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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1971

Page

21

Calley Jury Instructions Highlight Murder Conviction Paths

The judge clarifies Calley can be convicted of premeditated murder if any one victim is killed, with possible penalties including life in prison or death. The six officer jury may also return lesser verdicts of unpremeditated murder or voluntary manslaughter, or find him innocent on several specifications.

Calley Reid Kennedy Aigaenild Ats George Latimer Daniel Daniel Iras Latimer

Cedar River Crest Forecast Shifts to 12 Feet

Cedar Rapids faces urgent flood prep as Cedar River crest is forecast at 12 feet on Saturday. City crews fill sandbags and build dikes after a series of descending predictions. officials warn of continued monitoring and emergency measures as ice jams break and crews bolster barriers along Billswood and near the Quaker Oats plant.

Floyd Marsh 4021 Avenue NW Mike Pash Mt. Vernon Quaker Oats Cedar River Dir Weing Cedar Rapids Cedar River Valley B.s.army Corps of Engineers Cedw Rapids Public Works ‘Department Richard Phillips Myer Wills Harbor Eet Hapids UGS Cesar Rapids Billswood Bath

Independence Braces For Flood on Wapsie

Warm weekend temperatures and heavy rain push rivers toward flood stage in Northeast Iowa. The Turkey River reaches 19.2 feet. Independence organizers mobilize a relief effort with Buchanan County Welfare Rights volunteers and Wartburg College students. Anamosa monitors the Wapsipinicon river as officials predict a crest near ten to eleven feet with a sandbag response underway.

Awa Buchanan County Welfare Rights Organization Independence For Agers Wartburg College Tun

First Tow Opens Mississippi River Shipping Season at Genoa

The J. W. Trevsky tows 12 barges loaded with coal from St. Louis past McGregor on the Mississippi Saturday at 9 p.m. This marks the season’s opening. last year’s first tow opened March 6.

McGregor Mississippi River J. W. Trevsky Will Coat St. Louis Genoa Wis

Incomplete OCR Report of Spring Turkey River Flood Warnings

A partially legible note cites residents near the Turkey River denying danger as floods rise. Weather observer Jay Partridge notes the river jumped to seven feet Sunday and is expected to reach flood stage by Tuesday evening with many readings still uncertain.

Turkey Aim Jay Partridge Thesday Tyrning Piva

Briney seeks 75000 from prowler in Eddyville case

Bertha Briney filed a 75000 damage suit in Wagello county district court against Marvin Katko 31 for injuries from a break in at her vacant Ed dyville farm house. She and her husband Edward also faced injunctive relief in an related Oska- Ingsa case. Katko injured his leg tripping a trap gun during the intrusion.

Otlumwa UPI Bertha i Briney Eddyville Wagello Marvin Katko Katko Edward Moduyi Mahaska County District Court Oska- Ingsa ER. Carson Brinsys Yow Supreme Unit Ile Binney Howard Life of Oskaloosa Briney Hutie Katka Jews Supreme Court

Ervin Questions Social Security Data Use at Hearing

Senator Sam Ervin charged the federal government with harassing social security recipients through questionnaires asking about dentures and happiness. He pressed Secretary Richardson on privacy risks and the use of social security numbers for voter, credit, and employment records while questioning Pentagon figures about military surveillance and spy networks.

Win Ervin Ingiena Washington Peplagan Army Ander Mayeh 4 Defense Hubert Froehlke Tyre Fort Carson Colo Lughardt

Senate panel funds SST prototypes while barring production finance

The appropriations committee voted 184 million to continue two Bupersch jet transport prototypes but barred federal money for commercial production. The plan funds SST work through June 30 1971, totaling 240 million for the fiscal year and about 3834 million since March. Critics warn private investment won’t cover 2.5 to 4 billion needed. The panel aims to keep the project alive but insists government financing not extend to production. Royalty returns could total about 1 billion if 300 aircraft are sold.

Tinuse Appropriations Committee S&t Sidney Yates D J Uhd Senate Department of Transportation

Tricia Nixon to Wed Edward Cox at White House

Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox will marry in the White House on June 5. The couple announced by the Nixons plans for a joint celebration of Mrs. Nixon’s birthday and the engagement, with Col and Mrs Howard Cox invited, and Prime Minister John Lynch as a guest of honor. Dr Edward Latch will officiate.

White House Nixons Cox Col Howard Cox Lay Len John Lynch Ireland

Nixon cites insecurity as root of unrest among youth

President Nixon, on NBC Today, links Southeast Asia war, urban ills and minority opportunities to youth discontent. He traces insecurity to fading old values and says individuals must seek constructive change within society. The interview coincides with Mrs Nixon's 59th birthday.

New York Nixon le Goubts Southeast Asia Nbc-Tv Peessant Women's Liberation Movement Simie Evises

Heavy Red Attacks on Saigon Base in Laos

Enemy forces pursue heavy artillery and tank assaults on a South Vietnamese base near Lajos Maliday, with U S helicopters under siege fire. About 150 rocket rounds and shelling hit positions, causing light American casualties and damage. AC 130 gunships reportedly disabled several enemy tanks and damaged a truck. Brig Gen Phan Van Pay notes Vietnamese regiments moving toward the region around the base nine miles southeast of Sepane.

Ham Nght Vietnam Lajos Maliday U.S Fied South Vietnam Khe Sanh Lita 1St Tifantry Division Seray Phan van Pay Tte Aruine Pho Jato Saul Leo

Chuckle: Dusty Window Openings Define a Bachelor

A humorous quip defines a bachelor as a man who opens his apartment window and lets dust blow out, a light jab at single life and domestic tidiness. The joke relies on playful imagery to contrast social norms and personal space.

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