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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1967
Page
2
In Detroit during six days of violence 39 people died and homes were damaged. A 10-year-old Negro boy on a porch watched gunfire while soldiers and police patrolled, a sniper fired from a west side theater, and two men hid on a theater roof as car tires and jeeps rattled by.
Des Moines Iowa United Press International reports David R Leonetti resigns as executive director of the Iowa state arts council effective Monday He leaves to become the West Coast representative of the University of Chicago San Francisco project details mention a long troubled narrative and unclear associated events from 1966 referencing a state arts program plan and a National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities grant period.
Special to The Gazette three people were hurt four miles west of Springville on highway 64 in dense ground fog. William Mark Gansen 18 Elma I stopped to turn east when George Pool 38 Kansas City truck driver rear ended him. Pool struck the trailer and veered into a ditch. Leo L Cook 38 Anamosa struck the trailer sustaining head lacerations and was treated in Anamosa hospital. Pool suffered a broken right shoulder and lacerations. His son George Jr. 13 had skull and mouth lacerations and a back burn. Both Pool party members were hospitalized in Cedar Rapids and Anamosa.
NEW YORK AP reports four of 23 youths arrested in a mid Manhattan looting raid were identified as employees or volunteers for city youth and anti poverty projects. Seventeen youths were held for hearings August 11 on burglary and receiving stolen goods charges. Names listed include Oscar Bell 19 Jamaica Queens recreation director for Neighborhood Youth Corps Leonard Fields 18 Harlem supervisor of a Harlem Youth Unlimited program Richard Hunt Corona Queens employee of NYC Youth Board and Nathaniel Stroman 16 Manhattan a Neighborhood Youth Corps tutor. A fifth youth William Capers 16 Manhattan had recently worked for a Harlem Youth summer program.
Walter W. Goeppinger of Boone Iowa and three other National Corn Growers Association leaders met with Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman in a closed session. Goeppinger said Freeman promised to review feed grain stabilization and strengthen programs to protect producer prices for the 1967 corn and sorghum crops. Freeman offered no firm decision and will have aides study the price support and payment plan while monitoring crop development and market reactions.
Washington AP reports Senator Thomas Dodd says Detroit police told investigators dozens entering from out of state were stopped and guns confiscated including an arsenal brought by a Volkswagen from Ohio. Attorney General Tom Clark urges passage of gun control bill banning interstate mail order firearms and nonresident handgun sales.
Detroit AP report says Chrysler and GM profits fell in the first half as the UAW urged profit sharing alongside wage gains and fringe benefits. Leonard Woodcock said there was little response from Ford and Chrysler, while GM outlined a clear stance on the issue.
COUNCIL BLUFFS AP David Johnson age 16 son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Johnson of Carter Lake is believed drowned in the Missouri River Friday night. He disappeared while wading.
An eight year old boy named Jimmy Kliegda, son of Mrs. Audrey Johns, drowned in the Des Moines river Friday three blocks from his Ottumwa residence. Police recovered the body Friday night.
A collage of classified help wanted notices. Listings include general clerical positions, an Armstrong's department sales job on the 3rd floor, an engineering office trainee post, and multiple sales roles. Advertisements seek young men, high school graduates, or those with drafting experience, with details on benefits, schedules, and contact methods. Some entries note equal opportunity employment and provide box or phone contacts.
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