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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1972
Page
4
Saigon reports a U S raid destroyed a fuel tank farm of more than five million gallons on the outskirts of Hanoi. About 73 percent wiped out and a single huge fire noted. Tanks held gasoline and diesel for supply trucks and tanks in North Vietnam's offensive.
A U S district judge allowed Valeriy Markelov a Soviet translator indicted for espionage to return to the Soviet Union during his trial. The case tied to attempts to obtain Navy Tomcat plans from Grumman on Long Island and his arrest outside a Patchogue restaurant. Bail limits were expanded to cover travel to Russia.
Des Moines delegates to the Democratic state presidential convention vote to send a balanced four percent delegation to the national convention. The credentials committee urged each presidential preference group to ensure proportional representation among the twelve national delegates. The decision follows a letter from the national party.
The Iowa supreme court issued a corrective order altering 19 of 100 legislative districts after re-precincting. Most changes are minor, correcting misprints or wording, with a few limited substantive shifts mainly in Davenport boundaries. The court asserts no major changes to overall population equality and notes adjustments were meant to fix errors from the March 31 supplemental opinion.
The note jokes that after a full day of play children seem energized by activity, contrasting with the fatigue often felt after a good night’s rest. The line leans on a playful quip about kids and energy levels.
New York authorities study a draft short story read at a creative writing workshop as possible inspiration for an anonymous extortion threat against the QE2. The tale's plot mirrored the ransom demand and involved threats to blow up the liner to extract a diamond.
A Friday plane crash near Albuquerque, New Mexico killed eight Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory staff, including Wright aingham, a radiation effects expert and Apatla radon mission consultant. The pilot perished as the craft appeared to lose power after takeoff while attempting to return to the field.
Labor MP Marcus Lipton urged Britain to extend an invitation to the ailing Duke of Windsor, former King Edward VIII, to come home. He said it was wrong for the duke to spend his last years in exile, self-imposed or not. The duke will be 78 next month. he abdicated in 1936 to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson.
President Nixon departs for a Moscow summit with Brezhnev, voicing hope for progress toward world peace. He plans a historic May 29 address to the Soviet people and seeks steps on trade, space cooperation, and arms control while stressing a true, mutual picture of the United States.
In San Francisco the Polack Brothers circus lions Leo and Simba escaped their Civic Auditorium cage for over three hours. Trainer Baron Julius von Uhl drew them back by entering the cage as bait while guards with shotguns watched. He refused tranquilizers to keep the lions on stage. no injuries were reported.
A decade long interdenominational effort to form a unified church faced a potential end as the United Presbyterians voted 411 to 310 to withdraw from reunion talks. The move risks derailing the plan though some still hope for joint ministries. Strong figures include Rev. George Pike, Rev. James McCord, Harry Schroeder, and Rev. Gary Skinner.
Ellsworth Republican state representative Ted Ellsworth of Dubuque plans to withdraw as a candidate for state senator to challenge Democrat John Culver in Iowa Second District. A news conference is set for Monday at 9:30 am at the Seland Charles hotel in Manchester.
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