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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1971
Page
2
AMES AP A strike by Town Highway Commission employees looms if the legislature rejects higher pay raises. Leaders say demands include longevity pay sick leave and an 11 to 12 percent wage increase with anger mounting after the senate failed to authorize transfers from the primary road fund.
Farmers and environmentalists met Saturday near Cedar Rapids seeking a delay in restarting Highway 30 west of the city. Four legislators heard concerns that Interstate 380 will divert traffic, reducing need for the project, which had been tucked into the highway commission five year plan. Critics questioned private influence and how public hearings informed road needs.
Des Moines reports the school aid tax bill, designed to fund local districts and ease property taxes, has split Republicans and Democrats. Gov. Ray supports it as groundwork for future growth, while Democrats call it sham reform. Voter decisions hinge on how personal income tax changes affect property relief, with rates rising primarily on middle and lower incomes. The bill cleared the House 52 to 44 and the Senate 27 to 20.
Two men robbed Dr. Fred Howe of 5500 cash late Saturday night along highway 149 between Cedar Rapids and Fairfax. They bound him, gagged him with a bedsheet and fled. One suspect, 5 feet 7 inches, 140 pounds, carried a shotgun. the other, 5 feet 9 inches, 185 pounds, wore a gold and green stocking cap and striped trousers. The crime sparked a Linn County manhunt. Howe was unharmed.
Tricia Nixon, 25, wed Edward Cox, 24, in a rain‑delayed outdoor ceremony in the White House rose garden before about 400 guests. The couple exchanged vows at the gazebo near the Oval Office as light showers interrupted the event and the President attended with Tricia’s proud father.
Edward Cox escorts Tricia Nixon from the altar after the ceremony in the White House rose garden Saturday. Eisenhower sits as matron of honor while Rev. Dr. Ed arc, chaplain of the House of Representatives, officiates.
President Nixon gave his daughter Tricia away at a Saturday wedding showing pride and calm as he praised her fiancé Edward Finch Cox. Mrs Nixon, in the front row, described her feelings as Happy as the ceremony concluded with a reception where the President danced for the last time before leaving the aisle to page continuation.
A 29 year old woman under fertility treatment gave birth to nine children at Sydney Royal Hospital for Women. Two infants were stillborn, both males, and the other seven survived. Doctors said the babies weighed one to two pounds each and cautioned the next 48 hours would be critical. The mother Mrs Geraldine Brodrick wife of a Canberra meat wholesaler was reported to be quite well. The couple expected six to be born by late July or early August. the method did not involve pills. The nine were born naturally following an earlier multiple birth record.
Police received a call from the southeast side area reporting a strange cry. Officers found the victim to be a myna bird at Bever Park. The incident involved an unusual distress call heard near the park.
Paris based defense ministry announced a nuclear test at Mururoa lagoon in the Pacific. The blast was described as medium strength and occurred Saturday at the test center, marking another step in France's nuclear program.
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