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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1967
Page
3
Surviving passengers recount a hole ripped in the sinking Thai International Airways plane that opened a path to escape. Fifty six of eighty aboard survived while two were killed and three are missing. The Sacramento State College tour group had seven unaccounted. the flight carried fifty eight Americans and sixteen others.
Des Moines reports passage of a senate approved uniform assessment bill requiring all taxable property to be valued at actual market value and assessed at seven percent of that value. The move accompanies a broader school aid plan tied to a $102 million tax increase and a $2,500 personal property exemption, with Gov Hughes signaling hesitation until the school aid measure clears.
Des Moines reports the Senate passed a 37,793,018 dollar two year appropriations bill funding state departments and agencies. The bill increases governor salary to 30,000 plus a 5,000 tax free expense allowance, adds 10 highway patrol officers to 410, raises superintendent of public instruction pay to 22,500, boosts supreme court judges to 22,000, and raises about 20 district court judges to as high as 19,000. The measure, 524 to 0, goes to the house.
An autopsy concluded that 9 year old Mark Allen died from drowning after being pulled from the shallow end of a park swimming pool in Iowa City where he was practicing strokes during a swimming class. Mr and Mrs Ned Allen of Osford were notified.
The House and Senate amended and returned a road unit bill granting $46 million yearly for highway operations in the coming biennium. An added $36,300 for the traffic weight division survived a 52 44 vote. The bill passed 93 13 after reconciling pay cuts and boosts for highway officials including director Joseph Coupal.
Linn county lawmakers divided 4 to 2 as they moved to pull a bill from the house sifting committee to grant towns 15 percent of the state road use tax fund. Support came from Lipsky McIntyre Reed and Surg. opposition from McNamara Radl. The motion failed. municipalities now receive 13 percent of the fund with most going to primary highways and a smaller share to secondary roads.
Connie Crouch age 18 died in a two car crash west of Gladbrook on Highway 96 at 6 30 p m Friday Linda Crouch 14 sustained lacerations Gary Bazal 17 of Vining was driving the northbound car which pulled onto the highway colliding with a Des Moines driven car Jean Jones 19 Elaine Scully 18 and Diana Hedges 19 were occupants Bazal was taken to Marshalltown then University Hospitals Iowa City with two broken legs a broken right arm and possible head injuries. Linda Crouch survived with injuries. The article also notes delays in sending July dependent children checks due to legislative budget wrangling.
Three young women were arrested Friday night at Russo's Pizza House for license and liquor violations. Patricia Sweeney, 20, 1418 B avenue NE, charged with unlawful use of a driver's license, bonded $30. Ronda Petersen, 20, same address, charged with consumption of liquor as a minor, bonded $30. Becky Lentz, 17, route one, Marion, charged with possession of an altered driver's license, promised to appear in municipal court.
The Army Electronics Command Monmouth procurement division awarded Collins Radio Co a 2,012,158 dollar contract for 1,205 direction finder sets and 36 major components with work to be performed in Cedar Rapids. Congressman John Culver announced the award and noted the Cedar Rapids work.
Final approval announced by presiding bishops unites the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren Churches as the United Methodist Church. The new denomination will have about 11 million members and be the largest Protestant body, with a uniting conference scheduled in Dallas on April 21, 1968.
HOMESTEAD ARTHUR SCHWARTING 69 of Williamsburg was killed when the tractor he drove overturned while haying on a farm three miles southwest of here. The tractor wheel slipped into a ditch, sending the northbound machine with an empty hay wagon about 21 feet before overturning. Neighbor John Kahler found him. Services set for Monday at 2 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church Conroy. Body at McSwiggin and Uhlman funeral home in Williamsburg.
Bonn AP reports West Germany Chancellor Kiesinger cancels his planned trip to Washington to meet President Johnson next Friday and Saturday due to strains within the seven month old coalition government. The decision postpones high level talks and diplomatic engagements between the two nations.
ERIE Pa AP The coast guard cutter approached a six foot rubber raft carrying Leslie Lockerman and Dennis Crab both 22 after they floated 40 hours adrift on Lake Erie near a cottage their ride began with a midnight trip. A thunderstorm drove them out lightning and high seas hampered their efforts. Lockerman swam to help Crab after a raft overturning and Crab suffered a leg cramp. Rescuers arrived as search planes or helicopters were reported. both men survived with sunburn and exposure.
Leonard Smith, 16 when awarded a Purple Heart in Vietnam, is back in Charlotte high school. The army halted his enlistment to verify his age after a 1966 ambush injury. He now aims to finish school and pursue college, saying the army made him a man and underscored the value of education.
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