14 Mar 1969
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1969
Page
1
A dense notice sheet covers varied items including names and addresses in Cedar Rapids and Marion, with weather forecasts for a five day period and normal temperature ranges. It lists births, marriages, divorce decrees, and death notices across multiple local families and institutions, plus short police and court items and a few travel or street references.
Isolated reports from Cairo say Israeli tanks mass near the Suez Canal amid a renewed five hour artillery duel with Egypt. Egyptian forces claim downed helicopters and destroyed artillery militias as a cease fire proposal from UN observers is accepted. King Hussein plans a Washington visit to press for Arab support from the Nixon administration.
In Alaska the state senate urged the Interior Department to stake winter trials after dogs and snowmobiles failed to find their way home. The anecdote contrasts old days when a dropped dog would be guided home with modern machines that wander off.
Former Navy official Pike testified that NSA signed messages were routed without proper oversight and that the director did not see the Pueblo incident until after capture. He cited confusion at high navy levels over mission risk ratings and noted a North Korean attack and assassination attempt occurred just before Pueblo. The navy, not CIA, sent Pueblo.
Nixon defends deploy of a modified ABM system amid expected Senate debate. Admiral Hyland to review Bucher court findings on Minuteman bases and defense sites. Denver allergy notes contrast materials versus foods as headlines mix with TV listings and politics.
Gov Ray sent to the senate for confirmation reappointments of William Forst 36 of West Des Moines as director of revenue and Maurice A Harman 43 of West Des Moines as commissioner of Social services. J Justin Rogers 63 of Spirit Lake named to the natural resources council with two new members Mable Miller 60 of Keosauqua and Hugh Templeton 52 of Knoxville. All six year terms, non political, subject to senate confirmation. Forst and Harmon have served since January 1966.
Ethel Hester Beach 4 Cedar Rapids resident since 1906 died after a Tong illness following an illness day. She was born March 5 1885 in Robins and survived by daughter Kernice Diehl two sisters Zea Buckley and Cordal Sehremser one grandchild and one great grandchild. Ward L Warren 46 Cedar Rapids resident died after a short illness born December 2 1920 in Oklahoma survived by two daughters Judy Agnew and Cherie Peugh mother Elizabeth Warren brother Alvin and one grandson services pending.
Memorial services for James J. Crelagna are set for Saturday at 10 am at Monahan Stewart Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Mt Calvary Cemetery with military honors at the grave.
More than 5 000 Czechoslovaks marched to the Yugoslav embassy in Prague to back President Tito and the Belgrade party congress. They chanted Tito yes Brezhnev no and passed Charles University, adopting a resolution accusing Eastern Bloc delegates of violating socialist principles.
Critics from Congress urge decisive U S action to end the Vietnam War. New York figures Javits Koch and Ryan push for diplomacy and a rapid political settlement while warning against prolonging conflict and expanding casualties.
Dr. Robert Hardin outlines plans for a 400 bed addition to University of Iowa Hospitals to be in use by 1974. The project includes an automated supply system to serve 1109 724 square feet of new space with clinics an operating suite and diagnostic radiology. Cost rises to about 34 million with funding from federal sources borrowing and private payments. no state taxes.
Des Moines report says the Town legislature is urged to empower the state board of public instruction to curb enrollments at area schools. The appeal was raised by Paul Sohasion, according to UPI dispatches.
State education officials presented a plan to distribute aid more equitably among 15 area schools. Area Ten officials warned the formula risks penalizing growth while older colleges would gain, with enrollment caps set and full $2.25 per student funding possible if growth stays within limits.
A compact column row mentions Drummonds Marquis Chilis and various era figures including Russell Baker and Dear Abby. References to entertainment writers Rick DuBrow and Leonard Lyons appear alongside sports and farming notes.
Sacramento AP reports Roger Adkins of the Humboldt Fisherman's Marketing Association says Russian trawlers are putting them out of business after a Russian boat damaged nets causing 1200 dollars. He testified Thursday to a California Assembly urging U.S.-Soviet fisheries cooperation off California.
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