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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1968
Page
32
The Gazette urges approval of a 1965 amendment allowing the legislature to determine per day per session or annual compensation and to set expense allowances. It would forbid pay increases until the next legislature convenes, giving voters a chance to judge. The measure passed key votes and is set for a November 5 vote.
In California Vice President Hubert Humphrey grapples with an uneven campaign. Democratic leaders urge independence from Johnson, faster organization, and a clear vision to mobilize stay-at-home voters and fend off Nixon and Wallace rivals.
The chief money raiser for the Republican congressional campaign committee Rep. Bob Wilson of San Diego admitted he was not present when votes were recorded for him on Sept 9 10 and 16. He returned to Washington after missing roll calls and asked that the journal be corrected. House leaders kept quiet as questions of censure arose and critics warn of a culture of hush and whitewash in the Gentlemen's club.
Cedar Rapids launches Hawthorne Hills a private lease governed complex of 202 apartments on C Street and Hawthorne Drive SW aimed at low income tenants. The project scales down from the earlier public plan of 400 units in two seven story buildings, with federal rent supplements and nonprofit ownership. Local leaders including Mayor’s commission chair Tom Hoegen praise the effort while noting outcomes depend on demand, affordability, and long term solvency.
Roscoe Drummond argues violent revolutionaries cannot be reasoned with and cites SDS as disruptors at Columbia. He credits Columbia administration acting president Andrew Cordier for addressing student grievances and notes a broader trend of peaceful reform reducing campus violence and diminishing SDS appeal.
A letter urges the school board to speak plainly about the bond issue and warns that some demolition projects are funded outside the bond. It argues that false impressions from signs mislead voters and emphasizes transparency before Oct 1.
A letter to the editor argues Beverpark's Old McDonald’s Farm puppies should be searched or risk being sent to the pound. The writer questions airline passenger screening and asks whether officials are men or mice for allowing potential hijackers to board.
John Storey reported 500 applications for 89 duck blind sites along the Coralville reservoir with a drawing to assign them. Dale Walker of Texas Christian University met fans at Cedar Rapids airport before the SUI season opener in Iowa City. Jesse L. Parker, longtime Gazette employee, died after a long illness. Walton Oaks opened as Linn county chapter home for the Walton League. Council Bluffs sought Red Cross nurses amid infantile paralysis cases. Construction began on Hander Motor Co building. 1938 remarks by Van Vechten Shaffer contrasted Cedar Rapids peace with looming European war. Louis Prastka was re- (text cut)
10 20 30 Years Ago reports H A Hands of Iowa City elected president of the Iowa Retail Jewelers Assn board named to Cedar Rapids meeting. The Cedar Rapids city council opened bids for selling iron from the old Eighth avenue bridge to raze it for a new structure.
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