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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1969
Page
7
Cedar Rapids city council rejected a $19 251 grant to the Citizens Committee on Alcoholism for a halfway house. It favored using liquor profits to support state programs or set aside funds to fund such efforts, arguing for a separation of alcohol work from routine municipal duties while noting countywide need.
The Cedar Rapids municipal court shows widening ticket disparities as fines drop by over $25 000 while violations rise by about 1 400. Different bench policies drive uneven outcomes, eroding public trust and prompting calls for a courtwide review to balance deterrence and fairness.
In his final address, President Johnson urges Congress and the nation to support President-elect Nixon, outlining a program he says will be hard to match. He cites a 97 percent rise in major social spending since 1964, calls for higher taxes, and proposes increases in social security, education, and anti crime efforts while trimming Vietnam costs.
A reader warns that ignoring looming dangers and inflation harms society. The piece compares past disasters, questions airline safety, and urges action against inflationists while urging voters to demand hard decisions and accountability in government and business.
Nixon and Henry Kissinger outlined a system where Kissinger provides only information and options, not direct policy advocacy. The plan tightens NSC roles, limits top aides, and makes staff answer to the cabinet, signaling a Truman era level of cabinet control over government.
Inflation forces Cedar Rapids and similar communities to raise salaries for officials teachers and safety staff. The piece argues 35 years of inflation eroded solvency and competitiveness, threatening property protection roads and education as costs rise and wages lag.
Hospital spokesmen announced acquistion of fifteen houses to extend the Mercy site for a new addition the Hall convalescent and geriatric center and for hospital parking. Board officers elected include Mrs R P Taylor president and Mrs K R Chiverton secretary among others. A Rotary talk featured Frank D Aquila recounting a business trip to South America escaping a revolution. Poetry by Gayle Giblin noted in Carvan of Verse.
The president of the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers was guest of honor at a tea hosted by the Cedar Rapids Parent-Teacher council. Cedar Rapids skaters Larry Dennis and George Shimek traveled to Wisconsin for tryouts for the U. S. 1940 Olympic team.
In a Washington column William S. White argues the new Nixon administration must face Vietnam realities. He contends North Vietnam uses Paris talks to stall and predicts heavier fighting ahead despite public optimism. Sweden and neutralist actors bolster anti US moves, complicating Paris negotiations and American policy. United Feature Syndicate
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