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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1973

Page

11

17 Darkened Years End for Blind Man

In San Francisco AP reports Robert Bills, blind since a 17 year accident, regained sight after a June 4 plastic lens implant at Mount Zion hospital. He described the moment he saw his wife Martha and son Ruben, noting faces became individually recognizable and that vision felt like wax paper.

San Francisco Robert Bills Bills Mount Zion Hospital Ruben Bilts Bitls

Publicity-Seekers Target Nixon In Watergate Debate

Washington Senator Curtis charged that publicity seeking politicians pursue Nixon in the Watergate scandal. He defended Nixon as innocent, said others harness the affair for political gain, and described a militant coalition aiming to grill Nixon while preferring propaganda over objective reporting.

Washington UPI Curtis R-Neb Nixon Senate Watergate LBJ

House Refuses Debt Limit Boost in House Vote

Washington United Press International reports the House approved sending to the Senate a bill to extend the 485 billion debt ceiling from June 20 to November 9. The 26 to 152 vote rejected a proposal to raise the ceiling 20 billion and extend to July 1, 1974. The House also blocked an amendment demanding Senate confirmation for the OMB director and deputy.

Washington UPI House Senate Office of Management and Budget Nixon

Sirhan Brother Found Guilty of Threat to Meir

Sirhan F. Sirhan is found guilty of writing a letter threatening Israel Prime Minister Golda Meir. FBI fingerprints linked the note to him. an appeal was announced after court dismissal. The elder Sirhan, 39, is the brother of Sirhan B. Sirhan, convicted in Kennedy's 1968 assassination.

Los Angeles Sharif Sirhan Israel Golda Meir Altorney FBI John Hornbeck Rogers Canacience Sirhan B. Sirhan Sen Robert Kennedy Sir

U S Has 60 Year Reserve of Natural Gas

Denver report from Colorado School of Mines shows the United States could meet current consumption for about 60 years with 1 140 trillion cubic feet of discovered and potential gas resources. The biennial study reports a 32 trillion cubic foot drop since the last edition due to new discoveries, noting most remaining gas is offshore or in deep Arctic regions and thus costly to develop.

U.S Denver U. S Colorado School of Mines School of Mines and Goon Ada Miltec Alaska

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