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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1968
Page
8
Five year old Mark Harri son, a kindergarten pupil from Pegnita school in St. Louis, rushes to greet his mother after school. He enters her workplace through an unusual route a mail delivery slot in the door.
Iowa Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst announced three proposed amendments to the Iowa constitution will be published in two newspapers per Congress district three months before the 1968 general election. The amendments were approved by the 1967 General Assembly and must pass again in 1969 to reach voters. Five amendments already approved twice will go on separate ballots in the November election.
Gary Indiana mayor Richard Hatcher told Wartburg College convocation that the United States cannot afford two armed camps and urged all races to work together locally. He criticized the 1955 to 1965 protest era as failing to improve conditions for Black residents and warned urban renewal often displaced Black property owners. He contrasted his campaign vision with broader national tensions and urged political action at the local level.
Waterloo AP report quotes Gary Indiana mayor Richard Hatcher 34 addressing Iowa employment group. He predicts summer challenges in a city about 200000 with 55 percent Black residents and argues job access must pair with Black self confidence.
President Johnson named Democratic Gov. Kerner of Illinois to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals with the understanding he would resign as governor if confirmed. Lt. Gov. Samuel Shapiro would succeed him, and Shapiro is the party’s nominee for governor in November. The seat pays $33,000 annually, replacing Judge Win Knoch who retired in December.
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