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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1967
Page
6
Seven people were treated and released after an incident over the weekend. Betty Wilson a 47 year old Forrestville teacher was among those involved. Larry Walton 21 a SNCC official was injured and arrested.
Milwaukee braced for a weekend of open housing demonstrations amid four nights of clashes on the South Side. About 50 riot police patrolled as 200 marchers shifted from Inner Core to Wisconsin Avenue and back. Reverend James Groppi vows ongoing actions until an open housing code is adopted by the Common Council.
Sporadic rockthrowing by Negro youths occurred near the Richmond city jail where black power figure H. Rap Brown is held. The incident ended quickly with no arrests or injuries, authorities said.
Center Point mourns 84 year old George Kirk a longtime Alice resident and retired farmer who died at home requested services Saturday at 3 pm at the Alice EUB church with burial details and survivors including wife Mary Alice Wheeler Kirk and children Leland Stewart and George W Kirk Jr. plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. An American Airlines 707 jet bound from Los Angeles to New York with 199 aboard landed safely after a heater fire.
Judge Howard McLaughlin told Cedar Rapids peace officers that strong police child guidance is needed and detention facilities are Iowa’s key problem. He cited four by five detention cells, training gaps in probation staff, and Kansas City youths getting better breaks. He urged police schools to include juvenile specialized courses and praised Rep Harold Thorson for police academy progress.
South Brunswick authorities report Cheri Hammell, 20, seven months pregnant, recaptured at a suburban home after escaping the Clinton reformatory in July 1966. Attorney Frank Rubin seeks psychiatric examination to justify release until she gives birth. Rosewood, father of three, campaigns to regain custody and vows to marry her if possible. The escape involved overpowering a patrolman and stealing a car. three other escapees were quickly caught.
Government efforts to improve official writing span two years with campaigns across agencies. The Interstate Commerce Commission uses a teaching machine, the Air Force publishes a 192 page guide, and the Interior offers 113 pages in a book titled Gobbledygook Has Gotta Go. Experts warn jargon inflates costs at 1.6 cents per word, with many workers producing words more than substance.
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