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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1973
Page
4
A reader quotes advice column and questions about whether homosexuals can choose to be straight. The reply notes society has made sexuality a problem and that many letters ask for a way to “straighten out” their orientation, while some gays are at peace with themselves.
In Chicago a senator urged Congress to empower a special prosecutor by law, proposing Provident Mixon be given a fair chance to avoid delays and ensure Watergate style accountability under Archibald Cox and Adlai Stevenson influence.
An AP dispatch reports heavy clashes along the Suez front with Israeli tanks and aircraft striking Egyptian targets. Battles pour into the east bank as both sides suffer losses. reports describe burning tanks, downed planes, and ongoing advances and withdrawals.
An Egyptian spokesman said Israeli forces are besieged by Egyptians as Arab attacks inflict heavy losses and Egyptian troops solidify positions on the east bank of the Suez Canal. Reports note continued ground assaults, repeated destruction of pontoon bridges, and 68 armored vehicles reportedly destroyed in recent days across Dovergair, the Great Bitter Lake area, and Sarapiam. Meanwhile, a driver is charged after a highway crash near Independence. Timothy A. Harwick, 17, faces improper Saturday charges after a collision with Claid I. Starrgrove, 69, no injuries reported.
Moscow reports two Western psychiatrists visited Major General Grigorenko, a Soviet dissident held in a mental hospital for over three years. He said in German he was treated very well. The visit followed his transfer from a prison asylum near the Polish border after exile for defending Crimean War veterans.
Victoria BC Vancouver cabaret owner Bob Reeds ends his Lady Godiva protest after hearings with General Alex MacDonald. He claims the rule requiring orchestras for nude entertainment won’t change despite nude dancing seen near the legislative buildings.
London reports Rolls-Royce sold a armored Phantom 6 limousine to an unnamed Aral oil sheik. The buyer is so pleased he has asked for several more armor-plated land cruisers, according to the Guardian.
Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker told a Pascagoula shipyard tale of three wrinkled pale aliens who abducted Hickson on a pier then released him, sparking hypnosis tests by university doctors and a wave of nationwide UFO reports while deputies remain skeptical yet unsettled. Eric Johnson wins pumpkin contest with a 104 pound entry in Canon City.
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