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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1971
Page
3
AP report from Washington describes a premature explosion outside the Soviet embassy cultural building on a quiet 18th street block. Police say no injuries occurred. State Department delivered an immediate apology as a young woman contacted the AP with a chilling message.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko delivered a strong protest to U S Ambassador Jacob Beam over a bomb explosion outside the Soviet embassy cultural building in Washington. The incident prompted letters to the U S embassy and threats received in Moscow. The State Department pledged increased protection for Soviet facilities and a thorough manhunt for those responsible.
A U S B 52 bomber carrying nine crew members crashed in Lake Michigan off Charlevoix Michigan during a night flight from Westover Massachusetts. Coast guard planes and ships found wreckage including two empty life vests but no survivors were located. The aircraft was on a training flight and was unarmed.
Lawrence Carstensen, Iowa citizens aide, urged the University of Iowa to consider purchasing the Coralville Salvage Co. as it faces pressure from university projects and a dispute with the Iowa Air Pollution Control Commission over open burning.
British Ambassador Geoffrey Jackson was kidnapped in Montevideo and is reportedly in the hands of Tupamaro guerrillas. Witnesses phoned radio stations to claim the abduction occurred minutes before 10 a.m. as the ambassador, driver, and two guards arrived at the British embassy. The car bearing diplomatic markings was later found a few blocks away.
Radio reports say Tupamaros urban guerrillas have held hostages in Montevideo including Aloysio Dias Gomide Brazilian consul and Dan Mitrione US police expert. Ambassadors and aides were wounded or killed as police sealed off Montevideo after the kidnapping. The incident marks one of the decade’s notable political kidnappings in the Western Hemisphere.
Tucson officials release findings that a December blaze at Pioneer International Hotel caused by one or more arsonists began on the fourth floor and involved two fires about 40 feet apart. The inquiry cites a California investigator’s preliminary report and notes police continue their probe. Louis Taylor, 18, faces misdemeanor trespassing charges as the investigation unfolds.
Secretary Laird arrived in Saigon to discuss reducing American defense outlays and withdrawal targets in Vietnam. Reports indicate plans to cut up to about 250000 troops by summer with divisions and aircraft wings reorganized, including Fifth and First regiments and support units.
SAIGON AP reports enemy forces attacked two U S reconnaissance patrols on opposite sides of South Vietnam, killing seven Americans and wounding one. Disengagement of American forces from the war was the major agenda item for Laird's three day visit. U S strength last week stood at 284,000 by May 1 with a reduction planned.
The Deep South faced heavy snow and ice as the storm blanketed Greenwood Mississippi with four inches of snow and Natchez with half an inch of ice. Western storms and Arctic air brought freezing rain to the region as six people died in weather related crashes. Schools closed across Louisiana and Mississippi due to icy roads while power outages affected Houston.
Clara seeks a specific type of partner for a date in a humorous personal note. The brief humorous ad frames her search as a lighthearted request for a man who fits a single, clear criterion.
Senator Edmund Muskie met at Ben-Gurion's desert home in Israel for a discussion with the bushy-haired patriarch of Israeli politics. The encounter aimed to discuss regional issues and U.S. interests in the Middle East during the visit.
Washington reports Reagan reversed the decision to cut off 700 million dollars in federal welfare aid to California after the state promised to adjust AFDC payments. Officials cited possible noncompliance with the 1967 cost of living adjustment law, while a federal examiner had found California at fault last October.
In Sweetwater Florida Mary Perkins spent ten dollars of her Christmas money to buy toys for four black children whose family was evicted. Teens taunted her, and neighbors argued about possible local laws. The mayor noted actions to protect the Perkins family as Mary plans to use her money to aid others in need.
Washington reports December jobless rate at 9 percent, highest since 1984, despite GM strike return. About one million men and women unemployed. average weekly factory earnings up 1.05 dollars due to higher hourly rates and longer workweek. Unemployment duration reaches 9.4 weeks in November to December.
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