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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1969

Page

3

Five Year Road Plan Under Review For 380 Mileage

Iowa road planners study the five year program aimed at completing Interstate 380 from Iowa City north through Cedar Rapids to Blue Ferry Road. Gov. Ray pressure to cut state spending and budget overruns loom as two major questions in the first formal review.

Dale Kuetor Garotte Wester Ames Iowa City Cedar Rapids Blais Ferry Road Highway Commission Commission Robert Ray Metropolitan Cedar Luke's Hospital

Mrs. Taft Dies After Illinois Crash Near Lawrenceville

Mrs. Hubert Taft aged 54 of Cedar Rapids dies after a head on collision on Illinois Route 1 nine miles north of Lawrenceville en route to a Vincennes hospital. Her husband, also 54, was injured and nephew Tony Smythe 22 of Nashville suffered injuries. Barbara Tinsley 26 of Southside Tennessee also injured. Mrs. Taft sister of Robert Smythe of Nashville. Survived by daughter Mrs. Ed White of Ankeny. Services pending at Turner Chapel East.

Rapioy Tee Wawrenceville Hubert Taft Cedar Rapids Taft Seventh Avenue Vennes Ind Minois Lawrenceville Vincennes Tater Terre Haute Nashville Ed White Ankeny Turner Chapel East

Cosmonauts Begin Welding Experiments In Orbit

Cosmonauts aboard Soyuz craft embarked on joint experiments Tuesday aimed at forming a space station by welding two of three Soyuz ships. Tass reported two crewmen photographed clouds and measured Earth brightness while expert Kazakov floated theory on radiant energy welding in space.

Nikola Kazakov Tass Luesday Soyuz Fi Soyuz

Capt. Marasca Quits Army After Controversial Case

Washington AP capt. Robert Marasca, once accused of killing a South Vietnamese double agent, will leave the army at his request by month’s end. He will receive an honorable discharge and retain his commission in the army reserve, one of eight Green Berets involved in the case.

Washington Robert Marasca Pentagon Marasca Green

Nixon Firm On Haynsworth Nomination After Meeting

President Nixon remains firmly determined to pursue the nomination of Judge Clement Haynsworth to the Supreme Court, according to Republican congressional leaders after their Tuesday breakfast conference with Nixon.

Waslington UPI Nixon Clement Haynsworth Supreme Court

Nixon to Address Nation on Viet Nam November 3

President Nixon plans a nationwide television address November 3 to report on the Vietnam situation. White House says the speech will spell out the current status and potential changes, signaling no definite link to the October 15 moratorium protests. The timing suggests possible policy shifts ahead of off year elections and upcoming Latin America remarks.

Washington Presé Nixon Ronald Ziegler Vietnam Ziegler White House Paris Latin America

Get To Know Candidates In Municipal Primary Series

The Gazelle begins a multi day series to help voters choose among a record slate of municipal candidates. Each candidate for safety commissioner mayor streets commissioner and parks commissioner answers two questions on department priorities. Biographies and statements follow in Sunday edition.

Gazelle Piet Tres

Arrest Warrant Sought for Singer Frank Sinatra

New Jersey investigation commission asked the state supreme court to issue a warrant for Frank Sinatra to arrest him for failing to answer a summons. The panel seeks contempt findings as it probes organized crime links. Sinatra, born in New Jersey, is named in FBI records related to Salvatore Giancana.

Trenton APS New Jersey Investigation Commission State Supreme Court Frank Sinatra Sinatra New Jersey Cosa Noslta Salvatore Giancana Underworld FBI

Mets Top Orioles 5 0 In World Series Opener

New York Mets pitcher Gary Gentry and Nolan Ryan shut down Baltimore scoring five runs on four hits to take a 1-0 World Series lead over the Orioles. Tommie Agee opened with a homer and contributed two key defensive plays as the Mets dominated 5-0 amid a backdrop of antiwar demonstrations and congressional pleas for nonviolence.

NEW York Tommin Agee Gary Gentry Nolan Ryan New York Mets Baltimore Orioles

Frost Blankets Iowa As Cold Temperatures Widespread

Iowa woke to heavy frost and subfreezing readings statewide on Monday night with Davenport the only county seat not dropping below freezing at 34 degrees. Towns ranged from 24 to 27 degrees, skies clearing by dawn, with forecasters predicting continued frosts and colder nights across the state and a return to lower temperatures in the south by Tuesday night. Cedar Rapids reported a low near 22 degrees, not matching a 1910 record.

Iowa Weather Bureau Davenport Auank West Union Oelwein Manchester Flkader Fayette da- Gora Cedar Rapids

Repeal Push Seeks End to Tonkin Gulf Resolution by 1970

Senators Javits and Pell urge repealing the Tonkin Gulf Resolution and withdrawing all U S combat troops from Vietnam by end of 1970 Withdrawal would end congressional authorization for combat after 1970 and they call for asylum for South Vietnamese at risk Johnson and others cited the 1964 resolution as authority for major U S intervention The plan argues Saigon must rely on itself for a political settlement with North Vietnam and that noncombat forces should also be pulled out in a reasonable time

Washington UPI Orimles Harrelson Congressional Mit Belanger Palmer Wednasday Vietnam Wrangpool Buford Violencie METS Garrett Yenes Shamsky Powell Chicago Young Robinson Doldhead Hanoi House Mmenbers Shey Moraloriarm Jacob Jaylts Claiborne Pall Tonkin Gulf U.S Congress Tonkin Gul Johnson Mmaj Nixon Javits Saigon Davila Phieu Pell For Freedom Cliler William Saxbe R‘ohie George McGovern Claikeston W. Vin Vind Honrade Ong Park Tvy League Gollege Hhul All8 Vietning Nev Ralph Abernathy North Vlesle Hille

Scope of Viet Protest Grows Across Nation

Report on expanding Viet Nam Moratorium movement with leaders like Hugo Scoll and Whitney Young backing protests beyond campuses. Labor unions and public figures, including W. Averell Harriman, weigh in while debates rise over school closures and police permissions for demonstrations.

In¢ Labor Action United, Auto Workers Walter Reuther

Moratorium Observance Planned in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids prepares for National Vietnam Moratorium Day with a program in Sinclair Auditorium at Coe College and a later gathering in Greene Square. The event includes prayers, statements by leaders, personal beliefs, and musical performances, followed by a mass march from Veterans Memorial Park.

Cedar Cedar Rapids Tsaan Nemniy William Callan Jamen Milota John My Con Cornell Iran Veterans Memorial Park Mermorial Baseball Stadium

Incomplete OCR Notes on Volays Chuckle In the Past

Fragmentary text hints at comparisons of costs and favorability but lacks coherent details. No clear names, dates, places, or events are discernible to form a factual summary or identify entities.

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