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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1972
Page
4
The page lists high and low temperatures for major cities, precipitation, and barometer readings while noting October totals and year-to-date figures. It also includes river stage data, births from local hospitals, traffic violations and fines, and upcoming services and obituaries from several towns. The mix reflects a daily record of weather, public notices, and community events.
The article discusses a court continuation about housing and medical benefits for a woman service member who partly supports her husband, while men with dependents receive full benefits. It notes a ruling narrowing the Freedom of Information Act application and refuses to reconsider a June 29 decision that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment.
Robert Toussaint told the board of supervisors he has not received deeds for parcels he bought from the county a year ago. Officials cited unresolved special assessments blocking title though property taxes were canceled. An assistant county attorney said there is no mechanism for the county to pay those assessments.
An advertisement invites servicemen to advertise their services to a wide audience of over 250000 readers, signaling strong reach for military oriented offers and local business messaging.
Robert H. Otto 51 of 803 Fifteenth Street SE died unexpectedly Tuesday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. He worked 21 years for Wilson-Sinclair Co and was a former Amalgamated Meat Cutters member. Surviving wife Beverly, three children, a brother, and burial at Cedar Memorial. Service Friday at Turner East. Alford Morgan Yocum 52 of Eldorado Ark died Monday in Cedar Rapids. Bechtel Corp employee, WWII veteran, wife Jackie and son Joe Dale survive. Service Wednesday at First Church of the Nazarene Eldorado. burial Woodlawn Eldorado. Clara Christensen 81 widow of Chris Christensen died Monday in Tucson. Survived by three sisters and two brothers. Services pending at Deis Valley Funeral Home Tucson.
Memorial services and funeral details for Schroeder Iola Z Cardis Louis Gregory Ruth Emma Wright Clara McSweeney Charles Bailey Charlotte Mae Doub Elizabeth are listed. Services occur at Teahen Turner and Beatty Bearle chapels with burials at Memorial Park Linwood Cedar Memorial Mt Calvary and Callender cemeteries in Sioux City Independence.
LaVerne F. Hall 23 of 135 Mango Drive Hiawatha was held in county jail on an assault with intent to commit a felony charge. Justice Jessie Mc Cormack received the filing by William E. Burmeister alleging Hall beat him with a skillet on Sept 19. Hall was arrested by Linn deputies early Tuesday and held on $2500 bond.
White House aides say Nixon pressed congressional leaders to accept his spending limit proposal as business interests lobbied across districts to back the plan. They claim Democrats face political blame and inflation risks, while House Chairman Mahon and leaders warn the cap fight remains the major hurdle to adjournment.
Ralph Ginzburg, publisher, is paroled from a federal prison farm in Lewisburg Pennsylvania after serving eight months of a three year term for dispensing pornography.
South Vietnamese forces say they surround enemy positions near populated areas along highway 13 while helicopters drop troops and Skyraiders bomb. In Cambodia, Communists seize four government posts south of Phnom Penh along Highway 2, forcing defenders into rice paddies as they gain control of 25 miles of the road.
Kissinger and North Vietnamese talks extend in Paris. Haig accompanies Kissinger as he and Thieu are kept in the dark about substantive issues. White House says only pace, not substance, is being discussed.
McGovern campaign announces a sequence of phone in television programs in several states starting this week with Minnesota eyed for the first program. Agnew reports an Anaheim crowd and accuses McGovern of inflammatory rhetoric while Shriver attacks Nixon on tax policy and prices. McGovern heads to Detroit Kalamazoo and Chicago as Nixon plans a single appearance in Atlanta with limited campaign activity ahead of the election.
Klein says there is no plan for a partisan GOP push, focus remains on individual candidates rather than the Republican ticket. He notes planks for GOP candidates but aims not to alienate the base while appealing to Democrats unhappy with Mc Govern. Nixon's ads do not identify him as a Republican.
Washington DC AP Patman chairman Wright Patman of the house banking committee accuses President Nixon of direct responsibility for "the most sordid political tactics" in a major party. He cites a Washington Post report on alleged Republican plots to disrupt Democratic candidates.
The article discusses busing policy with critics arguing it advances desegregation only for low income and minority areas while leaving affluent suburban whites unaffected. Senator Harold E Hughes supports the view that the bill lets affluent suburbs escape responsibility.
Syria imposed a state of emergency in the northeast border areas as cholera cases rose to 93 with two deaths, according to Egypt's Middle East News Agency.
Two weekend break ins in Central City were reported to Linn sheriff's office. At Central City schools thieves took tools worth 204 dollars a 45 dollar tape recorder and science equipment valued at 100 dollars. At the Amvets post 20 dollars in cash was stolen.
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