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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1972
Page
13
Local notices cover events at the Elks club and Mt. Marcy College concerts with ticket updates. Community announcements include public hearings on water pollution, Lebanese dinner tickets, awards for ROTC students, barber shop welcomes, theft reports, obituaries, antique show dates, and a weekly story hour at the downtown library.
Kennedy high school students request council approval for a 2 mile walk on October 20 to raise funds for landscaping the Kennedy building grounds. Between 200 and 306 participants are expected with sponsors paying per mile, and the event would start and end at the high school.
Two men found guilty of murder kidnapping assault and robbery were executed by four police firing squads Tuesday in Bangkok authorities reported. The men were condemned after a trial cited by AP with details of the crimes and the government action confirming the executions.
Traffic on First Avenue is detoured due to experimental fibrous concrete poured on the viaduct in the 2000 block. Eastbound routing runs south on Thirtieth Street to Sidney, then Thirty-second, back to First Avenue. westbound detours go from Thirty-second to D Avenue NE, then to Twenty-ninth Street and back to First Avenue. Eastbound should clear by mid morning Wednesday, with possible further delay if concrete not set. Westbound expected to remain closed into early next week.
A Cedar Rapids area group hires an attorney to press for reconsideration of bussing to Blairatha Elementary. The petition, from Twin Pines North residents in NE Cedar Rapids, cites safety concerns due to road widening and four lane traffic on Blair Ferry and Edgewood roads. Board member Ernest Pence notes no final action has been taken while Norman Lipsky is absent.
A civil action filed in Lion district court seeks damages from John Blanchett and J G Gatto for a shooting April 2, 1971 that wounded Marvin R. Akers at Blanchett residence. Akers claims hospital costs, lost earnings, pain, disability and punitive damages totaling over 150000. The suit accuses Blanchett and Gatto's establishment of contributing boisterous and violent conduct.
United States Treasury Secretary George Shultz said tax reform should restrain taxes and keep them down. He warned that if George McGovern won the presidency, taxes would rise, and urged real choices to preserve fiscal control.
Cedar Rapids officials received a plaque for expanding opportunities for the handicapped. The city council adopted an accessibility oriented building code now in effect, praised for aiding the disabled and marking Cedar Rapids as a pioneer in such provisions. The new code goes into effect Wednesday.
Washington AP reports the retired commander of US forces denies Navy plotted illegal air strikes on North Vietnam to justify bombing. McCain, testifying before House lawmakers, says pilots acted under rules of engagement. would not confirm if enemy artillery was considered legitimate. He denies reconnaissance flights were used to invite anti aircraft fire and questions about preplanned targets. Nixon era policy allowed retaliation against specific threats.
Orono, Maine AP Jim Tarrell a 65 year old Portland retiree, began a planned 400 mile walk from Kittery on Sept 23 to Fort Kent near the Canadian border. He aims to cover about 26 miles daily, saying the journey serves his ego and to inspire his grandsons. He hopes to reach the northern town in 10 days.
In Colchester England the fertility rate for the Lexden and Winstree district of Essex runs five percent above the national average for the year. County officials report fewer residents in the area own television sets compared with most parts of the country.
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