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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1969

Page

2

Television Today on ABC explores hopeful, connected lives

A two hour ABC documentary profiles three individuals Gary Smith a Utah State graduate student Mary Margaret Goodwin Caribbean Conservation Association field director and Harold Haskins Temple University associate in community planning. It links wilderness conservation urban renewal and personal courage to a shared aim of mental health and balanced living.

Hollywood Abc-Tv Utah Utah Line University Gary Smith Mary Margaret Goodwin Caribbean Conservation Association Harold Haskins Temple University

Protestants Map Plan of One Church

An ecumenical effort to unite nine Protestant denominations into a single church was outlined by the Consulta tion of Church Union CO CU in Atlanta. The plan foresees a still unnamed church with three levels of offices and four geographic regions, though no immediate vote or timeline for full unity. The move involves AME, AME Zion, Christian Methodist Church, PCUS, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and UPCUSA, with three Negro denominations among participants.

Atlanta Consultation of Church Union-Coci William Benfield Vof Charleston W. Va COCU America Pay Crow New African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Christian Methodist Church Presbyterian Church In United Church of Christ United Methodist Church United Presbytterian Church U.S.A

Tapscott Hits Out at Migrant Plight Apathy

DES MOINES UPI Democratic legislator Rep John Tapscott accused Republicans of apathy toward migrant farm workers in Iowa. He urged a Wednesday march by supporters of two bills to improve living and working conditions, sponsored by Tapscott, and said hearings attracted scant GOP attendance. He blamed the House majority for indifference while pressing for employer liability on age verification and housing standards for migrant workers.

Des Moines UPI Iowa John Tapscott Statehouse Gop Tapscoll Tapscott House Social Servicies Committee

Canning Firm and Legislators Clash Over Bill

The tanning company and two Muscatine area legislators, Senate Majority Leader David Stanley and Rep. Richard Drake, are described as opposing the bill. The company and Stanley are noted as lobbying against the legislation, with Stanley specifically positioned against the proffered measure.

Tanning Company Muscatine Area Senate David ‘Stanley Rep Richard Drake David. Stanley Canning Company Stanley

B 52 Circles Six Hours With Four Engines Out

OSCODA MICH AP A B 52 bomber lost all four engines on one wing and circled six hours before a safe landing at Wurtsmith Air Base The other two engines on that side were shut off to prevent fire The pilot Major Robert Win said the aircraft stayed aloft to burn fuel and reduce weight The 379th Bomb Wing commander Col Lawrence Stenkraus called it the first landing of a giant bomber with all four engines out on one side

Oscoda Mich Wurtsmith Robert Win Clarksville Tow 379Th Lawrence Stenkraus

Red Cross Resumes Guinea Biafra Hops

Red Cross flights to Biafra from Fernanda Poe in Equatorial Guinea resumed Monday night after a three week suspension due to unrest in Guinea. Three DC-7 planes on Fernanda Poe had been grounded since February 22 while relief flights continued from Cotonou in Dahomey.

Geneva Red Cross Biafra Equatorial Guinean Fernanda Poo Guinea Fernanda Poe Cotonou Dahomey

Piazza Leprechanno label for Harvard Square joke passes

Cambridge city hall humor on St Patrick's day leads to a quick name swap proposal by Councilman Alfred Vellucéci to rename Harvard Square Piazza Leprechanno. The clerk notes orders bind, and Councilman Mahoney moves to reconsider, though rules delay action until next week.

Cambridge Mass Harvard Square Alfred Vellucéci John Harvard Thomas Mahoney Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bills To Ease Tree Removal Costs Filed

Two bills to ease elm disease tree removal costs move to the house steering committee. Rep. Joan Lipsky and Rep. Gene Kennedy back HF 183 allowing cities to issue bonds for public-property tree removals and HF 194 letting cities bill private-property owners over 11 years rather than one.

Gazette Des Moines House Joan Lipsky Cedar’ Rapids Gene Kennedy D-Dubuque

U S Output Still Rising

U S industrial production rose again in February, the Fed reported, aligning with Nixon administration talk of limited progress in cooling the inflation driven economy. After seasonal adjustment, February output stood at 189.5 percent of the 1957 59 average, up from 169.1 in January, with no downturn since August. Automobile production slowed for the third straight month while most consumer goods output increased from 100.6 to 162 percent of the base period average.

Washington U.S Federal Reserve

Boy shoots King Kong on TV in Kansas home

In Illsworth Kansas Scott Pruitt 8 and his sister Debbie 13 were watching King Kong on a color TV when Scott fired a BB gun at the screen. He said the creature would have harmed him and his shot damaged the picture tube, with a repair bill over 200 dollars.

Illsworth Kan Scott Pruitt Debbie Scott Dwaine Pruitt

Clergyman to Aid U S Deserters in Sweden Mission

The Rev Thomas Lee Hayes 36 a Episcopal clergyman will travel to Stockholm with his wife and daughters to work with Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam on a year long mission aiding U S military deserters in Sweden. The effort aims to reconcile deserters with those who supported Vietnam policy and to provide a center for information and support for return home and contact with Swedish authorities. The project budget is about 20000 dollars funded by private sponsors.

New York U.S Sweden Thomas Lee Hayes Clergy and Laymmen Vietnam Father Hayes Hayes Janet Sharon Jennifer Teaneck Stockholm

Sweden Opens Deserter Camp Near Uppsala

Sweden advertises a voluntary camp outside Uppsala for US army deserters to learn Swedish and receive job training. The facility will handle monthly shifts of about 25 ex soldiers with free room and board, medical care, clothing, roughly one dollar daily, and help finding work thereafter.

Stockholm Swedish National Labor Market Board Uppsala Sweden People’s University of Uppsala

Jennings Elected to Principals Assn Post

Donald F. Jennings, vice principal of Prairie junior high, was elected president of the Iowa Assistant Principals Association at a Des Moines conference. Ray F. Lawson of Lincoln High, the association’s first clergyman secretary, and Roger Aceto of East High were noted in the election.

Donald F. Jennings Hayes Prairie Desert Iowa Ment Des Moines Ray F Lawson Lincoln High School Council Bluffs Roger Aceto East High Stockholm

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