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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1968
Page
2
London reports a harsh new budget calling for severe tax rises and spending cuts to restore prosperity. Chancellor Roy Jenkins warned of devaluation consequences, outlining salary and dividend ceilings, higher family allowances, and extended price control powers.
SAN ANTONIO AP FBI agents located Dana Lynn Kelfer four years old bound and gagged and safely returned her to her parents about ten hours after she was abducted at gunpoint. A man demanded thirty thousand dollars in ransom, and authorities did not release further details.
Nelson Rockefeller told 17 Republican senators he is leaning toward seeking the presidential nomination. He urged that competition within the party is healthy and said he discussed Vietnam and other issues, with an aide to announce his decision in Albany on Wednesday.
Gordon G. Yoder 21 of Wellman, a senior at Eastern Mennonite College, died Monday after his motorcycle collided with a car in Harrisonburg. He was born August 5, 1946 in Washington and graduated from Iowa Mennonite High School in 1964. Survivors include his parents, two brothers, two sisters, and grandparents. Services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church. Burial in West Union Cemetery. Friends may call Powell Funeral Home after noon Wednesday.
Mt Pleasant Iowa Des Moines County National Farmers Organization chairman John Holstein Mediapolis said he would quit after 75 hogs were shot and buried near Mt Pleasant to pressure higher livestock prices. He later said headquarters did not back the demonstrations and that he received a county ruling of confidence to remain as chairman.
Joseph G Abodeely 37 and Merle J Meyers 43 face Linn district court charges for aiding and abetting an abortionist in deaths and attempts tied to a Waterloo woman and a Ottumwa divorcee. Donald R Geater 36 also charged in related case, with trial set for April.
Washington lawmakers move to delay action on Senate backed open housing bill until after the Easter recess as the House Rules Committee rebels against leadership.
AP reports three years of war have left little drop in morale among American troops in Vietnam. Officers note rest leaves and a 12 month rotation policy as key factors, with only a tiny fraction of evacuations due to mental illness. Civil rights protests in the United States are seen as an insignificant morale factor for troops in the field.
U S Marines killed 67 North Vietnamese near the DMZ in a four mile advance four days after a major assault on Dong Ha. Twenty four wounded and twelve killed marked a costly clash as air and artillery support hammered enemy positions. Hanoi claimed a holiday while Saigon planned a 125000-strong army expansion to 900000 under arms with U S support.
Snow across the plains feeds a rapid flood surge in New England with Boston roads under six feet of water. More than 800 sheltering families, 20,000 homes damaged, 46,000 phones out as rains mix with melting snow from Utah to the Dakotas.
Directors of CIPCO based in Marion approve a merger with Southwestern Federated Power Cooperative of Creston. If approved at a southern meeting, the deal would create a 13-member rural electric cooperative serving over 46 800 consumers across parts of 50 Iowa counties, marking the first such consolidation in the nation.
The Massachusetts Democratic committee chairman said he cannot support President Johnson for re election and will remain neutral for the party. He named Robert Kennedy as his personal choice.
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