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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1969
Page
2
The Iowa River at Marshalltown rose to 18.6 feet Wednesday morning, a record flood level aided by heavy rains. A crest was expected later, with the previous highs noted as 17.7 feet in 1918 and 17.6 feet in 1965. Volunteers with sandbags and a local union on strike joined to reinforce the 18-foot dike as residents in the Marion Park area faced rising waters.
Cedar Rapids faced another Cedar River crest at 11.65 feet Wednesday at 7 30 am with a larger 12 5 foot crest anticipated Sunday per the U S Weather Bureau in Kansas City Flood stage is 13 feet The city planned sandbag measures and water pumps as crews work to reopen parks and protect homes while Marion and Robins borrow bags from Cedar Rapids 27500 sandbags were filled last week and most used
DES MOINES AP County officers must forgo windfall pay raises due to a legislative error. Lt. Gov. Jepsen announced unanimous agreement to deny extra compensation for county auditors, treasurers, recorders and district court clerks. The correction will be retroactive to early 1970.
Subic Bay Philippines. Testimony from Lt. Ronald Ramsey on the USS Frank E. Evans indicates a misinterpretation of a radio message led to the collision with the Australian carrier Melbourne. Ramsey described his shock, believed course changes, and that the carrier may have shifted to 160 degrees while official messages stated 260 degrees. The testimony, part of a six nation inquiry, was read as unsworn statements after Ramsey and Lt. James Hopson faced initial suspicions of negligence.
Bipartisan leaders plan to introduce an amendment restricting ABM funds to research and development, aiming to block deployment of the Safeguard system. The move would affect a $759.1 million ABM allocation within a $20 billion military procurement bill, with no immediate vote expected.
Cedar Rapids voters will decide on August 12 in a city referendum to borrow 7.9 million dollars for a civic center arena at First avenue and Third street NE. The bond term may be 10 or 13 years, raising property taxes by about 15 to 20 dollars a year per 500 dollars assessed.
Baltimore fire officials report that in the year ending June 30 firemen responded to more false alarms than actual emergencies.
Area Ten officials filed their official budget and offered a three year contract to Supt Selby Ballantyne. The budget shows a general fund of 4 643 555 with about 800 000 more expenditures than 1968 69. A public hearing is set for Aug 7 at 8 pm in Hawkeye Plaza. Ballantyne would earn 25 000 annually through 1971 72, same as prior years, with no salary limit under state law. The board seeks a broadened benefits package if possible but has not found a legal method to raise pay. Ballantyne, irked by salary limits, plans to accept the offer, noting Bettendorf pays 27 000 for a new superintendent. James Sauter praised Ballantyne, saying he’s the only one who could have done the job.
In London, Wilhelm Weiner paid $1.80 for a painting of a mother and baby found in a market. After three years and expert analysis, it was deemed a 200-year-old Goya, likely painted in Rome around 1770. Weiner kept the painting in a bank vault, determined to protect it.
In Honolulu AP reports scientists call the Biosatellite 3 mission a technical success despite a 3 week early abort and Benny the space monkey dying after splashdown. Launch June 28 from Cape Kennedy aimed to study weightlessness. Autopsy at Hickam pending causes.
American paratroopers walking into a Viet Cong ambush 50 miles south of Da Nang suffered nine killed and seven wounded in a seven hour battle. About 150 Viet Cong in bunkers opened fire as troopers moved into a kill zone. Contact lasted until nightfall with only two Viet Cong bodies found. Elsewhere, 77 enemy troops were slain in eight small fights from the Mekong delta to the DMZ, while U.S. casualties totaled one dead and six wounded. Two U.S. helicopters were lost to ground fire, including a UH-1 16 miles northwest of Saigon.
A light humor note remarks that traditional kitchens beat modern ones in one way by featuring old-fashioned housewives. The quip, dated 1969, reflects nostalgic social stereotypes with a playful tone.
The U S Justice Department demanded Chicago's school system end racial bias in faculty assignments or face a desegregation suit. Two weeks to present a compliance plan. The action would be the largest desegregation suit since the 1964 civil rights act. The department cited 215 of 578 schools with all white or all Negro faculties and 93 percent of Negro teachers in schools with 90 to 100 percent Black enrollments.
The U.S. Justice Department notified Georgia's board of education to adjust unlawful segregation and racial discrimination in public schools. It charged the state with maintaining dual school systems and failing to abolish them.
An automobile veered out of control in front of an elementary school in Balmville New York injuring ten children and five adults waiting for summer classes. The car crashed into the brick school wall injuring three teachers inside. one teacher seriously hurt by flying debris.
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