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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1971
Page
4
Alburnett fourth graders led by teacher Fred Johnson and guests from other grades marched to the baseball diamond to conduct an air currents experiment. Students attached their names to helium balloons and sent them aloft while a large map at the school tracks where balloons land if found.
Iowa City council debated hiring a local Powers Willis firm versus the out of town Peters and Martinson for the R 14 downtown urban renewal design. Mayor and staff argued the best qualified firm should win with travel costs considered. final vote postponed to Tuesday. The meeting also covered purchasing Nagel property for University sale and HUD appraisal revisions for the Odd Fellows site.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Second Class Postage paid at Cedar Rapids IA. Subscription rates vary by method and location including weekly, monthly, and yearly options with differing prices for in state and out of state. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
A Monday session between University of Iowa students, city police, and deputies yielded a consensus to pursue more personal contact. Both sides admitted mistakes during May disturbances and debated police restraint, identification, and tear gas while noting limited student turnout and criticism of campus coverage by The Daily Iowan.
Iowa City University of Iowa health care students and their families will visit Corning this weekend as part of the Alumni Association Community Health Care Clearing Center program. Seventeen students from medicine dentistry nursing and pharmacy will tour health recreational and industrial facilities and share discussions with community leaders.
Mount Pleasant Iowa AP reports American Legion Post 58 signs a conciliation with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission to stop discriminatory membership practices. The agreement ends a planned public hearing over a complaint by three Black individuals who alleged service denial at the post bar. Commander Waltel Overturf says Black applicants will be treated equally and may gain social membership status.
Gov Robert Ray used a foot activated canned laughter device during a Iowa executive council session. Atty Gen Richard Turner paused his speech as the hall echoed with loud, lingering laughter. Turner later returned and completed his address unaware of the device.
Iowa unemployment insurance payments totaled 1,657,256.08 dollars in October, the lowest since December 1969, with Polk County leading at 256,771.59 dollars and Linn and Black Hawk counties following. The report cites 32,142 weeks of insured unemployment, 2,580 fewer than September, and lists weekly benefits by county.
Boone voters approve a 390000 bond for a new United Community elementary school by a 64.5 percent margin. The measure funds construction and related costs, marking a key capital project for the district.
A brief ad hints that readers can secure a bargain quickly via want ads, promising swift access to a remarkable purchase opportunity. The message emphasizes speed and value, urging immediate action through the classifieds.
Iowa City readers will hear Robert Hayden read from his poetry Friday at 8 p.m. in the University of Iowa Art Auditorium as part of the Festival of Black Arts. Hayden, English professor at the University of Michigan since 1969, has won the Hopwood Poetry Prizes and earned an MA at Michigan. He was born in Detroit and studied at Wayne State University.
Edith Shouse age 61 of Waterloo died in a one car crash about 54 miles west of Cedar Falls Monday morning. The AP report notes the incident occurred near Cedar Falls and involved a single vehicle with fatal injuries. Police and emergency responders identified the deceased and cordoned the scene for investigation.
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