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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1975
Page
2
A winter project at Mr and Mrs Joe Rueter 2164 Evergreen street NE fills their yard with colorful wood figures surrounded by flowers. The windmill idea came from a Michigan trip last year and the blades mark when a breeze blows ahead of L W Ward.
A county wide crackdown on drunk driving unfolds with Linn County receiving 150000 dollars in federal funds to cover equipment and personnel for year one. Prosecutor Kopecky doubts results will meet hopes while arrests rise, judges may be overwhelmed, and trials could slow as Cedar Rapids Marion and state patrol boost enforcement.
Cedar Rapids police sought a white male suspect in his early 20s after Ronald F. Riedel, 34, was fatally stabbed at his home on G Avenue NW shortly before 3:30 p.m. He died at St Luke's hospital from multiple stab wounds. The attacker fled on foot. No robbery motive found.
In Lisbon nearly 50 000 Socialist demonstrators urged democratic freedoms as they challenged the military leadership guiding Portugal out of its 15 month political crisis. Protesters shouted Free press Free Portugal and Socialist yes Dictatorship no while some anti Communist violence and tear gas incidents were reported in the countryside. The rallies followed the collapse of the cabinet and the Revolutionary Council's moves to resolve the crisis amid Communist influence disputes.
Houston reports Apollo astronauts, after a joint flight with Soyuz, will operate their craft as a combined observatory and laboratory until splashdown in the Pacific Thursday. Instruments target ultraviolet light, X rays, and interstellar helium glow while experiments include crystal growth and cell separation using the weightless environment. Chester Lee notes the 16 ton craft carries about 1000 pounds of experiment material for this flight.
President Ford decided to veto a congressional bill extending oil price controls through December and to veto a second price control bill. Nessen said the veto aims to prevent a surge to world prices when current controls expire August 31 and to push Congress toward decontrolling prices gradually. Ford favors his 30 month decontrol plan, but realism suggests Congress may kill it and risk a broader price spike.
UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim expressed optimism on Saturday about prolonging the U.N. Emergency Force in the Sinai. He noted Egypt’s objections to renewal leave a door open for continued peacekeeping, while Security Council members plan informal renewal talks. Egypt says it will oppose renewing the mandate if Israel delays a new interim peace accord.
Meat packers representatives signaled backing for a federal bonding law to shield live stock producers from bankrupt packs such as American Beef Packers. Senators Curtis and Clark predicted a bill could reach the President this fall with packer support, while Don Magdanz of the National Livestock Feeders Assn. praised the stance.
The agency overseeing impartial inspections for Bunge Corp. grain at a New Orleans area elevator received several cash advances in the 1960s. Destrehan Board of Trade head Bryan Lehmann says the practice ended after the agriculture department frowned on it, and he argues the payments did not create conflicts of interest affecting weighings and grading. He notes a Bunge vice president helped hire the first Destrehan manager, who was later dismissed. Lehmann had previously performed legal work for Bunge before establishing the inspection body in 1961. Attempts to reach Bunge officials were unsuccessful.
A playful quip on supernatural debt ends in a punchline about repossession. Copyright notices appear, but no further context or details are provided in the fragment.
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