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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1975
Page
2
Washington reports July wholesale prices rose 2.2 percent, the second sharpest monthly surge this year, driven by food and farm products. The Labor Department notes persistent inflation as consumer prices also show renewed strength, with grain, fats, oils, and poultry among major contributors.
The Cedar Rapids airport reported a low of 47 degrees, breaking a 33 degree record set on August 7, 1940. Jews and Dubuque also reached new lows at 50 and 48 degrees respectively, with historical records noted. Warmer weather was forecast for Thursday afternoon and night into Friday morning, with highs and lows trending up.
The text notes rising hospital costs making medical care seem inaccessible. It hints at a satirical take on art and illness, suggesting financial barriers deter seeking treatment and health is affected by expense rather than disease alone.
In Detroit Jimmy Hoffa’s son says Charles Chuckie O'Brien may know what happened to Hoffa. O'Brien, Hoffa’s foster son, is urged to take a polygraph as the FBI probes Hoffa’s disappearance. O'Brien denies knowledge and cites his attorney. James P Hoffa calls for truth as FBI continues questioning.
About 2,300 scientists engineers and doctors urge delaying all new nuclear plant construction until safety issues are resolved. The declaration calls halting new builds curtailing existing plants and questions waste disposal and theft risks at very large reactors amid concerns voiced on Hiroshima’s anniversary.
In Raleigh North Carolina UPI reports defense began for Joan Little as judge Hobgood reduced charges to second degree murder or voluntary manslaughter finding insufficient evidence for first degree murder. A first degree verdict carried automatic death. second degree up to life. voluntary manslaughter up to 20 years. Defense praised ruling while planning witness testimony.
A Brooklyn grand jury indicted Good Humor Corp on 244 counts for knowingly producing and marketing ice cream with illegally high bacteria levels. Prosecutors said records were falsified to deceive inspectors while actual samples showed coliform counts well above legal limits and TNTC readings. The case targets company executives and could bring up to six years per count with heavy fines.
President Ford has no intention of calling Congress back in a special session to extend oil price controls, and he plans to veto a six month extension that would keep old oil priced at 3.25 per barrel. Congress is on vacation and unlikely to return before September to vote on the veto, while advisers review steps for an orderly transition to oil control.
A federal grand jury indicted 22 men and a grain company in a nationwide grain export probe. Charges include conspiracy theft and tax evasion, with over $1 million in grain stolen across four years. Names include Adnac Inc executives and several grain elevator workers in New Orleans and Myrtle Grove.
The Agriculture Department forecasts about a 20 percent decline by 1980 in the number of people eligible for food stamps, a contrast to administration claims of rising participation. McGovern released the projections after four months of withheld data, citing political points amid Senate inquiries into program revisions and eligibility tightening urged by Ford officials.
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