Rapids Business College since 1901 serving as president from 1929 to 1956. He edited American Penman investigated questioned documents and handwriting. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Wayne Ferris and a son William E Henning with multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren. Burial at Oak Hill with services at Turner Chapel East. Master Masons to attend.
Saigon reports intensified enemy strikes across South Vietnam from Mekong Delta to Da Nang and the central highlands. An outpost in Ba Xuyen Province was overrun with 31 killed, while the An Hoa industrial complex near Da Nang faced a dawn assault and casualties were initially unavailable. In the highlands, 150 North Vietnamese troops clashed with South Vietnamese rangers with two rangers killed and four wounded. U S. air forces conducted seven B 52 missions targeting staging areas and base camps near Hue An Khe and Kontum City.
Cedar Rapids police caught three boys in the Auto Parts Co. building at 808 Third avenue SE Saturday night. The youths, aged 13 and 15, were processed by the youth bureau and expected to be released to their parents.
Obituary notices list names Roger Irwin Dice Vernon F Foster Howard Orr Graham Christopher Gene Matson William E Mineck and Frances Prusha with service details at Turner West Turner Chapel East Cedar Memorial Cedar Memorial and Oak Hill cemeteries. Services include noon St Patrick's Mass Rev Maguire grave side VFW honors and rosary tonight. Burial sites span Linwood Cedar Memorial Oak Hill and Mt Calvary cemeteries with multiple call times Monday.
Thirty years ago the Navy published a roster naming 1,010 Navy and Marine Corps members believed captured by Japan. The list covered personnel linked to Wake and Guam, and to Peiping, Tientsin and Shanghai in China.
Omar Bradley former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and America s only living five star general is named recipient of the 1971 George Washington award by the Freedom Foundation. The jury cites his long dedicated selfless service as a professional soldier VA head and JCS chair.
In London an Iraqi-born writer living in London was charged with attempted murder of Gen Abdul Razak al Naef former Iraqi prime minister. Naef escaped when his wife shielded him and was wounded in the shoulder. Separately in New York the Afro-American Republicansplan a class action suit to force more black and women delegates at the GOP convention.
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott says Congress likely will not pass an anti busing constitutional amendment and will avoid a direct clash on the issue during this election year.
New Jersey remains the state with the highest population per square mile, signaling dense urban development and concentrated communities across its counties. Population patterns emphasize urban cores and limited land area compared with other states.
SUNY Stony Brook hires a student as parttime dog catcher on its 1100 acre campus and launches an enforcement drive against students who keep pets in dormitories. Spokesmen say many students abandon dogs after finding care bothersome, leading to a canine population boom.
UPI reports Representative John Conyers of Michigan will lodge a protest at the United Nations this week protesting U.S. prison conditions. He says Black convicts are political prisoners in a literal sense due to racist backgrounds and enforcement.
West Coast dock workers voted to end their long strike after unofficial returns. Seattle longshore locals reported a 497 to 274 vote to ratify an 18 month contract, nearly two to one in favor.
In Rockford Illinois a local weight-control group staged a 1971 fashion show featuring before and after outfits. Models wore fat clothes for the before look and skinny garb for the after. Goodwill Industries received the clothing after the event.
Ten years ago the American Farm Bureau Federation recorded its opposition to the creation of a department of urban affairs and housing.
Police book a 26 year old man who had escaped from Sullivan County Tennessee jail. They found four hacksaw blades in one shoe and seven in the other. He apparently hadn’t planned on staying long in the Indianapolis jail.
Front dispatches from thirty years past claimed Soviet storm troops were nearing Latvia and might have crossed the border, signaling a tense Cold War moment and potential intervention in the Baltic region.
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