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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1973
Page
1
Firefighters found heavy smoke but minimal flames when tackling a grass fire in a northwest Marion park area. A parks employee mowing east of Alburnett Road ignited grass with hot exhaust. no damage reported. Northwest winds fanned smoke over the city as crews contained the blaze.
A magistrate court Monday docket lists multiple speeding charges with amounts ranging from 20 to 40 dollars. Others include violations for license restrictions displaying licenses improper lights stop sign no license and miscellaneous traffic offenses involving Cedar Rapids Monticello and surrounding addresses.
TIFFIN The Clear Creek school board attorney filed a demurrer in magistrate court in Iowa City over alleged open meetings law violations. The demurrer argues the complaints were filed after the 30 day limit for charges. A hearing is set for Wednesday to rule on the demurrer.
In a farewell address, Agnew defends Nixon and thanks him for restraint. He backs Ford as successor, urges reforms like public campaign funding and closing contract loopholes. He condemns leaks and immunity as perjury risks, calls for self examination in criminal justice, and leaves by limousine after remarks.
CHICAGO API Allstate Insurance Co will grant a 30 percent discount on medical and no fault personal injury coverages for private 1974 model passenger cars with federally approved air bag systems. Chairman Archie Boe said field testing shows reliable air bag systems ready for highway use and availability early next year. In no fault states savings could range from 15 to 50 dollars annually, depending on class and driving factors, while in other states initial savings would be 3 to 7 dollars.
Laurie Mason aged three, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Childes Mason of Coralville, remained in fair condition at Mercy hospital after a parked pickup truck at 804 Seventh Avenue rolled as she tried to free it. Officials say she may have shifted the truck from gear and was run over by a wheel.
Iowa ISPIRG says 60 banks and loan firms violated the Truth in Lending Act by quoting add on or discount interest rates instead of the required annual percentage rate. A survey of 224 institutions found 164 compliant, with most violators in Des Moines and Waterloo areas. Regulators have been alerted for remedial action.
ISPIRG named East Iowa banks and loan firms in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas as violators of truth in lending act. Bank presidents and loan representatives denied or deferred comment while pledging to quote only the annual percentage rate.
The Nobel committee awarded the Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho after years of debate. It marked the first Peace Prize since 1971 amid outcry over the Vietnam War and its global impact. The selection makes Kissinger the 16th American laureate, with Tho as the first Asian honoree.
Twenty years ago Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin announced plans to visit the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania to question David Greenglass, brother-in-law of Julius Rosenberg, the executed atomic spy.
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