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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1969
Page
2
The Cedar Rapids United Hospitals campaign has raised 50 percent more than ever before and leaders warn the final 10 percent will be hardest. They urge the remaining half of local hospital service area families to contribute now to ensure the $3,500,000 goal is met and to reduce future facility costs.
The Illinois House voted 110 to 58 to rescind its 1967 request to Congress for a constitutional convention to overturn the Supreme Court’s one man one vote decision. If the Senate agrees, other states may follow suit.
The Cao Van Thanh land reform proposal would let tenant farmers own the land they till with government financed compensation to current owners. It aims to win peasant support against the Viet Cong and stabilize South Vietnam, potentially influencing American views on the war. About 2.5 million acres would transfer, costing roughly 400 to 500 million dollars, with a 20 percent down payment and seven to eight years of bonds. U.S. funding specifics remain unclear, but some support is anticipated as a bargain beside the war effort. The plan, reportedly favorably reviewed by President Nixon at Midway, was to go before the national assembly later that month.
The AEC conducts underground vacuum chamber tests in Nevada to validate ABM effectiveness with simulated 200 megaton detonations. President Nixon sends Bebe Rebozo and Herbert Klein to smooth relations with Howard Hughes amid protests. Mayhew reports the entourage met Hughes' aide, while tests hint at US capability against Chinese but not Russian missiles.
James Reston argues that once Nixon began Vietnam withdrawal the process gains momentum despite presidential intent. He notes escalation dynamics, domestic pressure, and the toll on troops and families as 25,000 initial withdrawals grow amid antiwar sentiment and ongoing casualty lists.
The Gazette reports James Marvin of Cedar Rapids Public Library at the American Library Association meeting notes expanding suburban areas strain services and prompt shared solutions. A Cedar Rapids youth attends Boy's Nation in July 1959 and Coe College announces two new faculty hires.
Wolff nearly carried the Raiders as he posted his third straight win with four hits and five assists while contributing a key RBI. Cedar Rapids 11, Moline Officials in Hanoi and their negotiators in Paris. Nixon signals moves but Vietnamese and Viet Cong press for unconditional U S troop withdrawal and destruction of Saigon government.
The article notes possible breakthroughs in Washington Hanoi or Saigon could resolve the stalemate but warns withdrawal will heighten friction between the United States and Saigon. It cites risks of fighting their way out and a more representative South Vietnamese government as potential catalysts for change.
In a discussion of U.S. case law and FCC licensing, the piece warns that court actions could extend government authority to radio TV and print. It cites license hearings for a Mississippi station, debates over equal time, and the risk a future amendment may curb federal interference with news presentation.
The resignation of HEW Secretary Robert Finch over desegregation guidelines shifts power to allow delays in Southern districts. With threats from Southern Republicans, the White House, and Justice Department, new guidelines may backslide on previously agreed plans. Austin Texas and San Antonio emerge as key cases amid mounting White House pressure.
An astronaut jokes that despite tech progress, government delays persist as supplies remain unfetched, lamenting that on the Moon their provisions are on Venus. The quip, attributed to a voice identified as The Lion, reflects a wry take on interplanetary logistics.
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