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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1976
Page
5
A dense OCR of TV listings shows multiple channels and time slots from morning through evening. It includes program titles such as Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, The Tonight Show, and CBS News, with various local and national offerings and late-night procedurals.
A nine member United States commission says the defense budget could be trimmed by 3 to 4 billion dollars annually by overhauling military pay, promotion, retirement, and personnel rules. It urges scrapping the 20 year retirement with half pay and a 30 year minimum, except combat unit members. The panel also calls for reviving a standby draft to speed mobilization, and notes reserves and National Guard are weak compared to active forces.
Broadway's Tony Awards crowned A Chorus Line and Travesties as top productions of the 1975-78 season. The ceremony honored performers Irene Worth, Donna McKechnie, George Rose, and Sammy Williams among others, with Burton winning a special Actors award and many honors presented by a star-studded lineup.
A monument six feet tall will be placed on the grave of Baren R. Sherman the sole Iowa governor from Renton County to honor the bicentennial. Sherman served 1882 to 1888 and died in 1804, buried at Evergreen Cemetery. The piece was funded by Benton County residents the cemetery board and Black Hawk Memorial Co with grandson Sherman Dickinson granting permission.
Cleveland union leader Peter Bommarito says talks with Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. aim to avert a strike by 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. The United Rubber Workers seek new contracts for about 60,000 workers across four major companies. Wages and cost of living remain the main obstacles as negotiations continue.
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