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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1972
Page
3
At least 50 people drown when a bus carrying 70 passengers plunges into the Nile near Minya in Upper Egypt while en route to Vista monastery. In the United States, Republican strategists plan a nationwide poll watching system fearing electoral fraud, with Democrats signaling countermeasures for November 7.
New York AP reports that stock analysts remain cautiously upbeat, discounting crises as the market prices in future earnings. With expectations for higher profits, P E ratios may rise from recent lows as optimism persists despite fears over Vietnam and geopolitical tensions.
Washington AP AFL CIO President George Meany told the Democratic platform committee that current policies treat workers as pawns and urged a policy focus on increasing employment. He said if private jobs fail, government must be employer of last resort and presented the plan to Republicans as well.
Denver reporters say the American Baptist convention, with 6000 delegates, could not choose between two telegrams to President Nixon. One praised his Vietnam policy, the other urged immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of U.S. personnel. Both telegrams were sent as the meeting adjourned.
In Osaka a police report charges Keiji Kawashima a 38 year old workman with extreme professional negligence for dropping a lit cigarette near a synthetic textiles display, touching off a fire that killed 117 people in a seventh floor cabaret. He was wiring four floors below when the blaze started and escaped injury.
Senator George McGovern's chartered campaign plane landed Sunday night at Detroit City Airport instead of Detroit International Airport after a Michigan barnstorming run ahead of Tuesday's primary. Aides deplaned, found no transportation, and reboarded for the flight to the intended airport, about 15 minutes away.
About 4 000 listeners gathered on the Kirkwood Community College campus for an outdoor concert by the Cedar Rapids Symphony conducted by Rich Willems. The program opened with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with Julian Bern as soloist, followed by a stronger brass section performance and Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever. The 1812 Overture drew the loudest applause with cannon shots noted by Audrey Linge.
AP News reports pollster Louis Harris says voters are in an anti establishment mood while President Nixon’s political skill and unorthodox moves could yield re election. He notes Nixon’s China shift and wage price controls and says the president solidified support for Vietnam policy. A Harris poll shows 59 percent approved mining North Vietnam harbors.
A tour bus carrying sightseeing school children toppled into a ravine near Taipei on Saturday. Police said eight children and the driver died, while 44 other children aged 12 to 15 were injured, many severely.
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