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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1975
Page
10
DeWayne Browning of Cedar Rapids spoke at the Memorial Coliseum Veterans Day program. On crutches from a broken leg, he argued veterans deserve more than gratitude and demand to know if their sacrifices were worth it.
The Cedar Rapids public library will start a 50 cent service charge on fines not paid at return. Patrons paying with the return avoid the charge, and the aim is to cut billing. The charge applies to mailed bills. the normal fines remain five cents per day for adults and one cent per day for children.
Mt Vernon received official bicentennial city status in a ceremony before a city council meeting. Mrs Edwin Bruere of the state bicentennial commission presented Mayor Nick Berry with a bicentennial flag as part of Iowa’s broad commemorative effort.
In Washington and Austin, Arthur Burns and House Republican Leader John Rhodes hint at possible shifts toward federal aid for New York City if the city enforces tough financial reforms. Felix Rohatyn notes progress after talks with Treasury Secretary Simon. Mayor Beame says payroll cuts totaling 8 374 will trim the budget by about 200.7 million.
Two Cuban MIG 21 fighters intercepted a U S coast guard search plane in international waters about 40 miles northwest of Cuba. The incident disrupted a rescue mission for a disabled pleasure boat, with no shots fired and the boat later found near Miami.
Coast guard officials fear bodies of the 29 crewmen may never be recovered from Lake Superior after the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Whitefish Bay during a severe November storm. The 50 degree water and trapped conditions reduce recovery chances as Captain Ernest McSorley reported taking on water and a slight list before radar contact was lost.
The Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce alerts business buyers to alleged sensational office supply offers. John Stock notes calls use local names to lure firms with liquidation or bankruptcy excuses. Screen offers carefully and warn purchasing staff to avoid involvement.
Linn county extension service launches a nine lesson dairy feeding correspondence course starting Thursday at 1 30 p m in the Farmers State bank Alburnett. Dr Kent Nelson ISU extension dairyman opens with Digestive System of the Cow. Richard Freeman coordinates enrollment and quiz returns.
Belin, Rockefeller Commission official, testified that CIA plans to kill Castro, if known to the Warren Commission, would have broadened the JFK inquiry. He urged declassification of Rockefeller materials and full public release of Kennedy records, while preserving CIA internal operations.
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