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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1973
Page
4
A Keeshond named Smokey and several other small dogs are up for adoption at the city animal shelter on Otis Road SE. Pets are priced at 17.25 dollars each. hours are 8 to 12 and 1 to 4 weekdays and 8 to 12 and 1 to 4 Saturdays. The warden also provides 24 hour emergency calls.
Iowa's unemployment rate eased to 3.0 percent in March from February's 3.3 percent, with 38,100 unemployed. Total employment reached 1,235,500, up 26,100 from February, and the labor force rose to 1,273,600 as agriculture and manufacturing sectors expanded.
Linda Leistad, 33, of North Liberty, suffered cracked ribs and facial and chest injuries in a two vehicle crash three miles north of I 80 on Highway 218. Police say she apparently fell asleep at the wheel and drifted into a mail truck driven by Paul Johnson. Johnson escaped injury. Leistad was treated at University Hospitals in Iowa City and released. The 12 45 a m crash remains under investigation.
Iowa City officials debated public versus private ownership of a proposed cable system at a city cable committee meeting. Proponents of public ownership stressed improved educational and public programming, while private ownership supporters argued it would avoid tax burdens and expand program variety. Further discussions were planned at future meetings.
Work by 12 students in weaving classes of the University of Iowa department of home economics will be shown at the Weaving Studio 812 South Summit street Iowa City beginning Thursday. The pieces will be shown there through May 10. The studio is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and is closed Sunday and Monday.
A poll of 40 newspaper editors shows 32 support naming a special Watergate prosecutor. Editors say the move could boost public acceptance of final actions and maintain public confidence amid continued case developments.
Dr. Galen E. Greene of Meadowbrook Drive SE was named president at the Linn County Dental Society meeting held Tuesday at the Montr ose hotel. Other officers include Gerald R. Eganhouse president elect James J. Stickley vice president William H. De Kock secretary and Mohamed H. Igram treasurer. Directors for two year terms are James C. Brandes and John C. Purdie.
Former U S Chief Justice Earl Warren rejects a plan to screen cases before reaching the supreme court calling it fraught with practical jurisdictional and constitutional problems. He notes the court has had no backlog in forty years and expresses faith in internal steps to manage its docket and ensure speedy justice.
Gov Robert Ray is expected to visit What Cheer on Saturday at 10 30 am to observe Iowa national guard in Operation Spring Cleanup. 20 to 30 guardsmen with heavy equipment will demolish buildings and bulldoze vacant lots gathering debris citywide. Public support and volunteers are encouraged.
Ten years ago Haiti's president charged the Dominican Republic with running training camps and supplying planes for Haitian rebels and with massacring Haitians, escalating regional tensions between the two nations.
Senator Harold Hughes urged Secretary Earl Butz to declare part of an Iowa county a disaster area to enable residents to obtain low interest loans after an April 21 tornado. He cited 23 damaged farmsteads, 12 destroyed or seriously damaged houses, extensive farm building losses, and livestock deaths totaling over $500,000, plus uninsured losses needing 5 percent federal loans.
Seventeen Cedar Rapids delegates attend the United Cerebral Palsy national conference in Washington D C with about 600 other representatives from 300 affiliates. They will seek talks with Iowa Senators Hughes and Clark and Rep. Culver on handicapped issues.
Fidel Castro called for a hemispheric organization free of U S domination to oppose American exploitation. He praised Chile Peru and Panama for breaking with past policies and said socialism will come in Latin America but not overnight. He cited Argentina Uruguay and Venezuela showing signs of distancing from Yankee imperialism.
Nebraska lawmakers approved a bill to raise the state minimum wage from 1.00 to 1.60 by July 1 1974 with steps to 1.40 on July 1 this year and 1.50 next January 1, sending the measure to Governor Exon for final action.
The Gazette lists Cedar county magistrates for Monday and notes the addition of Robert L. Stenander a Tipton attorney as the fourth magistrate for the county.
Cedar Rapids planning commission voted 6 to 5 to approve a $2.5 million 144 unit apartment project on nine acres behind Town and Country shopping center off Thirty-fifth Street Drive SE despite protests by 26 residents. The plan requires traffic improvements and rezoning from R-2 and R-3 to R-4G with objections over traffic impacts and outletting options.
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