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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1972
Page
5
About 400 to 500 Metropolitan Area YMCA swimmers will join a Swim-a-thon on September 9-10 at Central Ellis and Marion branches. Top 10 percent of funds go to World Service. rest funds local projects. Sign-up sheets will be circulated. laps certified by YMCA officials with sponsors from a penny upward.
Britain moves to handle a potential influx of tens of thousands of Asians expelled from Uganda under Idi Amin. Government and private groups plan housing jobs and schools for an uncertain 40 000 to 50 000 with British passports plus others from India Pakistan and Bangladesh. Kenya may follow Uganda in expulsion, complicating Britain’s response.
Warsaw officials object to Polish youths wearing U S Army emblems and badges sparking a clash between anti American sentiment and fashion. The trend includes jackets shirts and buttons from the U S armed forces despite political campaigns against the U S role in Southeast Asia. The youth pursue Western styles while authorities protest the symbolism.
The John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D C faced a weed invasion around its foundations terraces and planters. An anti weed crusade uprooted the intruders and replaced them with crawling ivy to restore the arts venue s curb appeal.
In Belgrade three businessmen faced a swift correction after a dinner bill tripled the price at Topcider Nights. A city market inspection team fined the restaurant manager on the spot, part of an 80‑man force with 24 hour coverage that issues fines or subpoenas. The chief inspector, Jovan Mileusic, said the unit handles 50 to 60 calls daily on varied issues from sanitation to bread slicing.
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