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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1972
Page
5
Television critic notes Evil Roy Slade as a two hour pilot with Astin, Rooney, Berle, Shawn, DeLuise and Pam Austin delivering sharp gags and quirky characters. Pilot suggested for series, balancing satirical sketches with a blustery mean western antihero and a strong supporting cast.
UPI reports major networks outline Nixon in Peking coverage times. ABC schedules Cavett show Monday from 10:30 p.m. to midnight with 90 minute delay on KCRG. CBS lists Monday 1:40 p.m. and Tuesday morning slots. NBC shows 10:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday and portion of Today from 7 to 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Iowa City spectators packed the University of Iowa fieldhouse for a rock concert the first since a ban three months earlier. Campus security director William L. Binney hailed the crowd as absolutely cooperative and well behaved while student planners agreed to pay 3000 dollars for past damages and 2600 dollars for extra costs.
A dormitory fire at University of Iowa Hillcrest evacuated about 160 students after a cigarette dropped on a mattress. The incident occurred in a room used by John Schenkelberg of Cedar Rapids and Jeff Cox of Bettendorf.
AP report notes a proposal to expel members missing 40 percent of votes, with 30 percent attendance proposed by some. Absenteeism and extended delays limit legislative work, as Mansfield lashes the Senate while House tries to keep two Friday sessions monthly.
The article notes a push to delay a vote for a week, Albert refused, sent telegrams about the absence of Democrats, and pressed the bill through. Seventy members were missing, about 11 percent of the house, reflecting widespread absenteeism.
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