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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1972
Page
1
U S air force F 4 Phantom jets shot down two North Vietnamese Mig 21 fighters within 50 to 70 miles northeast of Hanoi near the Chinese border. No U S planes were lost. A Phantom returning from North Vietnam crashed near its Thai base. both crewmen were recovered unharmed.
Iowa Attorney General rules that state law barring officials from owning highway project contracts covers legislators. Rep. Richard Welden of Iowa Falls, president of Welden Brothers Inc., bids on highway work while retirement plans are announced. The 1967 Chapter 68B conflicts with Section 314.2, but the Solicitor General says repeal by implication is unlikely.
About 125 students from local high schools and a junior college took a 20 mile walk to raise funds and save the Sonora Red Cross chapter. They collected about $7,000 as townspeople paid 25 cents a mile and each hiker had at least 10 sponsors. Sheriff Miller Sardella, 63, joined and joked he would quit if he could not keep up with them. The event followed a door to door campaign that had raised $3,500, insufficient to operate the chapter.
Cedar Rapids officials and airline representatives pressed for heightened runway surveillance and a possible overlay to fix runway problems after a failed $5 million bond issue. Officials noted maintenance costs and liability concerns, with FAA funding limited and no guaranteed matching funds.
SAIGON AP Ten Americans were killed in action last week 11 were missing and 35 were wounded the U S command announced. Casualties since March 30 total 416 with one non hostile death. The weekly tally shows higher figures than the prior week and adds to the war totals.
Cedar Rapids engineering firm Century Engineering Corp plans to join McCord Corp of Detroit in a cash acquisition. Century, led by B. J. Lattner, employs 250 and posts over 10 million dollars in annual sales. McCord, over 100 million dollars in yearly sales, is a leading U.S. maker of automotive interior and exterior polyurethane products.
President Nixon flew from Warsaw and heads home to report to Congress and the American public on summit talks with four nations and the breakthrough arms limitation accords with the Soviet Union. He will address a joint session of Congress shortly after landing at Andrews Air Force Base.
President Nixon will address a joint session at 8:30 tonight while negotiations target phase two of SALT. Talks seek to freeze offensive missiles and limit anti ballistic sites, with Kis singer noting future limits on bombers.
Nixon's jet lands near Washington marking the end of a 13 day diplomatic swing through Austria the Soviet Union Iran and Poland to sell Congress and the public on the strategic arms limitation treaty. Kissinger warned of opposition yet remained hopeful for ratification by August as liberals praised the pact while conservatives doubted its terms.
Nixon urged Henry Kissinger to quit champagne and proceed to the next ceremonial stop. After signing a joint communiqué Nixon toasted Polish leaders, then checked his watch and ordered departure. Kissinger, still with a glass, followed as they walked to the motorcade.
U S agriculture department reports farm prices up three percent in May driven by higher cattle and hog values. Meat animal index up 11 percent from April and 20 percent year over year. Cattle averaged 33.10 per hundred pounds mid May, beating February record.
Police in Frankfurt with an armored vehicle raided a Baader Meinhof hideout and captured leading members Andreas Baader age 29 and Holger Klaus Meins age 30. The Red Army Faction is blamed for a wave of hazardous device incidents affecting U. S. Army bases and German targets across West Germany.
Lebanese army on full alert amid fears of Israeli retaliation after a three man Japanese Arab squad killed 26 at Tel Aviv Lod airport. Lebanon warns UN Security Council while Israeli PM Meir vows possible reprisals. Japanese suspect Kozo Okamoto identified. extremists hail the attack as global.
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