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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1978
Page
2
The Senate Budget Committee, amid mixed economic signals, votes to trim the 1979 spending ceiling by 9.3 billion below May’s target. Chairman Muskie says the cut signals restraint as inflation remains broad while growth may slow and unemployment could rise.
State police and sheriff's deputies captured Randy Greenwalt and brothers Rick and Raymond Tison after their van plowed through a roadblock in a murder plot that killed Marine Sgt John Lyons his wife and son and abducted his 15 year old niece Teresa Tyson. A fourth fugitive Donald Tison was killed and Gary Tison fled the scene as helicopters searched the desert for the remaining suspect.
Governor Milliken asks President Carter to declare a state of emergency in Macomb County as 8 million tons of raw sewage feed into the Clinton River daily. Six Lake St. Clair beaches closed and 25 marinas cut services amid the July 29 rupture harming 27 000 homes and local health and finances. The report also notes ethics probes into Senator Talmadge with disputed overpayments of about 35000 and his response citing staff errors.
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said after a face to face with James Earl Ray that he has profound doubt Ray killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jackson, who was with King when he was slain, said he spoke with Deputy Attorney General after visiting Ray at Brushy Mountain Penitentiary and urged a new trial for Ray.
Sen Herman Talmadge D Ga was reimbursed seven thousand dollars by the Senate for six months of Atlanta office expenses though he had free office space and supplies from the General Services Administration. The payment stood out as far above amounts given to many colleagues.
Georgia state Sen. Julian Bond and the Atlanta NAACP filed a federal suit to force the FCC to add the racial slur nigger to the list of seven dirty words banned from airwaves. They seek removal of the word from political ads used by white supremacist J B Stoner in Georgia’s primary.
Cosimo D Agostino, 40, believed courier for international crime ring, detained while attempting flight to Canada with 8.8 pounds of 80 percent pure heroin. Police say ring links Italian Mafia to U S organized crime. trained dogs found the drugs in his bags. Union since 1946. Soviet scientists reportedly claimed embryo viability up to 500 grams.
Moscow reports via Tass that the Soviet Union invented test tube babies in 1946 and has pursued the concept since, with limited progress details disclosed. Tass cited scientist Pyotr Anokhin as noting ongoing research in the Soviet Union.
Venerable Martha Blacklock, Episcopal archdeacon of Newark, says the Anglican Communion may see a woman bishop within ten years, with Washington DC or New York as likely first sees. The Lambeth Conference approved ordaining women priests in four national churches by a 316 to 17 vote with 17 abstentions.
Tonight showers and thundershowers are expected in parts of the mid and south Atlantic states, sections of the Tennessee Valley, and the Pacific Northwest. Elsewhere, conditions should be fair to partly cloudy with generally tranquil skies.
Weather highlights include Thursday highs and overnight lows with precipitation, wind at 10 a.m. and 6 mph, plus sunrise and sunset times. The extended forecast calls for fair weather Sunday through Tuesday with mid 50s to mid 60s lows and upper 80s to mid 90s highs. Births list multiple families in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns with newborns including daughters and a son, plus An Arbor birth, and a series of local names and addresses noted in the observance. An 1857 note recalls the first Atlantic cable break after 335 miles.
Alfred L. Atherton arrived in Amman to brief King Hussein on U.S. peace efforts and planned talks with Hussein. He will discuss Cyrus Vance’s sessions with Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat preceding the Camp David summit set for Sept. 5.
President Carter selects Louis Martin to serve as liaison with the black community. Martin, 65, previously worked for Kennedy and Johnson, is a legislative assistant to Senator Adlai Stevenson, boards member of the National Urban League, and chairs the Joint Center for Policy Studies. He retired last spring as president and editorial director of Sengstacke Publications.
Researchers identify Legionnaires disease bacteria in water used for air conditioning at Indiana University Memorial Union Hotel in Bloomington. The cluster includes 21 infections and three deaths over 14 months. Workers aim to eradicate the bacteria from the cooling tower within three days.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates include carrier weekly price and mail options with 52 week terms. no carrier service in some areas. Associated Press rights noted.
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