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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1972
Page
15
Hollywood report notes the Democratic convention failed to maximize home viewing impact on prime time. Late sequencing postponed key moments and vice presidential nominations, leaving national audiences with a drawn out finale and limited newspaper and TV coverage.
Local TV guide segment lists stations including 6-WOC-TV Davenport, 2-WKBT Le Grosse, 10-KROC-TV Rochester, 10-WHO-TV Des Moines, and 40-KDUB Dubuque offering channel lineups and scheduling details.
Detroit board of education ordered to pause purchasing 295 buses for desegregation pending appellate review. Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati granted a temporary stay until Monday as state officials seek urgent review. In Lansing, Attorney General Frank Kelley called the ruling significant while the board prepared to buy. 33 of 52 suburbs filed concurrent appeals.
Florida National Guard members on duty for the Democratic National Convention toured in civilian clothes to pass time. They are housed in four high schools and a junior high, sleeping in classrooms and eating in cafeterias, with four hours of classes each morning and recreation afternoons. Guardsmen emphasize the mission is not to show force but to be ready if trouble arises.
A 24 year old ex marine Thomas Michaud of Essex Connecticut turned himself in on the floor of the Democratic national convention in Miami Beach to urge Sen George McGovern to back total amnesty for deserters and draft evaders. He faces custody and was to be picked up by military authorities Friday. he served six months in Vietnam at the time of desertion.
The Vatican issued a document banning group absolution except in emergencies or wartime danger of death. It urges Catholics to confess grave sins privately to a priest, return to Trent era practice, and perform penance. Priests may grant collective absolution only in imminent death or large areas lacking confessors, with private confession required within a year if possible.
Frasier the famed lion at Lion Country Safari in Laguna Hills California died early Thursday after a long life. An official said the death was peaceful and painless. He fathered 33 cubs with 11 lionesses in 11 months and was aged about 17 to 20 years. Veterinarians had treated a kidney malfunction with daily vitamin shots.
Democratic convention crowds at the hotel lobby and nearby shopping centers received invitations from a Washington based finance committee to reelect the President. Volunteers greeted attendees with coffee and cookies in a quiet hotel site near the convention. Powell Moore said the beachhead aimed to monitor New Politics practitioners and to extend the party’s reach, though he offered no attendance figures.
In San Clemente AP reports President Nixon plans direct Kissinger briefings for Democratic candidate McGovern on Paris peace talks. Ziegler says Kissinger will meet McGovern and be kept informed of developments with timing to be fixed.
Australian Foreign Minister Nigel Howen skipped Bastille Day ceremonies at the French embassy in Canberra amid protests over France's nuclear testing in the South Pacific.
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