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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1966

Page

7

Baby Returned Safe After Denver Kidnaping Ordeal

A 3 day old boy abducted from Colorado General hospital in Denver was found safe after a 41 hour search by police and FBI. Susan Douglas, 29, is held for investigation. she admitted taking the child but no charges filed. The parents expressed relief and sympathy for Douglas and her husband.

Denver FBI William Bacon Colorado General Hospital Susan Douglas Jack Groginsky Denver Dist Bert Keating Douglas Werner

Salvation Army Lights Campaign Opens November 25

The Tree of Lights campaign will start November 25 in Cedar Rapids with a noon program. Donors raise twenty five dollars to light bulbs on the tree at First Avenue and Third Street NE, funding groceries and welfare needs for needy families. Ed Zeller will donate the tree.

Salvation Army Tree of Lights Cedar Rapids First Avenue Third Street YMCA

City Waterworks Reports October Water Use and Costs

Supt. George S. Lee announced the city waterworks pumped 422 270 000 gallons in October with a daily average of 13 621 000. Total energy use reached 538 380 kilowatt hours. All water came from 12 wells with hardness at 16.35 grains per gallon and treated water at 4.85. Receipts were 249 439.36 while expenditures totaled 269 733.02 including 123 599.18 for permanent improvements such as 90 685.17 on the new administration building.

George S. Lee Lee

Ford Says Ford Agency Has Standby Wage Price Controls

New York AP report says House Republican Leader Gerald Ford stated the Office of Emergency Planning maintains a standby wage and price control program ready if needed. He added the agency would not be doing its job otherwise.

New York House Gerald Ford Office of Emergency Planning

Ford warns wage and price controls as last resort

Ford told the Grocery Manufacturers Association that wage and price controls would be a last-resort measure if other actions fail to curb inflation. He urged deep spending cuts first, warned of possible tax increases, and noted GOP gains as a momentum against extending House terms. He called off-year elections a safety valve and Johnson’s four-year term proposal a topic.

Ford Grocery Manufacture of America Johnson House G.O.P

Slattery Leads Coe Band in First Concert Sunday

The 54 member Coe College band under Thomas Slattery performs its inaugural program in Coe auditorium Sunday at 8 p.m. Free admission features guest trumpeter Paul Smoker and works including Sea chanties Sym phony for Band and Dramatic Essay for Trumpet and Band.

Coe College Thomas Slattery Coe Paul Smoker Iowa City Robert Jager Slattery Smoker Tri-City Symphony University of Town Clifton Williams

Kidwell Appointed Patrolman in Cedar Rapids Police

James F. Kidwell, 24, was appointed to the Cedar Rapids Police Department on March 1, 1965. He is assigned to the midnight to 8 a.m. shift. A native of Osceola, Kidwell attended Council Bluffs schools and later served three years in the army. He and his wife Ramona live in northwest Cedar Rapids.

James F. Kidwell Cedar Rapids Osceola Kidwell Council Bluffs Army Ramona

New Want Ad Dial Number Introduced

A new easy to dial Want Ad phone number 369-1234 is announced. The ad line emphasizes simplicity and memorability for readers seeking classified listings.

No Survivors in Japanese Plane Crash

Authorities halted hopes of any survivors from a YS-11 crash near Matsu yama Inland Sea that killed 50 aboard including 22 newlyweds. The All Nippon Airways flight overshot landings during a rainstorm. six search planes and 60 boats recovered 21 bodies.

Matsuyama Japan All-Nippon Airways Yasuo Mori

Editor Rabin Dies in Sydney at 34

Sydney obituary reports Zell Rabin editor of the Sydney Daily Mirror and former New York correspondent died of cancer Sunday at age 34. The AP notes his long career and ties to the Mirror.

Sydney Australia Zell Rabin Sydney Daily Mirror New York

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