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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1972
Page
13
Cedar Rapids Community school board delays action on 2 of 43 dangerous walking districts due to funding limits. Residents from Jackson and Hiawatha areas petitioned for bus service though distances fall under state rules. Over 1,400 district students live in these danger zones with no immediate funding for the other 41 areas.
Cedar Rapids area school board on Monday formally records a discrimination complaint filed with the Cedar Rapids and Iowa Human Rights Commission. The suit, filed by Ernest Merriweather, alleges unequal treatment and cites insensitive teachers and a higher black enrollment at Tyler Elementary. board members pledge cooperation and to work with complainants to address the issues.
The Cedar Rapids Community School Board postponed final approval for Tyler Elementary School construction. The delay extends to Tuesday at 4 p.m. due to unfinished touch-up work and a legal matter among the board, contractor, subcontractors, and bonding company.
President Nixon has ordered a reexamination of White House security procedures after leaks of private India Pakistan reports. Press secretary Ronald Ziegler said officials are concerned about the leak and will determine how it happened, while avoiding comment on a possible source. The leaks, published by Jack Anderson, centered on U S posture during the India Pakistan war.
An Israeli jet landed at Lod from Vienna with 326 Soviet Jews aboard, the largest single arrival. Immigrants said exit visas were easy to obtain and many waited only one to five months. Vienna reports rising Soviet emigration to Israel, with frequent flights via Vienna due to no direct Moscow route.
India's Congress manifesto outlines a peaceful democratic socialist program to permeate national life. It pledges self reliance, deterring external pressure and reframing March state elections as a national referendum on Indira Gandhi's policies.
San Diego AP reports the surgeon general's chief smoking researcher says a four year study finds no direct link between quitting smoking and weight gain. Doctor Daniel Horn notes weight gain tendencies in two age groups may reflect eating habits and that quitting smokers who change their diet may avoid weight gain. The study of 5000 smokers is preliminary and also notes fewer women smoke than men, contributing to longer average female lifespans.
The Rev. Douglas White known as The Swinging Vicar has defied norms by becoming a father at 65 after marrying a woman 40 years younger. Previously he handed Easter eggs to children from the pulpit and spoke of accepting topless women at services.
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