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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1968
Page
4
Report by Inez Robb analyzes how governments struggle to fund the modern demand for consumer ease. The piece notes budgets at all government levels press toward generous services while resource limits bite, citing Rockefeller as a sharp phrasing example of the push-button life expectation.
HEW will trim its half year outlays by 550 million, with college and university building programs taking the largest hit. Despite a planned 450 million for higher ed, funds are reduced about a third to 300 million, while hospital construction sees smaller cuts and welfare remains protected. Affected programs include health teaching facilities and supplementary education centers.
Christopher Parker a Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature at the University of Iowa won $500 for best experimental film in the National Student Association competition in Los Angeles. His 23 minute film Cut follows a man making a film and his conflict with a professor who urges Herodotus study.
Dr. Charles Griffith and family presented walnut handmade pieces spanning the 1850s OSKALOOSA era to William Penn College. The heirlooms will join Griffith hall and a campus guest house while Dr. Griffith’s long teaching career at Penn, Park, and William Penn is noted alongside his degrees from Penn Grinnell Iowa.
A fog and field fire smoke caused a 19 vehicle crash on U S Highway 1 in Rockledge, killing Rufus Curry of Fort Lauderdale and injuring 23. The road remained closed overnight with detours in effect. A separate fog related crash near Lakeland killed two.
Senator Eugene McCarthy warned that if Robert Kennedy enters the race for the Democratic nomination he will face a tough fight for support. He insisted he will not step aside and expects Kennedy to back him as time goes on, while criticizing Johnson era policies and the costs of war.
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