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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1973
Page
1
Hog prices surged Thursday by about four to five dollars a hundredweight in Eastern Iowa markets after two days of sharp declines. Analysts called the move a panic reaction, while observers warned of potential price ceilings as packing plants consider closures amid volatility.
FBI Uniform Crime Reports for 1972 show a 3 percent drop in serious crime led by property crimes down 3 percent. Violent crimes rose slightly with rapes up 11 percent and murders up 4 percent while robberies fell 4 percent. Suburban and rural areas diverged from urban trends.
FBI counts show Cedar Rapids total serious crimes fell from 1,932 in 1971 to 1,859 in 1972. While aggravated assaults rose by seven and car thefts by 58, larceny and burglary declined sharply, with three murders in 1972 and eight forcible rapes, down two from 1971. The national crime rate also fell by three percent.
Des Moines Iowa governor Ray said he would not join the meat boycott and urged protest marches when prices fall as well as rise. He argued farmers bear the squeeze from demand and weather, and that individuals may decide whether to boycott. He also discussed statewide voter registration and possible pension plans for legislators.
A college student receives a long-awaited car from her parents as a birthday present. The windshield bears a card reading With all love-Mama and Pauper, adding a lighthearted twist to the gift.
Washington sources say Henry Kissinger hopes a cease-fire in Cambodia could come within weeks or months. He spoke privately at a breakfast briefing with the House foreign affairs committee amid renewed debate over U S bombing authority after Vietnam withdrawal. Committee members reported cautious optimism about ending heavy fighting but stressed the session was private.
Two claimant groups press federal officials to recognize a negotiating representative for Indians at Wounded Knee South Dakota where an occupation has continued since February 27. Talks stalled as authorities debated who should attend and March toward a cease fire and relief access was stalled by access disputes.
Washington AP reports former Attorney General John Mitchell denounces McCord testimony as slanderous and false and reiterates denial of any prior Watergate knowledge. McCord, linked to Liddy and Colson, testified behind closed doors of the Ervin committee as Hunt faces grand jury questions.
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved 4 897 air force and navy officers for promotion after the Pentagon certified none falsified reports on bombing in Vietnam. The promotions had been held up for over three months by Sen. Harold Hughes seeking to confirm no officer on the 185 officer list made or approved false reports.
HEW orders 25 school districts to submit desegregation plans by April 10 or risk losing federal funds. Letters were sent after a federal court injunction, with 17 districts exempt from the order. Districts in Delaware Florida Georgia Kentucky Maryland Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia face compliance to end dual school systems by fall 1973.
North Vietnam freed its last 67 U S prisoners of war and two C 141 transports brought them to Clark air base as the final phase of the cease fire prisoner repatriation continues. The last American forces pulled out of South Vietnam after more than a decade of intervention with 46 000 U S lives lost. More POWs remain elsewhere as Viet Cong releases continue and initial departures for home are planned.
President Nixon will address the nation at 8 p.m. on America’s post Vietnam role in the world and on the economy at home, the White House announced.
The Viet Cong announce the release on Sunday or Monday of Capt Robert White of Newport News after a 1969 shootdown in the Mekong delta. He becomes the 588th American POW freed since the January cease fire as about 1,300 Americans remain missing. US airlifts airmen from Hanoi bring 40 men then 27 more to a cheering crowd as families herald a day of joy and national pride.
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