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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1971
Page
3
Washington AP reports critics of the administration's Southeast Asia policy aim to block extending the selective service system past June 30. Senate leaders expect weeks of debate over amendments, pay scales, induction ceilings, and a possible two year draft extension to avoid manpower gaps.
The Linn County board of review voted to cut taxable values of agricultural land across most townships outside Cedar Rapids. Reductions ranged from five to fifteen percent, lowering total agricultural land value from about 33 million to 30 million dollars. Board member Hugh Gordon said the cuts were unanimous and attributed to reassessment effects and varying productivity across townships.
President Nixon announced an unprecedented personal role in directing a national cancer program and urged Congress to approve 100 million dollars toward a cure. He pledged more funds if needed, and proposed an independently budgeted cancer care agency under the NIH to be answerable to the President.
A federal judge denied an injunction by magazine and newspaper publishers to block temporary postal rate increases. The ruling allows a two cent stamp rise and other temporary rates to take effect, despite claims the Postal Rate Commission lacked time to review permanent rate requests.
President Sadat reported to Egypt’s Arab Socialist Union that Cairo requires Israel to withdraw 115 miles from the Suez waterway and within six months a timetable for full withdrawal from occupied Arab lands. Egypt also pledged to study Israeli use of the canal only within its political organizations.
A 14 year old girl in Orland Park Illinois crawled to safety after jumping from a burning home She used a 20 foot wooden ladder to reach a second floor window and rescue her mother and two brothers Firefighters credited Carla Kjellberg with saving the family as flames spread through their bedrooms.
Ottumwa AP reports a two story downtown building housing Niemeyer Bros. paper products was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning. An explosion toppled the rear wall and the flames enveloped the century old brick structure costing an estimated 250000. Firefighters fought to save neighboring O'Hara Hardware and a leather goods shop as smoke and water damage affected them. the hardware store escaped damage.
In Iowa City a three day student antiwar demonstration erupts into street battles. Police from Town City Johnson County and Coralville clash with about 500 protesters near the Pentacrest using tear gas and riot gear. About 19 arrests and two dozen injuries are reported as officers patrol rooftops and city streets.
Dr Dan Tan a North Vietnamese doctor who defected to the South says North Vietnam uses war prisoners as bargaining tools and that many captured Americans will not return. He alleges 300 French PWs from the Indochina war remained in North Vietnam working on roads as late as 1963 and accuses Hanoi of brutal interrogation and brainwashing to exploit PWs for propaganda and intelligence.
Des Moines reports Gov. Robert Ray mobilizes the Iowa Highway Patrol to augment campus security at the University of Iowa in response to unrest in Iowa City. He says most students want to study and that patrols will protect students, faculty, and property while preventing further disturbances.
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