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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1971
Page
3
The Iowa outlook calls for pleasant weather Sunday to Tuesday with small day to day temp changes. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 50s to 60s. Thursday high around 82, overnight 64. Friday expected near 84 to 87. Regional readings show varied stations, with no significant rainfall.
Birth announcements from St Luke's July 15 list several newborns with parents in Cedar Rapids Vinton Newhall Marion and Dan Rieder Newhall. Omaha welcomes a daughter to Mr and Mrs R D Jochim also July 15. Multiple court and civil notices accompany a long list of fines hearings and lawsuits in Linn County and surrounding areas.
Moscow reports Nixon plans to visit China, a move seen as provoking Kremlin mistrust of anti-Soviet motives. Tass issued a delayed, factual 120 word note stating Nixon sought to establish new relations with the People's Republic of China. The late broadcast reflects typical Soviet caution on issues of major national interest.
Three Cedar Rapids area obituaries note deaths of Mrs. Dorothy E. Serovy 56, Corliss H. Yetter 73, and Otto P. Erbe 80. Serovy survived by two daughters, a son, six grandchildren, and siblings. services Monday at Janeba Kuba funeral home. Yetter survived by wife, a daughter, two sons, ten grandchildren, three great grandchildren. services Monday at Turner Chapel East. Erbe survived by wife, a son, two daughters, eight grandchildren, four great grandchildren. services Monday at Chapel of Memories. Memorial donations encouraged to Linn County Cancer Society and Trinity Church Memorial Fund.
John George 88 of 1940 First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids died Friday after a long illness in a local nursing home. Born January 1, 1883 in Greece he operated a grocery before retirement. He was active in St. John's Hellenic Orthodox church and the Order of Ahepa. Funeral at 3 p.m. Saturday with Rev Basil Kleoudis at St. John's Hellenic section Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner East until 2:45 p.m. Saturday. Casket will not be opened after the service.
C. E. Stryker, aged 84, former Cedar Rapids resident and Holland Bakery baker at 1539 First Avenue SE, died in Whit tier, California, Thursday after a brief illness.
A series of memorial services and funeral arrangements are announced. Julie Sheridan, Michael Turner, Bess Ferris, Leo Cannon, Charles Seaton, Elizabeth Richardson, Ruby Matthews, and others are listed with church names, times, and burial places. Services are conducted at Saint Patrick's, Teahen Chapel, St. Joseph Cemetery, Cedar Memorial, and other local churches. Arrangements are by Cedar Memorial Funeral Home and related chapels.
Reports detail UTU opposition to work rule changes and a potential nationwide strike. Usery and Volpe discuss limited action while negotiations continue. Spokesmen cite job eliminations and pay cuts, with unions seeking a standing committee. The broad strike plan targets Southern Pacific Norfolk and Western and Union Pacific lines amid department talks.
The UTU strike affects Southern and Union Pacific with 48 734 employees. Analysts warn a walkout plus tighter rules could cost thousands of UTU jobs and 1.2 million dollars in daily net revenue for Southern Railway. Congress has not intervened yet while farm and food shipments are at stake.
Milwaukee Road officials in Marion said Friday the strike against the Union Pacific and Southern railroads is not affecting movement of goods in the Cedar Rapids area. Neither railroad has trackage in this area. The U P stops at Omaha and the Southern operates in the southeastern United States.
Waves of U S B 52 bombers hit North Vietnamese positions in the northern quarter of South Vietnam in the heaviest raids in five days. One American was killed and two wounded in an ambush southeast of Da Nang. A 1 500 man South Vietnamese task force pulled back into South Vietnam after a week in Eastern Cambodia leaving 500 troops at a new artillery and patrol base inside Cambodia.
About 900 subway riders were trapped underground in crowded trains for up to two hours when a tunnel fire caused smoke during Friday rush hour in New York. No serious injuries were reported, though a hospital disaster unit treated some for smoke inhalation while passengers remained calm awaiting evacuation.
Lawrence O'Brien, Democratic national committee chairman, praised President Nixon's plan for a visit to Mainland China. He called the trip an important diplomatic initiative toward normal relations with the Chinese people and wished Nixon well on the mission.
Linn supervisors approved a 1972 budget estimate totaling 11.2 million dollars with an estimated 0.464 mill increase in tax revenue. Major gains are in the general fund and health related programs. The board also authorized federal grant applications and routine road maintenance contracts.
In Santiago President Salvador Allende signed a constitutional amendment permitting Chile to nationalize copper mines with private US firms having hundreds of millions invested. From La Moneda Allende called the move historic and necessary and urged workers to continue pushing for higher production.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield welcomed President Nixon's plan to visit China, saying the trip could substantially aid an end to the Vietnam War. Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott noted Hanoi may worry about U.S. reliance on Red China, and urged including Senate representatives on the trip. Hughes of Iowa called the move encouraging and hoped it opens global doors as barriers ease.
In Kinshasa Congo AP reports Spiro Agnew offered no comment Friday on President Nixon's plan to visit Communist China. Earlier he had criticized U S moves toward the Red China and, at a April 19 Republican governors meeting, voiced misgivings about the American table tennis team's tour.
George Gobel Vivian Vance and Sue Lyon headline a trio of tales in color on Channel 9 Friday night at 9. The program showcases lighthearted skits as part of Love, American Style with a star lineup.
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