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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1968
Page
4
Des Moines AP reports Iowa will undergo reapportionment twice in two years. The 1970 first shift eliminates 11 senate and 24 house seats to meet a 150 member cap. A 1971 redrawing follows after each census.
A Linn district court jury awarded Lawrence S. and Kathryn Bailey 5170 in their 31500 damage suit against Robin D. Wittke. They alleged the December 10 1966 Cedar Rapids crash caused Mrs. Bailey to go into premature labor and the baby to be stillborn. Trial began Monday.
Iowa Merit Employment Commission pushed a pay and job classification plan for 16 000 plus workers across 79 agencies. The plan, created by Public Administration Service, would create 780 classifications within 45 pay scales and raise payroll by 5.6 to 7.5 million dollars annually, with initial salaries ranging from 18 504 to 26 028 for eight years service.
Stella Pratt of Clinton, 61, died Friday when her car collided with a vehicle driven by Phyllis Backus of rural Waverly at the 63 188 intersection near Frederika. Pratt and Backus were hospitalized in serious condition. Pratt's husband Harry, 58, was involved in the crash.
Singing host Mike Douglas presents Hollywood Palace at 8 30 this evening on KCRG TV 9 with guests Jack E Leonard Polly Bergen and Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 in color broadcastющей.
The First Chamber Dance Quartet presented a varied program at Coe College Sinclair auditorium drawing about 300 patrons. Lois Bewley and Charles Bennett opened with graceful routines to pre baroque music, followed by Sara De Luis and William Carter in 18th century Andalusian pieces. The standout Carmina Burana segment featured ribald songs adapted for dance with stylish costuming and clever gesture, earning audience praise.
The London Times reports former Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton will become the United States ambassador to London. He reportedly turned down posts as secretary of state and U N ambassador to take the London post after family discussions.
Stockholm AP. Police said information from a reliable source claiming five Soviet soldiers deserted to Sweden is a hoax with no deserters reported. Police quoted a spokesman stating the informant may have been a victim of a hoax after alleging defections from a Czechoslovak unit.
CHICAGO AP The Rev. Charles Billups 41, once an aide to Martin Luther King, was found shot to death in a South Side car. Police theorize robbery. no wallet or keys found. Billups helped lead Alabama Civil Rights actions and later Chicago operations with King, survived by a wife and three daughters.
Johannesburg AP reports Len Miller, a South African inventor and business executive, has patented a dripless ice cream cone. Prototype moulds are being produced in Italy as the invention moves toward commercialization.
IRS proposes tighter regulations effective December 16 requiring gun and ammunition buyers to provide detailed identifying data including name age address birthplace height weight and race for guns dealers must ensure state neighbor law compliance and may need to consult an encyclopedia of weapons laws supplied by the IRS to navigate interstate sales restrictions and local ordinances.
Gerry Casik, 19, of Forest City died Friday while cleaning his 12 gauge shotgun at home preparing for the pheasant season opener.
Rome Catholic Gregorian university announced it has hired Dr J Robert Nelson a Methodist minister and ecumenism expert to teach theology as a visiting professor His seminar will focus on ecumenical ecclesiology and convergence for Catholic priests from around the world Nelson previously served as executive secretary of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches in Geneva and was dean at Vanderbilt University from 1957 to 1960 resigning over a racial discrimination issue
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