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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1971
Page
5
The Alldown fair opens at Hawkeye Downs with more than 12000 anticipated attendees. Gates opened at 2 p.m. opening day with buildings and exhibits to follow at noon on subsequent days. Century 21 midway billed as the world's largest midway showcased at the event.
The fair opens with stock car races at 7 30 p m and noon dairy show judging in the Cattle Arena. Demonstrations include portable microwave oven and electric grill. Lynn Anderson and the Statler Brothers perform, with grandstand seating and free amphitheater events. Admission is 1 50 for adults and 50 cents for children 6 to 12. under 6 free. Parking fee applies.
The unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent as jobless numbers rose by over 2 million, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics citing a seasonal quirk and more youths in school during the survey week of June 6 12. May unemployment was 6.2 percent with 6.5 million unemployed, while wages rose and the workweek edged up slightly.
Secretary Rogers asked press bodies on Thursday to voluntarily withhold publication of Pentagon study details on Vietnam war security. He warned leaks could endanger talks with the Soviet Union on arms control and risk harm from disclosure of confidential diplomatic exchanges on the Middle East. Rogers said he would designate newspaper contacts for consultations.
A Braniff International jet carrying 110 people was hijacked en route from Mexico City to San Antonio and diverted to Monterrey where all passengers disembarked safely. No immediate word on the fate of the hijackers described as two armed individuals. In Chester England an excursion train derailed trapping screaming passengers with several dead and many injured, police said.
The New York Times and the Washington Post said they would continue their series on Thursday despite a plea from Secretary of State Rogers.
A heated press briefing followed a Supreme Court ruling that disclosure of the 47-volume study would not harm national security. Rogers condemned attempts to vilify documents and stressed press freedom as newspapers could publish the content. An unnamed ambassador warned of lost trust due to disclosures, while an envoy relayed the government assurances given previously.
Governor Robert Ray said he signed a capital appropriations bill after removing a controversial section that would have barred the board of regents from issuing new university bonds for academic buildings. The provision had been added by the House late in the 1971 session and the bill passed without Senate action.
Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk said Johnson had no plans to bomb North Vietnam during the campaign and dismissed Pentagon Papers as misleading. He questioned the report's sources and stressed many defense and state materials remain unavailable.
Defense Secretary Laird warned a total U S withdrawal from Vietnam this year would be very costly and logistically difficult, requiring billions to replace equipment. He noted it would be impossible to remove troops and gear in six months without congressional funding, and urged timely action on extending the draft.
Moscow correspondent Louis cites space tragedy blamed on hatch seal failure during re entry. Reports say air supply loss followed minor hatch opening on the craft, with human error and mechanical fault cited. Consequent deaths of three cosmonauts prompt funeral preparations and official inquiries.
Secretary of Defense Laird ordered security custody of all secret Rand Corp. documents after Daniel Ellsberg was indicted for theft and unauthorized possession. New articles from the papers suggest Johnson sought to avoid premature action on North Vietnam, while highlighting faulty troop buildup and planning by the administration.
U S fighter bombers attacked gun positions in North Vietnam’s half of the DMZ. One anti aircraft gun was destroyed, seven North Vietnamese troops were killed, and ten secondary explosions were triggered. Air strikes, support aircraft, and forward air controllers operated from South Vietnam and the northern DMZ.
In Moscow Brezhnev and other Kremlin leaders honored Georgi Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev placing their urns in the Kremlin wall. Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong associate Thomas Stafford attended as representative of President Nixon. The three cosmonauts died after a 24 day mission returning from Soyuz 11. Autopsy results were not released and theories cited possible oxygen life support failure or circulatory collapse.
In San Diego AP reports Waldo Waterman, 77, took to the skies in a small plane to commemorate the second anniversary of his first solo flight on July 4, 1900. The event marked his enduring role in early aviation history.
The Los Angeles Times reports the Pentagon urges President Nixon to speed up Vietnam troop withdrawals beyond the planned pace of 14 400 monthly. Joint chiefs favor lower numbers, arguing combat forces are being pulled out first while logistics and support units face greater exposure. Kissinger traveled to Saigon to assess feasibility and policy effects.
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