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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1972
Page
15
Nancy Gilbert reports a survey of college and high school students showing 85.6 percent of 18 year olds and older plan to vote in 1972, with regional differences. Northeast leads in registration, while many still plan party affiliation and a few favor a female president amid mixed opinions on gender and leadership.
In Twin Falls Idaho former judge Harry Turner who has been blind since childhood describes thwarting a burglary. A 17 year old suspect allegedly gained entry under the pretense of collecting a donation for a community program, demanded more, then Turner grabbed him and police arrived with the intruder taken into custody. Turner says he had wondered how he would respond in such a moment and chose to act.
In Milan the women’s Grazie poll names President Giovanni Leone as the year’s Sweet Man, ahead of singer Massimo Ranieri motorcycling ace Giacomo Agostini and Juventus forward Roberto Betegà.
In Johannesburg, gamblers at the Turffontein race track are aided by a first aid station equipped with a defibrillator an electrocardiograph and a portable pacemaker to handle weak heart cases.
Washington AP Herbert Stein chairman of the council of economic advisers says wage price controls are unlikely to be removed this year. He adds controls are consistent with higher profits and reports no major anxiety among American businessmen about profit curbs. Stein just returned from Europe where he met with several countries' officials and found confidence in the international situation.
Michael Lamm addresses reader questions about car maintenance and performance. A 1964 Plymouth with a Slant 6 shows a idle oil light issue that may signal engine wear, while a 1972 Thunderbird with a 429 V eight averages seven mpg city and reflects displacement versus efficiency.
A reader advised that pumping four times the fuel air mixture yields about a quarter of the mileage. The note suggests gentle driving might improve results and provides a contact for questions to Mike Lamm at Room 601, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York.
Bartow Superior Court Judge J L Davis presided over a civil case where his son Ronald represented the plaintiff and his son Jeff the defense. He normally disqualifies himself with a son involved but felt impartiality could not be accused since both sides had a son.
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