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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1973
Page
3
Cool and fair to partly cloudy Friday through Sunday with little precipitation. Highs in the 60s and lows 30s to 40s. Oct totals and norms listed. regional highs around 70s and 80s in parts. Multiple city readings and flood-stage notes included for LaCrosse, Dubuque, and others.
Monroe Jack and Bernie Marie Boswell of Conrad report debts totaling 36 014 13. Jack lists assets 2 195 with 2 025 exempt. Boswell claims assets 950 with 900 exempt. Curtis M and Shirrie LL. referenced.
President Nixon says voters should not judge candidates until they are tested in elections and notes experience shows some strong candidates fail at big league level. He avoids unemployment targets, urges maximizing jobs, and defends spending on a San Clemente estate heating plant and landscaping. He mentions talks with Kissinger about appointing an ambassador to the Soviet Union and expects a decision in 2–3 weeks.
Dr. Frank Stanton, chairman of the American National Red Cross, urged a nationwide integrated voluntary blood system. He warned that without active government leadership, he would advocate congressional intervention. Stanton spoke to Red Cross chapters in North and South Carolina about fragmented blood gathering, processing, and distribution.
The KCRG TV tower collapsed during antenna installation for Iowa Educational Broadcast Network. Mrs. Keut reported seeing two men run east of the transmitter building as the structure fell. J.F. Hladky Jr. said the tower was structurally capable and that broadcasting may end for at least three weeks while a replacement north of Hiawatha is activated.
Transmission equipment at the site of the collapse escaped extensive damage according to KCRG TV officials. RCA engineers and KCRG consultants will survey and move equipment to the tower north of Hiawatha. The Hiawatha site will be reactivated quickly with emergency power lines and a potential ABC standby transmitter in San Francisco ready to fly in Cedar Rapids if needed.
The Rev. Robert Hupp has been named director of Boys Town in Omaha, a refuge for homeless boys founded in 1917 by the Rev. Edward Flanagan.
Witnesses described a tower collapse at a radio facility near Cedar Rapids. Leo Halsch, transmitter engineer for KCRG, said the structure fell with a roar and left bodies and limbs scattered. Four men died changing braces at the 1,900 foot level. Rescue teams recovered five victims. no identifications yet due to damage. Authorities from multiple counties aided in traffic control and rescue. Virgil Ellison of South Haven reported hearing a creak before the tower dropped as he and a companion fled.
The KCRG tower near Cedar Rapids stands 2000 feet tall, the highest allowed by the FCC, and designed for two antennas though only used by KCRG. Construction began May 17 1967 and the structure rests on a 40 by 40 foot base, with seven miles of cable at eight levels.
Obituary notices report Jessie Florence Scott 87 of Cedar Rapids dies after brief illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Service Friday at Turner chapel east with burial at Cedar Memorial. Bertha Sisco dies 95, Ellis Park Church of God member. survivors include three daughters and two sons with many grandchildren. County officials discuss petition signatures and election law in context of candidate Oberthien ballot access. preliminary totals show short signatures after validation.
The debate centers on applying 363.13 versus home rule act rules for municipal elections. McGuire favors old law as governing and dismisses a 20 year old AG opinion, while Kopel follows the State solicitor general ruling that the 1953 opinion stands and petitions are invalid.
The Soviet government initiated a campaign of eight Cosmos satellites as Western experts assess the move as simulating a multi warhead missile orbit. The launch reflects a test of space capabilities amid ongoing East West tensions.
Chairman W. Howard Smith said several hundred residents had signed petitions seeking a ballot on creating a Cedar Rapids municipal court. The move aims to establish local judicial authority and reflects public interest in reform.
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