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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1977
Page
28
A dense telecast grid lists primetime shows across multiple stations with entries for 7:00 PM through 12:45 AM, including news, game shows, dramas, comedies, and movies. Programs span The Waltons, Muppet Show, Hawaii Five-O, Stars like Frank Sinatra and Barnaby Jones, and late news blocks with local anchors and ongoing movie broadcasts.
Washington AP scientists warn prediction could trigger economic disaster. Eugene Haas tells a senate subcommittee homeowners could lose earthquake insurance, property tax revenues fall, construction halt, and government services slow. He urges insurance availability after a quake is predicted.
The Polk county commission votes to use 96 fall-out shelter crackers to feed county pigs held for slaughter and later served to jail inmates. The plan would feed 143000 people for two weeks if redirected, turning old survival crackers into prison meals.
Swiss author Erich Von Daniken claims 22000 stones sunk in Peru's Ica river bed show spacecraft, telescopes, and medical scenes and dates them at 8000 years. He presented slides at the International Congress on UFO Phenomena in Acapulco. He also asserts the Mali Dogos learned of Sirius B from the god Nomos, a claim linked to their worship every 50 years.
ABCs Roots led with 35 Emmy nominations amid a telecast controversy as the National Academy weighs whether to hold an awards ceremony after NBC canceled the show. Lee Schulman noted no winners date was set and alternatives are being explored. Four Roots stars led acting nominations while MASH topped weekly comedy noms.
A televised musical special features Frank with guests Tony Bennett Natalie Cole John Denver Loretta Lynn Dean Martin Robert Merrill and Leslie Uggams. The program promises a lively night of performances and celebrity appearances.
In Seattle officers disguised as bums on Skid Row captured five men in one night. The suspects, targeted for preying on elderly down-and-out men early in the month when pensions arrive, were booked for investigation of theft.
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