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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1969
Page
17
TV shapes youth habits more than books yet many youths favor film for its ease rather than work. The piece argues film intimacy with culture lowers reading, while praising books and music for depth. It notes adult offense at youth decline in reading and reflects on inward looking modern attitudes. Dostoievski is cited as a counterpoint to dead movies.
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Washington AP report on a Nixon administration plan to crack down on racial discrimination by federal contractors. Assistant Secretary of Labor Arthur Fletcher, a former football lineman, says the job equality program will be strengthened, aiming to pressure contractors who do billions in government work. The program, begun by Kennedy, has not met goals, Fletcher asserts.
Washington agency raises to a record seven percent the interest on certificates issued to private lenders by the Commodity Credit Corporation. The increase, three-eighths of a point, marks the fourth rise since October and aims to bolster private financing for federal price support loans to farm crops.
Hollywood police report a Bank of America teller Emerald Orne, 24, resisted a bank robbery by a man claiming nitroglycerin. She calmly arranged her hair while the robber hesitated and fled empty handed after several minutes. The incident ended without violence and no money was taken.
William Killops, 63, who received a new heart in a transplant operation two weeks ago, died of pneumonia Tuesday night in Cape Town, South Africa, according to UPI.
COVINA Calif AP Carole Tregoff 32 once a co defendant in the Finch murder trials has lived in self sought obscurity working a medical records clock after prison release May 1 She says it is beautiful being back in society and she declined to disclose her assumed name to an Inter-Community hospital interviewer.
Gov. Ronald Reagan eulogizes Robert Taylor at Forest Lawn, praising the MGM star as a enduring Hollywood icon. The service drew many stars and Taylor’s widow Ursula Theiss listened as Reagan recalled their friendship and Taylor’s humble, patriotic character before cremation and private interment.
Barbra Streisand Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman announce First Artists Production Company Ltd to finance and distribute their films with each actor committing to produce and star in at least three films and to engage in television and musical publishing activities.
Davenport woman Zua Beagle, 71, suffered first and second degree burns when a gas leak fed a stove and ignited by a pilot light caused a fire and explosion at the Forest View Trailer court. She was treated at Mercy hospital and released. Also present were Susan Beagle and Sandy Swanson, unhurt, with Susan engaged to trailer owner James Beardahl.
The House Agriculture Committee will hold five weekend tours to observe farm operations across regions. Chairman Poage says the first trip will focus on corn and hog production in the Midwest, with travel by plane and local transport by bus and car. A wheat tour is scheduled for June 16 to 22, with three more trips after Labor Day across cattle, dairy, and colt states, including stops in Sioux City, Terre Haute, Covington, Ohio, Columbus, and nearby farms before returning to Washington.
Demonstrations on American campuses over the past year show no single recipe for success. Large protests were not always tied to wins for student demands, with some smaller actions yielding more impact. Issues centered on the war and minority group concerns, ROTC protests at SDS sites, and limited gains in ending ROTC credits.
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