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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1973
Page
1
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that local property taxes may fund public schools, rejecting a constitutional right to education. Justice Powell led the majority, while Brennan and other dissenters urged strict scrutiny, arguing education ties to First Amendment rights.
The Iowa Supreme Court decision upholding property tax as a constitutional basis for school finance is not expected to change Cedar Rapids district programs. Cedar Rapids Community School Board President Norman Lipsky says the impact is mainly to prevent major reorganizations of the tax structure. The district’s 1972-73 general fund relies about 84 percent on local property taxes, with state and federal aid filling the rest.
Gov. Robert Ray appointed former State Sen. David Shaft of Clinton to replace William Gray on the Iowa highway commission when Gray’s term ends June 30. Also named for a second term is Stephen Garst of Coon Rapids. Both selections await Senate confirmation.
The Viet Cong plans to release the last group of American prisoners at Gia Lam airport in Hanoi on Sunday completing repatriation ahead of the March 28 Paris peace deadline. The U S command says 147 Americans remain in Communist hands. The cease fire faces renewed tension as both sides report skirmishes and a potential outpost assault near Rach Bay.
Senate questioning continues over J Patrick Gray as FBI director nominee amid Nixon White House denials of censorship. Senator Tunney and Bayh press for full files on the bugging, while Republicans defend transparency and deny concealment.
The Senate approved extending Nixon inflation controls to include rent limits in some metropolitan areas. The bill passed 85 to 12 and moves to the House, with amendments giving urban rents a capped rise and allowing area-specific continuations or removals after hearings.
Wounded Knee on Pine Ridge remains tense as federal negotiators seek an in principle agreement with AIM leaders. Government pushes for an early settlement while denying shootings for over two days amid about 200 federal officers surrounding the Oglala Sioux settlement.
A group of 10 Lake Delhi residents plans to contest the Lake Delhi incorporation vote after 99 favored and 82 opposed the measure in the Tuesday election. The contested results will be sent to the Delaware County district court for review. The effort follows concerns over a Dubuque developer's option to buy the lake area and related property.
The February CPI rose 0.8 percent seasonally adjusted, the steepest since 1951, led by a 2.2 percent food price rise with grocery store purchases up 24 percent. Meat, poultry, fish and dairy costs surged. nonfood and services also climbed. The report signals continued inflation into March and April.
A humorous line relays a father who spends a fortune on his daughter's wedding and afterward discovers in the newspaper that he was the one who gave her away.
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