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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1971
Page
12
Ralph Nader told a Senate subcommittee that Nixon violated the Constitution by delegating wage price control authority to wage boards and a price commission. He warned the plan would undermine the rule of law as the freeze ends.
CBS TV gains with early Sunday night family films and reruns like Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and To Sir with Love. Charlie Brown, McMillan & Wife, and The Partridge Family show varied popularity across networks, while The Odd Couple improves with a live audience. NBC and ABC series rank lower, with The Man and the City and Shirley MacLaine's comedies at bottom.
Television listings show a slate of local stations including KCRG TV WMT TV KTVO KOCL WOCL WKBT KROG WHO KDUB and others for prime time. Program notes include evening news progress including Ebert Promise Brier Promiad and Cage at Night.
United States officials report strong assurances on Mao Zedong’s well being before his Friday meeting with Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. No word on Lin Piao’s condition or status as successor. Official circles tread cautiously amid rumors of Lin’s possible death or incapacity.
A TV listing notes Marcus Welby M D at 9 00 PM Tuesday addressing a boy with rheumatic heart and a father who shows indifference. The program frames medical care and emotional hurt in a family drama context.
Former President candidate Eugene McCarthy endorsed Senator Harold Hughes of Iowa to be temporary chair of the Democratic credentials committee for the 1972 convention. McCarthy said Hughes is best suited to reform efforts and noted his involvement in the 1968 convention. Lawrence OBrien is expected to nominate a candidate at this week’s DNC meeting in Washington.
Des Moines AP says Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner opened a Polk county district court suit against Younkers Inc charging excessive interest on charge accounts. Turner seeks an injunction to stop 18 percent interest, arguing state law caps at 9 percent. Younkers counters the 102 year old usury law does not apply.
Senate records reveal Smathers pressed for a Florida firm and secured a stock option after joining Acrodex, with the company later showing a $435,000 market value claim by Newsday. The interview covers nutrition policy shifts and a broad push for universal free lunches, plus states’ funding formulas under new rules.
A 97 Pierce-Arrow once owned by Woodrow Wilson was being hauled from Staunton Virginia to Hinsdale New Hampshire for restoration. The driver, reportedly from New York City, disappeared after loading the car valued at $20,000, leaving the trailer abandoned at a Mahwah New Jersey truck stop. Investigators traced the route but found no further trace of the driver who reportedly walked off the job.
Army Spec. 4 William Noreen of Sioux City Iowa is confined at Fort Carson on premeditated murder charges for the slaying of 34 year old housewife Mrs Oakson Murray near Dugway Utah Her daughters both survived after their throats were slit Utah authorities reported Noreen was moved to Fort Carsons maximum security center for a premature hearing into his mental state.
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