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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1969
Page
6
The article warns of veteran Cedar Rapids city officials leaving and discusses possible switch to council-manager governance. It calls for higher mayor and council salaries, more local taxing power, and greater state aid, urging Linn County legislators to act to attract and retain capable city managers.
A recent outdoor advertising study finds the Infosite experimental facilities on Interstate 80 in Iowa and supervised by the firm have not earned commercial success. Advertising agencies favor jumbo billboards outside the restricted area, while Ohio research shows service identification signs boost interchanges business and traveler satisfaction. An amendment to federal highway law would be needed.
A letter questions claims that holes in the sky from space ships caused Turkey floods. It mocks logic about why ships wouldn’t get wet and why holes would shift locations and hints at punitive actions at embassies amid narcotics references.
Roscoe Drummond and Geoffrey Drummond report that the Soviets aim to force a one sided settlement between Arabs and Israelis, risking wider war. Nixon should avoid enforcing a Soviet led peace, continue Washington Moscow talks, back UN Jarring mission, and push arms de escalation to reduce confrontation.
A Nixon era reading of a Johnson era blueprint shows how negotiations with the Soviet Union over anti-ballistic and offensive missiles arose from meetings between Johnson and Kosygin. Laird indicated a nine to twelve month delay to start anew, potentially losing momentum after the Prague invasion. The file chronicles years of committees, letters, and the chance for a landmark conference.
Wenkstein and Miller of W. & M. Investment Corp Cedar Rapids announce open 450 house residential tract off S Eleventh street Marion outskirts. Iowa Conservation Commission opens Cedar River stretch above Cedar Rapids to protect oxygen starved fish. Hawkeye Telephone Co votes to switch to dial system. Cedar Rapids endures blizzard with six inches snow. statewide totals exceed a foot. Gene Autry headlines High Twelve with Champion at Memorial Coliseum. Lester Woodward named first recipient of 1948 FBI Agents Assn. Cedar Rapids award. Jane Ball and Freak Scheibie crowned Handshakers king and queen at Coe College Frolic. Cedar Rapids Woman's Club civic committee plans Washingotn High preservation discussion.
The unity center for Cedar Rapids elected George C. Claassen as chairman and Mrs. Herbert C. Ring as secretary. Fifty bakery workers from Iowa State Union Bakery Workers, an A. F. of L. affiliate, met for their state convention with Jack Delbridge of Cedar Rapids serving as president.
Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson report disputes over losses from U S military fuel thefts in Thailand. Investigators cite forged receipts and a Thai ring, with Esso Shell Asiatic and Caltex resisting payment while Pentagon counsel says risk stays with the contractor until delivery to government is complete.
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