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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1976
Page
9
In a bridge column by Oswald and James Jacoby, the thinking declarer weighs insurance against a 5-0 trump break. The article walks through club leads, discards, and the resulting outcomes while explaining how honor bonuses are awarded in rubber bridge, noting that bonuses apply to holders regardless of role.
Patty Hearst, convalescent after a collapsed lung, was moved from Sequola hospital in Redwood City to the Federal Youth Center near Pleasanton under heavy security. Officials cited cost and security as reasons for the transfer, while doctors noted her improving condition and weight gain.
Theater listings show multiple showings for One Flow Over the Cuckoo's Nest at Iowa venues with times 1 3 15, 8 39, 7 50, and 10 05. Additional screenings include All the President's Men at Eastown 2 and diverse films at Plaza Stage and other theaters. A 300000 fire in Marshalltown is noted from years ago.
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp plans a 1.4 percent price increase for flat rolled steel effective June 1. The move marks the first adjustment since October 1976 and could prompt price hikes by other major producers. Flat-rolled steel serves autos, appliances, and other consumer goods amid strong sales. about 85 percent of the firm’s output is sheet steel.
IBM chairman Frank Cary told about 1000 shareholders at the annual meeting that four extraordinary payments totaling 53000 were made in seven years. Two were fired and a third demoted for policy violations. One payment delayed a tax obligation, another reduced IBM tax assessment, and a $6000 plus payment protected an employee in a foreign country. The largest single payment was 25000.
United Press reports Thomas Jefferson after taking the oath walked to a nearby boarding house and waited for supper, staying until evening. The brief note highlights a calm post inauguration moment in a city setting with Jefferson’s informal routine.
In Boston, school attendance slid to 69.8 percent, the lowest since September, with South Boston showing severe declines. White students protested at the troubled high school, and driverless tension persisted as police reported relatively quiet conditions despite ongoing stone-throwing around the city.
In Cleveland, unions and management pressed economic pressure as a weeklong strike idled about 80000 workers across 47 plants. Goodrich suspended SUB payments to 300 plus laid off workers. Firestone and Goodyear cut about 1400 payments. Uniroyal drained its SUB fund as talks stalled. Bommarito, missing from talks, urged six million federation members to back a worldwide overtime slowdown to curb imports. Dereait auto makers reported no disruption to production.
Los Angeles report says a safety deposit box key tied to the late eccentric Howard Hughes was found in an old Hughes office. A cousin and executor seek four to five more weeks to locate the will, while a 1938 letter indicated two envelopes with the will and instructions were to be placed in Texas bank safekeeping.
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