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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1973
Page
2
A string of tornadoes and heavy rain ripped through Kansas Tuesday night, killing five and injuring more than 100. Greenleaf and Clay Center suffered severe damage with two children buried in debris. Ammonia and propane leaks prompted evacuations as Fort Riley troops aided rescues.
Gary Loomis nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Loomis of 302 Fifth Street Coralville died Tuesday after a sewer trench at the Third Street pumping station caved in. He and a companion were near the edge when loose earth collapsed burying him under four feet of mud and water. Police and volunteer firemen recovered the body in about an hour. Dr T T Bozek Johnson County medical examiner declared death at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. The companion escaped unharmed and reported the incident to authorities.
Western Iowa faced heavy rainfall surpassing five inches triggering flash floods and two tornadoes. Homes and barns were destroyed near Kanawha and Harlan, with a mobile home torn apart at the latter. Denison floodwaters reached Fifth Avenue as towns logged multiple-inch totals. Kenneth Gleason of Rockwell City was treated after exposure to sewer gas while pumping out a basement as showers and storms moved eastward from north central Iowa.
Astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma returned to the USS New Orleans after a 59 day Skylab 2 mission covering 24 million miles. They were in good health with normal vitals and some vestibular disturbances expected from reentry.
President Podgorny sent a congratulatory message to President Nixon after the successful splashdown of the Skylab 2 astronauts, according to Tass news agency reports from Moscow on Wednesday.
In Vansant Virginia the bodies of two miners missing after an explosion in an abandoned coal mine section were recovered on Wednesday. The discovery ends a search that began after the blast, with authorities confirming the fatalities and continuing to investigate the incident.
Detroit police report a teenage swimmer drowned while attempting to cross the Detroit River to Canada to win a $20 bet. The incident underscores risky challenges among youths and endangers lives near international waters.
A husband comments on their finances claiming they should have saved during the recession to endure a time of prosperity. The remark captures a lighthearted take on money worries amid changing economic conditions.
Cedar Rapids city council hears a proposal for a public private Hilton hotel and community center on downtown land bid by Peter Bezanson and Andrew Allen. The plan aims to fund the center through hotel revenue with no tax increase, including a 17 story complex, 8 000 seat arena, 1 000 seat theater and 2 000 seat arts center.
Vice-president Agnew states I am not resigning and disputes a White House report on discussing resignation. House Speaker Carl Albert says the House will take no action now on Agnew's request for an investigation of kickbacks and bribery.
The Senate voted 49 to 46 to reduce by 40 percent the number of U S land based troops overseas. Senator Mansfield cited saving $17 billion for Europe and urged pulling out 500 000 foreign based troops over two years to ease the payments deficit. The plan would also affect dependents and civilian staff while warning against undermining NATO and Warsaw Pact negotiations.
W A Tony Boyle 71, former United Mine Workers leader, lay in a coma after an apparent self inflicted overdose of sodium amytal on the eve of a murder conspiracy case hearing. Doctors described his condition as very critical while noting heart disease emphysema and hypertension. The hearing on removal to Pennsylvania was postponed to Oct 24.
Duane Sandage of Clarion was elected the 1974 president of the Iowa Association of Realtors at the 55th annual convention in Cedar Rapids. The slate named three Cedar Rapids men to IAR posts and multiple others to vicepresident and director roles.
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