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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1979
Page
3
vandals struck a Kingsville Texas billboard showing a Marlboro man spoof promoting smoke but police have no report of the time of the vandalism.
India’s president dissolved the lower house and called elections for early December. Indira Gandhi’s faction, the Indira Congress, is expected to win and return her to power after two governments collapsed within a month.
Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa selects his white predecessor Ian Smith for the 12 member Zimbabwe Rhodesia delegation to the British sponsored constitutional conference with guerrilla leaders in London next month. Ndabaningi Sithole also joins the delegation amid charges his party makes about a massacre last month. The military says its air force struck black guerrillas in neighboring Zambia for the first time since the Commonwealth Conference and the Queen’s visit two weeks ago.
The Sandinista led regime in Managua announces a provisional charter promising broad political freedom and equal legal protection, including press freedom and freedom to form organizations, while abolishing cruel penalties and the death sentence but extending the state of emergency for 30 days. In a separate note, Nigeria tells Russia to shrink its military training mission from 38 to 5 advisers next year amid oil interests and African discontent.
President Carter indicated the United States favors postponing debate on a U N Security Council resolution supporting Palestinian self determination. Robert Strauss said Washington would not sponsor its own measure and could veto any immediate approval. Israel and Egypt showed hesitation as talks continued.
About 1.5 million United Auto Workers members pause work for six minutes to sign postcards to Congress and the president urging an energy program. Big Three plants dock pay for the time. some supplier plants allow coverage. GM says workers had ample time off to express views.
The Federal Elections Commission found no reasonable cause that Gerald Rafshoon s Atlanta advertising agency provided an in kind contribution to President Carter s 1976 campaign. The 4 2 vote in executive session cleared the case after a two foot high report was released Tuesday Rafshoon later became Carter s chief media adviser and sold the firm earlier this year.
Two earthquakes rattled southern California with a dawn quake at Santa Barbara and a dusk quake near Hemet in Riverside County. City officials cited USGS estimates that up to 20,000 residents could die in a large regional quake, though no damage was reported.
Washington(AP) Gasoline dealers say rapid wholesale price changes render any government list of maximum retail prices unreliable. Energy Department officials plan monthly estimates within a few cents of ceilings in 20 metro areas, while noting some stations or states may be exempt due to costs. The first Aug 6 list was already outdated when issued and an updated version is promised.
NRC official says Westinghouse waited five years to disclose an August 1974 Swiss reactor incident with similarities to the Three Mile Island crisis. The case involved a stuck open pressure relief valve and primary cooling loop pipe damage, contained by operator action.
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