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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1973
Page
25
This weather page lists extended weekend showers with high and low temperatures and notes normal June readings. It reports births at St. Luke's and multiple marriage licenses and a flood of local legal notices, traffic fines, and obituaries from Manchester and surrounding towns with names and addresses.
John Jonas Loeb a Wall Street financier and senior partner at Loeb Rhoades and Co was fined 3009 for violating federal law by disguising a 2445 000 contribution to Senator Hubert Humphrey's campaign. He pled nolo contendere to three counts of an eight count information claiming lack of awareness of the 1972 act. The judge noted he had suffered enough and mentioned possible prison time.
The United States and World Assembly negotiators resumed secret talks after a 64 hour session and planned another meeting on Thursday. In Mekong delta fighting, Communist forces attacked South Vietnamese positions for a fourth day, with the heaviest blow near Kien Thien where 46 attackers were reported killed while government losses stood at three dead and 16 wounded. South Vietnamese troops suffered 22 dead, 72 wounded and eight missing in the delta over four days as Linh Dinh province saw renewed clashes and captured documents indicate planned escalations in Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai provinces.
Washington AP reports the five year Agricultural and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 moved into floor voting with numerous amendments. Key measures include caps on farm subsidies, a vegetative cover payment program, and a redesigned conservation plan linked to REAP ambitions. Final action was not expected until later in the week as Humphrey won approval for vegetative cover payments on land removed from crop production.
A Cedar Rapids man aged about 12? was sentenced to a term in the Anamosa state reformatory after pleading guilty to forging the name on a $2 check. The case, heard in Linn County court, involved a local crime ring and a forged payment.
Obituaries list Earl W. Baird 87 of 124Uhie venth treet NW who died at home after illness. Retired 41-year employee of Town Electric Light and Power Co. Survived by wife Sarah, daughter Ont Lee Andrews, son Ronald M. Baird, three grandchildren, three brothers and two sisters. Services at Turner Chapel West with burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Also Helen M. Palmer 74 a Cedar Rapids native died in Florida after brief illness. survived by two visitors, a nephew, and other relatives. Funeral services at Teahen Chapel. burial arrangements to follow. Hinton Pyteak 84 of 187 Twenty-first Avenue SW died after a brief illness. survived by two daughters and a son, six grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. Services at Brown Chapel. burial Czech National Cemetery. Martin C. Udesen 75, former Cedar Rapids resident, died in Duluth. survived by wife Florie, two brothers, two daughters, and ten grandchildren. Madaline R. Milligan 77 of 1807 Twenty-fifth Street SE died after long illness. survived by daughter and three granddaughters. services at Central Park Presbyterian Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Watergate hearings resume with testimony from Hugh Sloan about campaign funds and payments linked to Liddy and Magruder. Sloan recalls WBI arrangements, warnings of administration retribution, and a $36 002 government appointment that raised suspicions of political influence. The panel rejects Cox's request to delay proceedings.
San Francisco Mayor Joseph Aliote proposed experimental partnerships turning three schools over to teachers for full control of finances and programs. Each school would receive a per pupil budget with discretion to hire principals, maintain standards, and boost parent involvement while monitoring violence. Parents could transfer children to other schools.
Multiple memorial services were conducted for Gerald Mulley and Bertha Sadowsky with details of church venues, times, and officiants. Burials occurred at Calvary and Cedar Memorial cemeteries with military honors by the Han ford American Legion and other funeral arrangements handled by Cedar Memorial Funeral Home. Additional services noted for Leslie Novotny and Florence Fraser at various chapels, churches, and cedar memorial facilities, with cremation and specific officiants listed. Esther Klemp is noted as a surviving grandmother from Wausau Wisconsin.
The Iowa Senate opened a dispute over a campaign fund disclosure bill with a low key debate on reporting thresholds. An amendment by Sen. John Nystrom sought wider changes and would require candidates and committees to report contributions over 25 dollars, while parties would report 500 dollars or more, reduced to 250 by a party vote.
Linn county supervisors schedule Monday sessions from 4 30 to 10 99 a m to finalize allocations from 253 027 dollars guiding federal general revenue sharing. If no complaints arise about last Monday’s tentative figures those numbers will be affirmed. A Gazette note corrected total funds for secondary roads to 92 000 dollars and indicated positive reactions to proposals under review.
In Ontario near Dryden search teams focus on a dense bushland for three Monticello men and an Iowa fisherman last seen leaving a camp after night fishing. Gerald Bronemann, Janes County Republican chair, is among the missing. authorities say the group departed from a lakeside camp and failed to return.
Two scuba divers could not locate the missing man as police continue a lake area search. An OPP spokesman said divers found the water clear and noted a shallow area with a sudden drop off near the shore where Bronemann’s fishing pole was found. Tracing dogs will be brought in at first light to aid the search.
Four Cedar Rapids municipal pools will start the season this Saturday with 8:00 to 8:10 p.m. duty for ticket sales. The reopened facilities include Ellis Bever, Joelle, and Noelridge parks, offering swim hours and access across the weekend.
A damaged OCR fragment cites a judge and remarks on periodic bond checks and potential mistakes in handling Abel. It references lack of clear procedures and future actions to ensure proper oversight and notification by the supreme ruling body.
Campbellsville, Ind AP report notes J Harry Clipp, a long time father of many children, concluded a 48 year streak of sending a child to area schools as Danny Chigp graduated. The family, including Rob and Tarmer, had seen multiple children in school at once, spanning from 1928 onward with 15 total offspring from two marriages.
The Cedar Rapids police pension board will hold a special meeting on June 14 at 4 am in the police training room at police headquarters 210 Second Avenue SW. More City Briefs on Page 19.
James Pelosi, 41, West Hempstead New York, endured 19 months of silent treatment after a dispute over a quiz, then graduated 42nd in a class of 959 from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Pelosi was assigned to the Infantry after Ranger school and to West Germany.
Skylab officers planned an early walk about ninety minutes ahead but delays from nine couples and tumor issues slowed preparations. The commander said progress depends on pace and they will hold to the anginal schedule, exiting about 1:13 a.m.
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