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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1972
Page
4
U S Bureau of Labor Statistics reports May wholesale prices up 0.6 percent driven by higher farm products and processed foods and feeds. Unemployment holds at 3.9 percent with 54 percent seeking work. Industrial commodities index up 0.3 percent, while livestock prices rise 4.5 percent and hourly wages average 3.61 dollars.
A California Democratic primary poll shows George McGovern leading with 46 percent, Humphrey 26, Wallace 9 percent with 13 percent undecided. McGovern’s campaign disputes a reported 20 point lead, while his own poll shows 44 percent to 28 percent for Humphrey.
The Pentagon ordered an Air Force transport to retrieve bodies of victims from a Puerto Rico air- port massacre. The mission, assigned to the military airlift command, followed requests from Gov. Luis Ferre and the state department. The report also notes a rise in wholesale prices and average weekly earnings in related coverage.
President Nixon urged fast approval of the SALT treaty and related accords, calling the Moscow summit a foundation for a new U S Soviet relationship. He told a joint session that the pacts would limit offensive and defensive missiles and curb nuclear war fears, despite sharp criticism from some Republicans and concerns over Vietnam.
Narcotics officers from the Metro unit with Linn County sheriff and Cedar Rapids Marion police conducted simultaneous raids at the Cougar Lounge and at 1536 D avenue NE. Ten people were arrested including lounge owner Dwayne Ampey 36 on heroin sale possession and conspiracy charges. Virgil Dugan 51 faced a controlled substance act violation. Paula Visian 20 was also charged with contraband substance act violation. Seizures included four packets believed heroin and two cases of out of state whisky. Ampey held on 5000 bond per count. Dugan awaiting arraignment. Three others were arrested at D avenue NE.
A humorous aside notes that men choose marriage when dating costs become prohibitive, suggesting modern courting costs push men toward matrimony.
Rap Brown, black militant, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $2000 for carrying a gun on an airplane from New York to Louisiana while under felony indictment. U S District Judge Lansing Mitchell imposed the same sentence given in absentia two years earlier after the Supreme Court voided the first sentence. Brown had been living underground to avoid prosecution on federal charges. The defense announced an appeal.
Yale professor Alfred McCoy told a Senate subcommittee that South Vietnam’s heroin trade is controlled by top politicians including President Thieu and Ky and Prime Minister Khiem. He said Ky’s sister purchases heroin in Vientiane and ships it to Cambodia for transport to Saigon, with involvement by Laotian, Cambodian, and Thai military leaders.
U S jets hit the Bao Giang power plant northeast of Hanoi damaging facilities and causing heavy smoke while a second Phantom flight toppled two center spans of the Cao Nung railroad bridge toward the Song Gi Hoa river. Sporadic fighting reported on highway 14 near Kontum. one helicopter downed with two crewmen killed. South Vietnamese senate rejects decree authority for Thieu.
Environmental chief Ruckelshaus said Ford may ship uncertified 1978 models to dealers for storage while tests continue. If 50 000 mile testing proves compliant, full certification will follow, avoiding a production shutdown that could affect hundreds of thousands of workers.
Judge Joseph Lord ruled the 1968 federal wiretap law unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. He said secret electronic searches threaten privacy and granted defense motion to suppress evidence from a tap on Matthew Whitaker's phone, the Schuylkill gambling czar. Attorney Carl Melons plans to consult the Justice Department before an appeal decision.
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