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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1978
Page
2
April births listed for Mercy and several area couples including Mangrich, Riha, Hubbard and Day with newborns. Weather details note NE wind 6 mph at 10 am, sunrise 5 08, sunset 7 01, showers possible Friday and Saturday, highs upper 60s to low 70s, lows mid 40s to 50. River stages and lake pool levels reported for Coralville Lake and Mississippi River, with several gauges showing fall and missing data.
President Carter called Brezhnev's neutron weapon ban proposal insignificant after a Soviet official said the president acted too hastily. Vladislen Vasev urged slower consideration, while Brezhnev praised dismantling plans as humane and conditioned no production until the United States did likewise. Carter tied talks to broader arms cuts and tax policy.
Unidentified suspects lifted the famous Manneken Pis statue from its stand near Brussels Grand Place, marking another theft of Brussels landmarks. In Amsterdam, a Dutch artist released from a mental hospital slashed Van Gogh's Self Portrait in Gray Hat, injuring the canvas and prompting guards to subdue him. The Van Gogh work is valued at about $1.5 million and is housed at the Vincent van Gogh state museum.
The Supreme Court heard Zenith Radio Corp and the federal government argue over tariffs on electronic products imported from Japan. Chief Justice Warren Burger calls the issue delicate and difficult as the court considers if higher tariffs are needed to curb unfair competition. Arguments lasted only minutes before adjournment Tuesday.
Washington AP reports a HEW program uses a new computer to catch cheating and errors in basic educational opportunity grants. More than 200,000 of the first 800,000 applicants were rejected for inconsistencies or omissions, with rejected students allowed to resubmit under extra scrutiny.
Washington AP reports the House Narcotics Committee preliminary survey finds 75 percent of officers expect at least half of permanent enlisted personnel use marijuana weekly. Officers estimate a small number of enlisted troops use heroin monthly. More than 30 percent of 2,350 personnel questioned worldwide indicate drug use.
President Carter's national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski will visit the People's Republic of China next month with planned stops in Tokyo and Seoul after a Peking visit set for May 20 to 23. White House aides dispute any plan for a Carter trip to China.
The FCC denied requests to extend the January 1 1978 cutoff date for selling used 23 channel citizens band radios. The agency previously rejected extensions for new sets and for repair sales. Petitioners Davidson Supply Co of Greensboro NC and the Colorado Pawn Brokers Association had sought extensions.
UPI reports USPS chief Kenneth Fletcher said con men target ads for non existent labor or civil rights publications and forward phony bills to businesses. More than 50 000 complaints were logged from July 1975 to end of 1977 as scammers rely on small billings and verification neglect. In Las Vegas Tom Hanley and son Andy Hanley were sentenced to life without parole for the gangland style murder of Culinary Union boss Al Bramlet.
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, invalidates a Massachusetts law prohibiting corporations from spending money to publicize views on ballot questions. The ruling says the statute violates free speech protections, targeting campaigns against a graduated income tax.
In St Paul Minnesota voters backed a repeal of the city human rights ordinance provision protecting homosexuals from discrimination. Mayor George Latimer urged gays to stay, saying they would be treated with dignity during his term. Turnout reached about 55 percent with 54 096 for repeal and 31 694 against.
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