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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1969
Page
6
Cedar Rapids city and Teamsters dispute over union recognition and bargaining. The council proposed a fair departmental election to choose a representative, with immediate work return and new grievance procedures. Judge ruled strikes illegal but workers not compelled to return. Council weighs meeting sanitation workers.
Cedar Rapids city council placed on file seven resolutions establishing a grievance procedure for municipal employees. The plan covers departments including Public Works, Water Pollution Control, Waterworks, Parks, Forestry, Sanitation, Traffic Engineering and Sewer Maintenance. After a strike, normal operations resumed except sanitation. The measure creates a central grievance committee and allows other departments to petition for such a committee.
Cedar Rapids man C. M. Fisher, 34, of 1881 Twentieth Avenue SW, was arrested Tuesday evening and posted $110 bond before being released from jail. He faces an assault and battery charge after his wife alleged he beat her and pulled her hair during a dispute at their home.
Police arrested two men and four juveniles Tuesday for possession of narcotic substances after stopping a station wagon in the 1900 block of B Avenue NE at 7 pm. Barnes and Van Hoe, both 18, were booked. juveniles include a 16 year old boy, a 17 year old girl, a 15 year old boy, and a 16 year old girl. A search warrant covered the wagon and a Belair Drive SE home, yielding marijuana packets and other items. County attorney's office said informations will be filed Wednesday in municipal court against Barnes and Van Hoe.
Dave Schmitt Construction Co. was the low bidder on installing a water main from Center Point Road to Louisa Street and along Louisa Street to Werner Avenue. The bid totaled 4975 dollars vs an estimated 4400. Other bidders included Hennessey Brothers Construction Co. at 5593 dollars and Dick Schultz and Sons of Dubuque at 7500 dollars.
Two men were arrested early Wednesday and charged with breaking into Johnnie's Parkway Inn at 629 Ellis Boulevard NW. Harold L. Larson, 26, of Marion, was nabbed at the rear door at 5 a.m. James G. Welsh, 27, of Gelwein, tried to drive away as police closed in. Entry came from breaking glass and unlocking a window. Four cases of beer and 24 cartons of cigarets were taken. Welsh used a false ID. later authorities found it stolen. Both men had recent suspended sentences. Larson faces district court charges. Welsh faces municipal court preliminary information.
Pope Paul VI urged Christians to oppose what he called an epidemic of sexual license worldwide. He cited immodest fashions, sexual passion, and widespread pornography as grave threats to human and Christian dignity.
A fragmented notice notes activity around Lafayette Square in New Orleans where several slatuns are present but Lafayette himself is not involved. The item reads like a local brief referencing places and entities without a clear action or outcome.
President Nixon pledged unity in Vietnam policy and said he will not preside over an American defeat. Senator Scott Pace described a White House meeting with 10 Republican senators at which Nixon reiterated he seeks peace with honor and justice and that his May 14 proposals were the fairest offered in such an internal conflict.
Services for Danny Leyton Williams 18 of Goggon will be held Thursday at 3 p min Turner chapel east with Rev James Mu oy. Williams was killed Friday night when his car left the Monticello blacktop near Coggon. He was born June 27, 1951 in Washington county Va. Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs Willie B Williams of Roanoke Rapids NC four sisters all in Roanoke Rapids and Linda Young of Monticello and five brothers of Roanoke Rapids. Burial will be in Trey Mills cemetery.
U S Momic Energy Commission chairman Glenn Seaborg signed a contract in Bucharest allowing Romania to hire out to the U S a cobalt-60 radiation source for research. Seaborg met with Romanian officials including President Nicolae Ceausescu before talks with experts.
The city awarded a contract to Dave Schm1 4 Construction Co. for a sanitary sewer line from Center Point Road to Yardy Road. the project extends 240 feet southward. The bid of 7430 was 4.9 percent above the engineer’s estimate of 7175. City council approved the award.
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