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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1968
Page
4
The Daily Record notes a pre Thanksgiving warm spell with a five day period from Saturday to Wednesday averaging 4 to 8 degrees above normal. Normal highs and lows are listed for north and south Iowa with little precipitation expected. City temperature figures and a long forecast follow, plus weather station readings and recent normal year comparisons.
Washington high school survey finds most students do not regularly drink or use glue or marijuana. It shows 6 percent regularly drink away from home and 2.48 percent smoke marijuana regularly while 39 students admit other drug use. Principal Nau says survey supports not singling out schools and questions Jones’s claims.
Iowa Director of Highways J. R. Coupal Jr. blasted federal intervention and revenue shortfalls affecting the state's road program. He noted three federal funding freezes, starting with a 1966 cutback from 61 million to 46 million, which was partly restored, as the most difficult issue faced by the highway effort.
Charles Jones, lay theologian, releases a statement Friday saying his remarks on youth problems in Cedar Rapids were misinterpreted. He declines to add details, to protect confidants, and plans to testify before a grand jury while urging community support for beleaguered youths.
Gov elect Robert Ray, visiting Cedar Rapids for the Iowa Good Roads Association convention, says he will not meddle in the Republican leaders fight in the 1969 Iowa Senate. He insists the legislature will choose its own leaders.
In Basel monetary talks a banker warned of pressure on the pound and possible strain on the dollar. American economists doubted the harm to the dollar while observers noted France resisting franc devaluation. Francois Ortoli spoke with De Gaulle as Strauss said West Germany rejected a strong mark revaluation.
Senator Everett Dirksen captured a fourth term in Illinois with 2,263,263 votes to William Clark's 1,990,022, a 273,241 margin. Governor-elect Richard Ogilvie led 2,201,623 to Samuel Shapiro's 2,071,102 by 130,521, while Richard Nixon carried Illinois with 2,137,239 votes to Hubert Humphrey's 2,008,319 for 26 electoral votes.
Linn County Attorney William Faches asks state lawmakers to propose criminal code changes including a mandatory public defender for indigent defendants with limited exceptions. He urges broader search warrant grounds, tougher penalties for assaults on officers, higher witness fees, and raising felony thresholds from twenty to fifty or one hundred dollars.
Robert E. Lane died Thursday evening at his Cedar Rapids home at 227 Auburn Drive SW. He was an eighth grade student at St. Jude's and connected with local Catholic groups. Autopsy pending. funeral Friday and church services listed with Rosary times at Kuba and LaSalle chapels.
L L Hendrickson 61 of 1273 Thirty-fourth street NE Cedar Rapids died Thursday after a short illness. He was married to Carolyn D Slechta in 1928 and worked 37 years for Iowa Electric Light and Power Co as an operating engineer. Also, Leon H Wenn of Lancaster Ohio died in Cedar Rapids on Thursday after a brief illness. He born June 27 1896 in Binghamton New York and married Helen Malloy in 1931. Memorial services and burial details are listed for both, with calls to visit the Cedar Memorial funeral home and Turner chapel east.
Cambodian government accuses American river boats of killing 12 Cambodian civilians on the South Vietnamese border on November 16. Nine women and three children died, six others were seriously injured while working in a rice paddy near a border river, and Phnom Penh seeks full compensation.
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