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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1971
Page
15
A fragmented report contrasts Allied air raids on Ploesti with Romanian views amid occupation. It notes B 24 Liberators under Colonel Leon Johnson and postwar reflections on oil, politics, and memory in Bucharest, Washington, and beyond.
NEW YORK (UPL) A Ford Foundation program officer warns that inequitable communities franchise cable systems haphazardly risking development benefits. Stuart Sucherman, writing in the Columbia Journalism Review, notes a pattern of oscillating regulation and no regulation. Potential corruption and under-table money in franchise awards are cited as concerns. He mentions media moguls forming influential dynasties, including ties among Teleprompter, Hughes Aircraft, and American Corporations. Teleprompter-Hughes owns major stakes and allocates funds to cover build costs amid a shifting financing plan.
Sucheman calls for public hearings and research into community needs. He favors independent expert counsel and active citizen group involvement, seeking a more enlightened FCC role in setting stringent rational standards.
Beiruit based Al Kifah quotes Premier Chou En Lai as saying Communist China is prepared to begin negotiations with the United States over the future of Formosa. He stated the main dispute is the U S occupation of Taiwan and suggested talks could start from that point. Chou did not detail terms, but reiterated calls for withdrawal of all forces and end to the Nationalist regime on the island. He also predicted improved China-U S relations on a people to people basis and avoided promising a Nixon visit. President Nixon’s visit remains unclear to Chou.
A statewide drive to raise funds for Lt. Gov. Roger Jepsen's 1972 governor bid is underway. Scott county Republicans pledged monthly gifts up to 50 dollars, with plans to expand pledges statewide to back a Jepsen for governor campaign.
Berlin AP reports Rudolf Hess, once Adolf Hitler's deputy, marked 30 years in Spandau prison with no release in sight. Hess, now 77, remains imprisoned as the Soviet Union demands he stay, while U S Britain and France show willingness to release him. The article notes his 1941 parachute drop into Scotland as the wartime event associated with his imprisonment.
Italy's 220000 hotel workers from southern seaside resorts to Alpine towns joined a nationwide strike over pay and conditions. Sunday actions also hit truck drivers and municipal workers causing chaos in Rome with garbage piling up, water shortages, and service disruptions.
Washington UPI government official Preston Martin chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank board says now is the time to buy a house as mortgage rates have bottomed and are not likely to fall much further. He notes rates around 7.34 percent with regional variations and cites a $7.4 billion surge in savings deposits as fueling lending. Martin predicts rates will stay near current levels for a while and that money will remain available to lenders to keep rates low. Small builders once deterred by high rates are now returning to work.
Isaac W. Lampton 78 of 2400 Tenthavenue Marion resident 21 years. Born Jan 15 1894 Zanesville Ohio. Married Aug 34 1918 Tonkawa Oklahoma to Myrtle B Helm who died Oct 21 1908. Lived Cedar Rapids 11 years before moving to Marion in 1940. Pharmacist with May's Drug more than ten years retired 1958. Survived by son Robert W. Hampton Marion and a grandson. Funeral 3 p.m. Wednesday Murdoch Chapel Marion Rev Peter Morgan. Burial Oak Shade Cemetery Marion. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Tuesday. Memorials to Marion Christian Church.
Public notices list Foundation annual report availability and bidding instructions, local meetings of Marion groups, school planning sessions, and a divorce petition. Names include Howard Hall, Marion Mothers of Twins, Cedar Rapids area entities, with dates in May 1971 and community notices spanning finance and education.
A partial report of condition lists assets including cash, securities, and total assets, with liabilities and capital. It notes officers Parnell, Proctor, and Harvey Lewick as vice presidents and references bids, contracts, and meetings affecting municipal projects and sewer work.
House Republican leaders named a five member G O P task force on drug abuse led by Rep Frey of Florida The panel aims to cut off drug flow and educate youth Frey warned heroin use is a national problem Rep Steele from Connecticut returning from a world probe cited 10 to 15 percent of U S servicemen in Vietnam using high potency heroin The task force is part of ongoing GOP inquiries into Congress issues
Ossian resident Albert Ballerd, 45, was charged with failure to have control after a Sunday single-vehicle crash on Highway 52 two miles east of Ossian. Police said Ballerd was driving west when he lost control on a light curve at 1 10 p.m.
The Young Republican League of Arkansas passed a resolution calling for Vice President Agnew to be dropped from the national G O P ticket. It said he is incapable of serving a national constituency and is a continual embarrassment to Young Republicans trying to build a progressive party.
U.S. Senator Jack Miller announced on Monday that two Iowa youths, both 18, were selected for appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Stephen A. Tyner of Vinton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Tyner and Daniel W. Roepke of Holstein is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayhe Roepke.
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