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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1971
Page
3
Weather summary shows Tuesday high 74 and low 40 with light Wednesday readings around 50 to 55. Extended outlook Friday to Sunday trends warmer with little precipitation. May totals near 0.28 inches versus normal 3.59. River and reservoir gauges listed for several stations with modest changes.
The Iowa House convened at 8:30 a.m. recessed for Republican caucus then passed the income tax and school aid bill 52 to 39 and sent it to the Senate. Eight other bills passed. Nine measures received, including one to establish county law enforcement units with sheriff deputies and local police under county control. Senate, after inclining to caucus, moved to fund transfers debate and approved one non-controversial bill. Births and obituaries noted along with traffic fines and local service notices.
Painters Local 447 votes 32 to 12 to approve a contract offering immediate 35 cents an hour and 25 cents more on November 1. Wages rise from 5.70 to 6.05 now and to 6.30 by Nov. 1. Nine other unions have not settled.
VAN NUYS Calif AP A local company the Acheson Co. is expanding recycling from paper glass and aluminum to polyetherene bags used to wrap food clothing and dry cleaning The firm collects bags brought by citizens and has done recycling for client companies to help clean up the environment says Charles Berney president of the bag distributor
Lyndon Johnson recounts a tense incident when a Soviet warning and a proposed fleet move near Syria raised fears of a grave catastrophe. He described asking McNamara to adjust the 6th fleet’s distance from the coast, noting that any change would be watched by the Soviet Union. Johnson spoke during the May 22 opening of his library at the University of Texas.
The curtain rises on a new Houston high school for the performing arts though site selection remains unsettled. Officials confirm the project aims to expand arts education with a focus on theater music and dance programs.
Fifty five plaintiffs in Linn district court challenge Cedar Rapids city council action to pave Edgewood road NW from E avenue to O avenue arguing the resolution of necessity unlawful and that the project harms property values and ingress and egress. Hearing set for June 10 to review documents and council jurisdiction in the contested project.
Linn county board of supervisors set Lynn Frantz salary at 9000 a year, raising the prior 7500 figure. Supervisors Clifford and Martin say they agreed with Frantz to pay 9000 annually, noting the 7500 entry was a clerical error. Frantz was hired to sell county owned real estate and collect institutional liens.
The estate of 16 year old Thomas Paul Steward of Washington files a Linn district court suit against Cedar Rapids resident William Paul Doubek for 45000 alleging he failed to yield at a stop sign, causing the Feb 26 auto crash in which Steward rode as a passenger on Blake Boulevard SE and Crescent.
New York AP report states one in four Americans now bathe in fiberglass reinforced plastic tubs, reflecting Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp data on rising adoption and consumer preference for durable light tubs.
Michael Johnson, held in Linn county jail nearly 16 months awaiting murder trial, was moved to the Anamosa men's reformatory after his team argued lack of adequate exercise harmed his health. The transfer was approved by Supreme Court Justice Warren Rees amid a stipulation with the county attorney and Johnson’s counsel. Johnson and accomplice Lacy Kelley, serving life and facing related charges for the Jan. 7, 1970 shotgun slaying of Cedar Rapids service station attendant Thomas Noethe, were involved in the momentous case.
Ames reports the highway commission approved channelization signaling and lighting work at the Seventy-sixth Avenue SW and Highway 218 junction. Estimated cost 32000 dollars with state paying half and city and county 25 percent each. Work to be done this summer with design and construction by the commission and signals by the city, as buses and student traffic increase safety concerns at the intersection.
Cedar Rapids youth get a summer ball diamond and park on the near northwest side between A and B avenues. The highway commission approves a lease with the Cedar Rapids recreation commission for $1 summer use of 13 vacant lots cleared for Interstate 380.
Readers are urged to notice the Want ad columns as a steady source for bargains and opportunities. The notice highlights regular readers and the value of listing items for sale, trades, or job openings in the familiar classified pages.
Julian Boon, 11, and friends act as a junior consumer council testing toys for value and durability. They report to the toy firm on play value and whether prices seem fair, saying the work is fun but serious.
Mary Alice Parks died February 2 after a short illness at age 99. She lived in Cedar Rapids most of her life before relocating to National City ten years ago. Survived by two daughters and four grandchildren. services Friday at 2 pm at Chapel of Memories officiated by Rev. John P. Woods. Burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements Cedar Memorial funeral home.
George Samuelson 67 a Cedar Rapids resident and section foreman for Crandic railway for many years died Wednesday after a brief illness. Born Fairfax Feb 11 1904 he married Leona Struesky May 8 1954 in Rock Island. Surviving wife a daughter in Pomona California three sisters and a twin sister plus four grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday Beatty Bearle chapel. Burial Czech National Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Thursday.
Amelia Frana 84 of 151 Twenty-third Street Drive SE Cedar Rapids widow of Edward F. Frana lifelong resident died Wednesday after a brief illness born January 11 1887 Survived by sister Bess Probasco and brother Frank Bisek both of Cedar Rapids Services private in Beatty-Beurle chapel at 1030 a m Friday with Rev Louis V McDonough of St Matthew s Catholic Church Burial in Czech National Cemetery Friends may call Beatty-Beurle s from 1 to 9 p m Thursday Contributions may be made to the memorial fund of St Matthew s church
Memorial services planned for Harold C Goodrow at 1 p m Thursday at the Chapel of Memories with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Verne F Folkers to be honored Thursday at 1 30 p m in Janeba Kuba funeral home west with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. David Peter Larson service set for 1 30 p m Friday at Turner chapel west with burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel west until 1 25 p m Friday. casket will not be opened after the service.
Washington AP report on Nixon era efforts to block Mansfield a 50 percent cut in U S troops in Europe. Republicans propose substitutes while Mansfield argues for leaner forces. Stennis and Schweiker offer related restrictions amid a tense draft extension debate with party leaders weighing all volunteer army shifts.
David Eisenhower son in law of President Nixon described anti war demonstrators who disrupted government as inflexible and fanatic like Hitler s Brown shirts at a Virginia Beach news conference The Navy ensign said the protests will not influence the President and noted his reassignment to USS Albany with base in Mayport Fla Atty General Mitchell echoed the analogy saying Brownshirts tried to destroy democracy and the U S constitutional system shows strength of government
In Palo Alto California the anti commerce bloc captured three of four contested seats but did not gain majority on the nine member city council. A separate measure calling for U S troop withdrawal from Vietnam by December 31 received 8586 votes to 5627 supporting Nixon policies.
A pre trial hearing for Captain Ernest Medina charged with murder at My Lai was moved from May 24 to June 1 by military judge Col Kenneth Howard. Howard also presides over the Higdon court martial at Redstone Arsenal. Higdon faces larceny bribery and graft charges tied to Vietnam army clubs.
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