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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1967
Page
7
In Madrid and Washington a struggle over Spanish Sahara pits Morocco and Mauritania against Spain with Algeria's tacit backing. U.N. debates, phosphate riches, and Enminsa driven development plans totter as eight U.S. firms face risk and uncertain protection.
City Hall records reveal Cedar Rapids faced multiple transit operators in 1931 with two competing lines, Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway Co. and Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway. A 1931 plan urged unification to enable future expansion and avoid franchising conflicts. Transit expert Dean Wagner later urged regional growth, including schools and nearby towns, with buses coordinating with electric lines. A visiting Wilmington reporter noted Cedar Rapids faced bus strikes elsewhere and found merit in a proposed city operation.
In Valdosta Georgia a dog named Jake rides atop a car during trips with owner Bart Hudson. The dog casually clings to the hood or top and even learned to brace himself at red lights. Jake sometimes rides inside on cold days and was a stray from neighbors now gone from town.
Lloyd Gilbert chemist and corrosion consultant for Rock Island arsenal will speak to the Northeast Iowa section of ASME at the Roosevelt hotel. The session starts with refreshments at 6 p.m. dinner at 6:30 and Gilbert’s talk at 7:30 with a Q and A. Reservations via Keith Wallace Collins Radio 265-8411 ext 2494. non members may attend.
In Johannesburg a woman named Elsie Oliver was arrested and fined after she announced her car had been stolen and then confessed it was not stolen because she wanted to meet some policemen.
Hulme Chadwick president of the Society of Industrial Artists suggested that customers use chemically treated napkins to clean their own vegetables in busy restaurant rush hours. He added that in some places it might not be a bad idea to ask people to clean their own plates.
Morocco seeks control of Western Sahara as phosphate deposits 100 miles from El Aaiun gain attention. Since independence in 1956 Morocco has claimed the Sahara and Mauritania, with Spain and France suppressing desert guerrilla activity in 1957 58. Algeria's Soviet arms shipments add regional tension and fuel fears of renewed conflict.
The Forum reports inmates at a Nebraska prison produce 195,784 Ohio license plates after a fire destroyed the Ohio plate factory in November.
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