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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1969
Page
2
Cedar Rapids voters flock to the polls with 6 439 ballots by 2 p.m. across 25 precincts. Primary turnout stood at 3 231 in 22 precincts, suggesting general election turnout near 25 000 and possibly a city record.
Sen. Frank Moss urged FDA Commissioner Ley to justify why dangerous and ineffective drugs remain stocked in Bethesda Naval and Walter Reed Army hospitals. He cited four drugs ruled unsafe or ineffective over a year ago, including Panalba, mysteclin f, rautrax, and Avelaire, with NAS findings and FDA limits.
Senate and house negotiators agreed on a compromise military procurement bill totaling 20.7 billion dollars. The measure meets most Pentagon requests and advances to final approval before sending to the White House. An amendment to bar U S combat involvement in Laos was rejected.
Judge Warren J. Rees of Anamosa 61 will join the Iowa Supreme Court next week to fill the vacancy created by Chief Justice Theodore Garfield’s retirement. Gov. Robert Ray selected Rees from a slate that also included Judges C. H. Wild and Harvey Uhlenhopp. The appointment allows Rees to serve an initial term before turning 72, with term dates depending on the cutoff.
President Nixon said he and South Vietnam agreed on an orderly timetable to withdraw all U.S. ground combat troops, with possible revisions if Hanoi escalates. He noted secret talks with North Vietnam, cited progress in training South Vietnamese forces, reduced infiltration, and lower U.S. casualties, while warning he would adjust if enemy action rises.
Union workers at the Highway Equipment Co plant in Cedar Rapids struck after the two year contract with Local 831 of the Machinists union expired. About 60 employees involved with picketing at the main plant on 616 D Avenue NW and a nearby storage area. Federal mediators have been in negotiations. no further talks scheduled. The plant makes lime and fertilizer spreaders and ice control gear.
North Vietnamese troops pressed from Cambodian sanctuaries attacking four U.S. base camps in the heaviest weeklong assault. Three Americans were killed and 61 wounded, 152 troops fell. The incidents spanned 35 to 60 miles northwest of Saigon amid anticipated November campaign moves.
The 10 million U S pavilion at the New York World's Fair sits vacant since 1966 with a leaky sagging roof. The city has refused to take it, and Congress considers a 350000 demolition bill to clear the site. Mayor Lindsay says the structure is unwanted and the city declined a free transfer.
President Nixon praised a flood of telegrams and wires from the public as evidence of broad backing for ending the Vietnam War. He said the show of support could outpace diplomacy and military moves in pushing toward peace, with Thieu in Saigon calling the plan aligned with U.S. aims. Fulbright criticized the stance as Johnson-like.
A light speed joke notes that light travels so fast it arrives early in the morning, prompting amused readers with a playful science quip.
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