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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1969
Page
1
About 9,000 Californians began returning Monday to mud caked homes after a nine day storm. Evacuations occurred in foothill areas where floods and mudslides destroyed or threatened homes. Eighty six people died in the state flood disaster, many in traffic accidents and sliding debris. Four children perished in a burning home when lines failed. Scattered showers were forecast through Tuesday.
A 14 member bipartisan commission from Iowa’s seven districts will draft a plan to reduce the legislature by 35 members. Members include a former governor, four former legislators, five attorneys and one woman. The group, half Republican half Democrat, must report by April 1, with a March 15 goal.
A Cedar Falls case amended in November 1967 increases damages from 175000 to more than 4 million. Emily G Weiss, administrator of Gregory W Frink's estate, alleges negligent diagnosis and treatment at Sartori Memorial Hospital with Indocin. Defendants include doctors John N Baker and John T McCoy and Merck & Co. The suit cites drug testing, labeling and marketing failures and seeks additional exemplary damages against Merck.
A lighthearted note asserts that women drivers handle the road just as well as men and can drive on either side, reflecting playful stereotypes in a humorous tone.
Iraqi authorities publicly hanged fourteen men nine of them Jews for spying for Israel. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol vowed revenge while Iraq warned of possible Israeli retaliation. Hangs occurred in Baghdad's Liberation Square and Basra with large crowds reported. The Israeli leader denounced the executions as a ploy to divert domestic troubles and urged global action to protect Jews.
Czech interior ministry reports dozens of youths were arrested after clashes with police during three demonstrations linked to the Jan Palach death. About 800, then 400, then 600 marchers clashed near the Czech National Council, Wenceslas Square, and Palach memorial. Police used truncheons and tear gas as crowds shouted anti state slogans. No injuries reported. Several held after shouting at police and disrupting wreath removals at the monument.
In a unanimous ruling the Supreme Court prohibited civil courts from deciding church doctrine or adherence to it, barring property disputes tied to religious beliefs. The case centered on the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Southern) and two Savannah, Georgia, local congregations that split to form autonomous bodies. The decision limits courts from evaluating church teachings and may affect civil rights related protests.
President Nixon at his first White House news conference promises new tactics to push a Vietnam settlement and urges urgent action to cool the Middle East, warning a conflict there could pit U.S. and Soviet interests. He says the new administration will re-examine past decisions and pursue a calmer approach to inflation and the economy while pressing Paris talks through Lodge’s proposals and mutual withdrawal.
Five Turkish farmers claim floods in December Syria? southern Turkey were caused by six holes in the sky created by American and Soviet spaceships during Apollo 8 and Soyuz 4 5 missions. They demand compensation and threaten to smash embassy windows if unpaid. Police and security alerted. a Russian suggested repairing the holes.
Vice-president Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam said he is willing to meet the other side in private talks on Vietnam peace. He said a truce of a few days during the Tet festival begins Feb. 16 could be observed, and Saigon would welcome a renewed offensive if it defies the lull.
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