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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1974
Page
8
Sam Shulsky answers reader questions on past losses and future strategies. He cautions against timing blue chips and gambles, suggests real estate and tax exempt bonds, and notes long term leaders may weather inflation. He explains 7 percent yields are annual, not quarterly, for treasury bills.
The selective service adds mail in registration for those unable to register in person. The program pilots in four states and shows high form accuracy with minimal vandalism. A poster reminds men to register within 30 days before or after turning eighteen.
Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky led American Robert Byrne by one game with the first move in game four of the World Championship quarterfinal in San Juan Puerto Rico. Korchnoi Mecking Karpov and Polugaevsky also contest their quarterfinals in Augusta Moscow and face a 16 game limit to decide the challenger to Fischer.
A man and woman tied up a maid and a plumber at a vacating family’s Brookline residence and stole paintings and other art objects valued at several hundred thousand dollars. One painting cited is Winslow Homer The Rustics valued at about $180,000. the house belongs to Norman Cahners, 59, chairman of Cahners Publishing Co.
Gallup poll conducted January 4 through 7 shows President Nixon with 27 percent approval, 63 percent disapproval, and 10 percent no opinion. Republicans approve at 53 percent, Democrats 11 percent, independents 26 percent. The rating trails Truman’s 23 percent low and is eight points below Nixon’s own prior low of 35 percent.
New York AP report notes Governor Reagan and Senator Javits urged the House to decide impeachment of President Nixon promptly. Reagan urged not to resign, while Javits favored an early vote for the country's good. both avoided commenting on Nixon’s resignation.
Thirty years ago a move began in the house to block a proposed contribution of 1.35 billion dollars to the United Nations relief fund aiding war devastated countries.
Investigators probe possible connections between Bahamas gambling interests and Charles Rebozo’s Key Biscayne bank as a conduit for funds tied to the 1972 Nixon campaign. Paradise Island figures Seymour Alter James M. Crosby and I G Davis are named in relation to the gambling hub and Rebozo’s banking links.
Public school maintenance crews in New York City voted to accept new contracts after a walkout by janitors and boiler workers, allowing classes in 947 schools to resume on Monday as leaders reached terms with the Board of Education.
Independent truck drivers stall their rally in Washington as hundreds were late and only four trucks lined up at Robert F Kennedy stadium. Leaders of United Truckers of America tried to marshal 300 to 500 vehicles by Monday, protesting high fuel prices and seeking meetings with Sen. Henry Jackson and energy officials.
David H. Hammond of 2246 Brookland Drive NE was chosen as president. Ed ward E. Sears becomes vice president, Joan Koontz secretary, and John C. Botkin treasurer. Board members include Mary Jane Moyer, Ernest F. Pence, Alma Stephen, Jack Toussaint, Louisa Peak, Mrs. Keith Kennedy and Mrs. Robert Stary.
A French bus skidded on an icy road and plunged 60 feet down a slope in the Jura mountains Sunday night. Police report eight killed and 21 injured.
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