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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1972
Page
1
North Vietnamese tanks and hundreds of infantry attacked Hue area defenses early Saturday in three battles west of the northern line at My Chanh Quang Tri province. U S air strikes and naval gunships fought back knocking out dozens of tanks and artillery pieces.
Three people died in two Iowa car train crashes on Saturday. In Danville Des Moines county Louis W. Bannier 83 Burlington and Nellie Johnson 78 Danville were killed when a Burlington Northern freight struck their car at a crossing. On the south edge of Udell Wilma Virgene Allison 52 Unionville was killed when her car was struck broadside by a Norfolk and Western freight train. Allison’s daughter Carol Elaine the car’s driver was in serious condition in Centerville hospital.
Financial columnist Sylvia Porter starts a five part Gazette series studying Senator George McGovern's controversial proposals. She reviews whether unemployment and taxes can be cut and examines a surprise inflation proposal that even President Nixon may weigh. The piece weighs feasibility against political promises and imagines a nation under McGovern.
FBI leads a large manhunt across north central Indiana for a hijacker who parachuted or fell from an airplane with 502000 in ransom. Jim Martin says the search will continue rock by rock with about 150 law officers and 100 agents from multiple cities. He notes dogs reported active in the extended area and there is speculation the hijacker may not have bailed out safely.
Five men were arrested at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex amid a widening inquiry into who ordered the break in. James W. McCord Jr., a former CIA official and ex-FBI radio operator, identified as the Nixon campaign security coordinator, figures prominently as investigators probe links to the White House and the GOP committees.
A light quip notes that true political success requires forecasting today tomorrow and next year and being prepared to explain later why events did not unfold as predicted. The author underscores the humorous paradox of political foresight.
India and Pakistan completed a limited prisoner exchange ahead of a Simla summit. India released 19 civilians and nine soldiers for 200 Pakistani troops. Rawalpindi reported further exchanges and noted remaining prisoners. Swiss planes aided the operation.
A train struck a car at an Oregon City crossing on Friday. The car hit two boys on bicycles. one bicycle was thrown into a waiting car windshield. Five people, including two 10 year old boys, were treated for cuts and bruises and released.
President Nixon toured flood zones from Camp David to Harrisburg as Agnes and a second storm worsen conditions across New York Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia Maryland Delaware North and South Carolina. More than 98 people dead and damage over 1 billion with 200000 acres ruined in Virginia and massive evacuations across Pennsylvania.
The Democratic convention rules committee approved a reform charter boosting black, youth, and women influence. Yvonne Braithwaite, a California black woman assemblywoman and congressional nominee, was named co chairwoman of the Miami Beach convention alongside Lawrence F. O Brien. The plan would reduce power of traditional leaders, create grassroots dominated councils, and establish a national party with member dues.
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