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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1972
Page
2
Bolivia's right wing military regime orders 119 Soviet Embassy staff out within seven days for alleged foreign intervention plans. Foreign Minister Gutiérrez says the move, the largest expulsion recently, preserves sovereignty and leaves only minimal Soviet presence to handle essential Western activities.
In Cedar Rapids a federal judge allowed a bankruptcy petition without the $50 filing fee for Carol Shropshire, pending possible future fee collection. The decision lets her proceed in forma pauperis, with the clerk filing the petition without prepayment or verification, but discharge status remains undecided.
Sign in a beanical garden warns would be flower pickers that the blooms "died with their acts on" in a cheeky rhyme. The playful message blends whimsy with a warning about preserving the garden’s beauty and plants.
In Buenos Aires outskirts police intensified the search for Oberdat Sallustro, a high level executive in the Argentine arm, kidnapped by six men and a woman. A ransom deadline passed as a fiber message warned of an imminent execution if did not reach a new demand. The case raises fears he may already be killed.
Across the border violence erupts as Britain assumes direct rule in Northern Ireland. Gun battle across the Republic border, an assassination attempt in Londonderry, and a large Belfast car bomb punctuate the day. Premier Faulkner resigns after condemning Westminster, while British troops bolster Ulster security amid sectarian tensions.
A chain reaction of explosions and fire at a Bridgewater fireworks plant in Massachusetts left six dead and eleven injured. Witnesses described shock waves and a blast akin to an atomic bomb. Police weighed 10 to 50 workers at the three to four acre site.
A black painted USAF AC-130 gunship on a Laos strafing mission was shot down by a surface to air missile over the Ho Chi Minh trail. Rescue teams will search for survivors. If all aboard were killed it would be the largest single incident in Laos during the Indochina war. The Spectre aircraft, a converted turbo prop transport, carried heavy electronic gear and cannons. Witnesses described widespread explosions and collapsed buildings in the impact area.
Washington AP reports meat price relief will come in weeks after a two hour meeting with top government officials and leaders of the nation’s largest grocery chains. Connally and others said prices will fall due to market forces, with weekly price reports to be made public and talks possibly widening to packers.
The report notes 45,669 U.S. war deaths and 203,787 wounded with 10,119 nonhostile deaths. Connally challenges the middleman label as beef prices fall from 1951 levels to 1971 figures, while farmers blame government policies and a task force is urged to study price supports and controls. Major supermarkets including Safeway and Acme are cited in the price discussion.
North Vietnamese forces launched coordinated assaults on eight South Vietnamese bases and a camp was evacuated by government troops. It is too early to tell if this signals a sustained offensive as sharp fighting continued in the central highlands and South Vietnamese troops were placed on heightened alert for a possible campaign next month.
The state department announced an Athens signed agreement to sell two squadrons totaling 36 Phantom fighter bombers to Greece. The deal, valued around 70 million dollars, follows Nixon's determination that the sale serves U S security despite Congress ban on aid to the Greek military government.
U S Ambassador William J Porter head of the American delegation to the Vietnam peace talks returns to Washington for consultations as announced by his office.
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