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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1973
Page
1
Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns suggested ending wage price controls next year and creating a wage price review board with power to examine monopoly practices. He said inflation may stay around 4 to 5 percent and favored a temporary tax hike that could be reversed if conditions change.
Vice-president-designate Gerald Ford on a plane trip home to Cedar Springs Michigan urged compromise as a tool to unite the nation. He said Republicans and Democrats must give ground and recalled his two decades in the House. Ford attended Red Flannel Day in Cedar Springs, joking with locals and greeting marchers before flying back to Washington. He predicted the president would veto at least two more congress bills, bringing anticipated vetoes to nine.
The Iowa member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Edward Mezvinsky, says his initial reaction to Gerald Ford’s nomination as vice president is positive. Other Iowa Republicans praise Ford’s integrity, Midwest roots, and potential to unite administration and Congress.
Israeli military units pushing toward Damascus shelled targets on the city’s outskirts as front-line troops claimed to be within 16 miles of the capital. Jordan announced entry into the war while Syrian and Iraqi defenses vowed to halt the advance amid U.S. worries over Soviet aid to Egypt and Syria.
Cairo reports two SR-71A reconnaissance planes flew over Egyptian air space for 25 minutes. An Egyptian paper says a protest was filed with Washington, while Ismail Fahmy warns of dangerous consequences. U S officials in Cairo acknowledged the meeting but offered no comment.
The Senate sent to President Nixon a 19.06 billion dollar HUD and related agencies bill. A dispute over limiting government limousines led by Senator Proxmire was resolved as the House resisted. The package also funds NASA, the Veterans Administration, and the Selective Service.
Floods hit Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Iowa with Enid worst affected eight dead six missing and ten million dollars in damage. A ninth death was reported near Winfield Kansas. President Nixon declared Oklahoma a disaster area enabling federal aid for housing debris removal and infrastructure repair. Governor Exon planned to seek the same for southeast Nebraska.
As bases flood picture shows lower Kansas river and 500 miles of Missouri river from northwest Missouri to St Louis mouth become flood battleground. Missouri spread two miles wide between St Joseph and Atchison. 150 guardsmen and volunteers sandbag levees. About 1 000 residents displaced in Kansas City metro. 300 volunteers created a secondary dike after leaks near Walcott Kansas. Missouri City, a town of 375, flooded by a farm levee failure.
Iowa City ISPIRG filed a complaint with the Iowa Commerce Commission challenging the Duane Arnold Energy Center's electrical service as not reasonable. Environmental coordinator John Laitner spoke at a 60 attendee UI Memorial Union press conference tied to a Ralph Nader event. He cited AEC figures claiming a one in a thousand reactor-year rupture risk, warning of potential yearly accidents if a thousand plants are built.
Iowa leaders in humane groups and the AKC urge state dog industry regulation as concerns rise over a 10 million annual business and widespread shipping. Officials cite 383 licensed dealers nationwide and 53,000 Iowa dogs exported last year, with calls for kennel licensing and health standards amid ongoing complaints.
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