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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1972
Page
19
A northwest view of Cedar Rapids highlights the 21 story I E tower rising above the downtown business district. City hall sits on the left, Roosevelt hotel stands center, and the Quaker Oats complex appears on the right as foliage surrounds the scene.
In San Antonio Texas delegates to the national convention were allotted with 42 to Wallace 34 to McGovern 21 to Humphrey and 33 uncommitted. The dispute over uncommitted alignment lasted past 3am CDT as tempers flared between Wallace and McGovern factions. Dolph Briscoe emerged as a leading uncommitted choice for Miami Beach while Governor Preston Smith did not attend.
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner pledged to lead gambling raids with his own staff if needed, as he seeks to curb illegal games in the state. State officials consider avoiding BCI agents for raids on churches and firemen events, with talks to allow agents only when essential.
Lightning damaged two southwest Independence houses Tuesday night. At 7:28 p.m. the James Hansen residence was struck, damaging the roof and an upstairs bedroom. At 7:50 p.m. the Ed Cilley residence had blown light circuits and a damaged light fixture. Independence recorded .98 inch of rain.
Anamosa police held 25 year old Larry A Douthit a former Albia resident now in Cedar Rapids on two burglary counts from early Wednesday A suspicious vehicle on Main Street led to a chase on old Highway 151 ending 10 miles south in La Verne Alferts yard Police said a rural home was entered with a color TV and a .410 shotgun stolen A front window at Les Boners TV shop on Main Street was broken and a portable TV taken He was treated at Anamosa hospital and will be moved to Jones County jail after release
Sidney K. Vaughan of Griffith Indiana is named career planning and placement counselor and coordinator of audio visual services at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon. He previously served as counselor and AV coordinator at Lew Wallace High School Gary Indiana and was assistant director of the Northwest Indiana Career Guidance Clinic. Vaughan holds a bachelor’s from VanderCook College and an MS in guidance from Northern Illinois University, with further study at Northwestern and Purdue.
SEWARD Neb David Waterman son of Mr and Mrs Donald Waterman of Atkins named to the dean's list at Concordia Teachers College for second semester of the 1971 72 school year academic work.
Carol Jean Sturges daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Sturges of 1207 Fifteenth Street SE has graduated from Eastern Airlines flight attendant training in Miami She is a Washington High School graduate of 1965 Tennessee State University alumna and formerly a Brooklyn medical secretary She will be based at Kennedy Airport New York and will fly coast to coast to more than 100 cities in 30 states
The Iowa City planning and zoning commission heard a contentious petition to rezone the Sumitt and East Court streets area to block multi family housing. Residents cited a 48 of 81 signers backing the change while counter petitions and concerns over traffic and investor losses were raised. The panel slated further petitions for June 27.
Kendall R. Meyer, a 1968 University of Iowa graduate, is appointed associate professor in the University of Iowa College of Law. He will begin in the fall and teach evidence civil procedure and constitutional law. Meyer previously served as assistant professor at Washington University School of Law in St Louis. He was an Iowa Law Review assistant editor and graduated first in his class.
British taxpayers paid 15.14 million dollars in the first five months of this year to families of strikers. Social Secretary Keith Joseph told Parliament the payments cover rent heat and groceries for eligible households. A brief tax funded aid note appears amid other random lines about musicians and used instruments.
Los Angeles AP report quotes President Nixon's domestic affairs adviser John Ehrlichman saying newsmen ask dumb questions. He says the President rarely receives good questions at press conferences and often encounters dull, unclear queries that do not illuminate the issue.
Ehrlichman says Nixon has had little news conference activity due to a busy schedule and uses varied channels to communicate. He criticizes large press conferences as noisy and unproductive and suggests a one on one with Dan Rather would yield clearer news. He clarifies he did not call the Washington press corps flabby, only the questions.
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