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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1975
Page
11
Marion area notices mention new Linn-Mar district registration for Monday and Tuesday with high school counselors available to help new students choose courses. Also listed are community events, services, and local notices including sales, babysitting ads, YMCA activities, and hospital patient updates.
Washington AP Ford announces removal of most meat and livestock trade quotas with Canada effective Thursday. Live cattle hogs and pork products cleared for free movement, while beef and veal remain restricted for now. DES related imports had sparked earlier bans and ongoing talks aim to lift remaining limits.
Chicago based publisher Hugh Hefner announces anticipated sweeping editorial shifts to revive Playboy and lift sagging finances. He hints at transformative concepts and possibly launching a women’s magazine as circulation declines from 6.8 million to about 0.8 million. On this date in 1957 a federal grand jury indicted Col Rudolf Abel as a Soviet spy.
A magistrate court summary lists Gerald Nielson pled guilty to drunk driving with a 90 day suspended sentence. Others pled guilty to charges involving disturbing the peace possession of drugs or alcohol, with various suspended sentences and fines. The report also notes dismissals and a criminal trespass finding, plus a final note on bird watching as a hazardous hobby and a quote from George Jean Nathan.
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed retroactive legislation wiping out Indira Gandhi's June 12 conviction for electoral malpractice in the 1971 campaign. The law makes the Supreme Court appeal academic as the charges are no longer crimes. Parliament passed it with one dissent. opposition boycotted. In 1942, US marines landed on Guadalcanal.
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