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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1968
Page
13
Iowa leaders dispute how to handle a Wallace third party bid under the convention route. Susan Bissenius says a July Des Moines convention could nominate Wallace electors and be certified between August and September. Democrats eye Wallace appeal to conservative Republicans on segregation and states rights.
Davenport attorney urged Iowa Supreme Court to strike down the 1967 advertising and services tax as unconstitutional. Justices heard arguments on whether the tax applies to advertising while other services remain valid or invalid. The court took the case under advisement with a ruling expected next fall.
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Herschel Langdon argues the 1967 service tax bill lacked delegation of powers and merely extended the sales tax to services, while Waterman warns the revenue department must make legislative decisions due to statute deficiencies. He notes about 24 percent of advertising services remain untaxed and cites Atty. Gen. Turner on the flaw.
The United Steelworkers Union advisory committee voted unanimously Tuesday for a strike vote among the rank and file the first in the union history. The executive board told the 200 member committee that the steel industry had made no offers and recommended a vote at local unions on July 23 eight days before the national contract expiration for 450000 steelworkers.
Cleo Luter aged 27 of 626 Seventh Street SE posted 110 bond after being arrested on a warrant for assault and battery. He is charged with striking Barbara J. Smith at 1126 Thirteenth Avenue SE on July 9 and twisting her arm.
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI will leave the Vatican for his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo on Wednesday.
The Linn County sheriff's office holds a Spitfire .45 carbine turned in by a Marion man last Saturday. The weapon, unregistered with federal authorities, mirrors four others seized or surrendered in Iowa, with final disposal awaiting the district court. No federal prosecution is expected.
Linn county supervisors conducted a public hearing on adding a 1965 edition national electrical code to the county building code. Rural Electric Co-Op managers led objections to test fees and county licensing, bond requirements, and inspection provisions while backing the standard.
The Linn County board of supervisors awarded five crushed rock contracts. B L Anderson Co Inc won three bids totaling 14 133 and 134 with 1 60 per ton. DeWees Potthoff Stone Co won two contracts at 1 67 per ton for projects 582 and 583.
Linn county sheriff condemnation jury awarded $12,200 to Antonia Calamag gas for property at 118 First Street NE tied to the urban renewal civic center project. The panel also granted $35,000 to Sutherland Dows Doris C Ellwood and Eleanor C for additional damages.
Paris reports France set off its second nuclear explosion in eight days southeast of Tahiti and expects one or two more tests. The AP notes the sequence continues as officials indicate further detonations are planned.
The defense ministry announced a Monday explosion over Mururoa Lagoon described as an experimental nuclear device of medium strength. France reportedly used uranium instead of plutonium, aligning with a pattern of atmospheric tests that preceded the 1963 partial test ban treaty not signed by France.
President Johnson asked the Senate to ratify a pact to aid astronauts forced to land on foreign soil or the high seas. The treaty aims to locate and rescue astronauts and would cover equipment and personnel. It takes effect when ratified by the United States, Russia, England and two more nations.
The eight month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Grasch was found head caught between crib rails and mattress early Tuesday. He died on arrival at Mercy hospital. authorities consider the death accidental. Born October 17, 1967, in Louisville, Ky, the infant had lived in Cedar Rapids four months. Surviving are the parents, a sister Ronda Jean Grasch, grandparents in Louisville and Kentucky, and great grandparents in Paris, Tennessee. Funeral arrangements pending. friends may call Turner Chapel East.
Cedar Rapids officials reach informal agreement on a 10 000 dollar city share of a 50 000 to 60 000 dollar project to build a 130 foot pedestrian tunnel from Mays Island parking to the Linn County courthouse. County supervisors debated a 50 50 split.
All-Iowa fair announces Czech Day on Aug 16 as a new feature of the 33rd annual fair running Aug 11–18. Cedar Rapids Czech Centennial band and Bodicker Accordion Rhythmaires perform Czech music with costumes, plus Stu Gilliam and the Golddiggers appear as grandstand attractions. Admission remains 1.50 for grounds and amphitheater.
New York Mayor John Lindsay signed a law making car rental agencies responsible for parking tickets ignored by customers. Lindsay cites a $1.5 million annual cost and a backlog of over a million unpaid tickets, stating taxpayers subsidize parking privileges for renters and the city will no longer tolerate the disregard.
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