12 Aug 1979
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1979
Page
1
The Gazette notes construction can start immediately for a new power plant amid Iowa energy coverage. Page 10B highlights the plan and timeline as part of the regional energy discussion. The article references Iowa's current energy situation and policy context.
A nine member U S congressional group says Vietnam will allow U S planes to fly to Ho Chi Minh City to pick up 258 refugees awaiting reunification with families in the United States. The move comes with talks on normalizing relations and MIAs and has potential to ease refugee flight.
Amos Crooks, a Sioux from Shakopee Minnesota, dances in colorful dress to drum beat at the Mesquakie Indian Powwow west of Tama. He is among many Iowa and Midwest participants as the event closes today with page 10A photos.
About 200 riot police halted a Ku Klux Klan march near Montgomery as officers confiscated a large weapons cache from more than 100 marchers. Eleven arrested for carrying weapons near a demonstration. a youth handed to juvenile authorities. The Friday-Saturday travels retraced King’s 1965 Selma route.
Washington officials describe a last ditch effort to stop Pakistan from building an atomic device. The plan explores offering advanced conventional arms and imposing harsh economic sanctions while a new interagency task force studies policy options under Gerard C. Smith.
In Selma Alabama a bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr was unveiled in front of a church linked to his marches. The event followed a 50 mile Selma to Montgomery march reenactment by Ku Klux Klan members and drew about 800 people as speakers urged continued civil rights progress. Dr Joseph Lowery urged honoring King by advancing his work, warning of renewed repression and identifying the KKK as part of it.
President Carter reiterates opposition to a separate Palestinian state and vows the United States will not lift its terms with the PLO. He says Palestinians should have a voice in their future, but a separate state would not be good for Palestinians or Israel.
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