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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1978
Page
2
Aug 24 births reported at St Luke's with multiple families welcoming daughters and sons. Extended forecast calls for warm humid days with possible afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms Sunday through Tuesday. River stages listed for several towns show minor changes with occasional rises and falls.
An underground Titan II silo released a toxic oxidizer after a pipeline valve failed, killing Staff Sgt. Robert Thomas and injuring six others. about 200 rural residents evacuated as a volatile cloud drifted north in a light wind. Air Force crews stabilized the site, while precautionary measures remain and gasoline crops may die from nitric acid exposure.
Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield, a drafter of the pricing compromise, condemns President Carter’s talks with Idaho Senator James McClure as political extortion. Carter’s pledge to support breeder reactor programs in Idaho angered opponents who fear defeating the gas bill next month. The measure would lift federal price controls on natural gas by 1985 as lawmakers debate the package.
Cullen Davis, a 44 year old industrialist from Fort Worth, is held without bond in a 10th floor jail cell after a judge denied bond at a Thursday hearing. He faces charges that he ordered the murder of Judge Joe Eidson, who is presiding over Davis's four year divorce case with Priscilla Davis. The bond hearing was recessed and set to resume Monday.
The Senate backed a new program to teach reading writing and arithmetic with up to 754 million dollars in federal aid over five years. An attempt to strip the basic skills provision from a larger education bill failed on a 62 to 30 vote.
In a five day walkout affecting over 1 000 stores from Bakersfield to the Mexican border the 50 000 striking members of nine retail clerks unions agreed to return to work Friday while voting on a three year contract that includes a total wage and benefits rise of 2 57 dollars per hour gains of 70 cents first year and 50 cents in 1979 and 50 cents in 1980 per hour.
A University of Washington scientist unveils a machine that uses a poisonous chemical on blood to treat sickle cell anemia. Human testing is planned for next year, with an optimistic view from Albert Babb that progress toward a cure has advanced in recent years.
The Coast Guard located 20 year old George Lodge Jr. of Beverly and his companion John Tornure, both 20 and from Lakeville Conn, aboard a 16 foot sailboat missing since Tuesday near Lynn Harbor. They were in good condition and taken to the Point of Pines Yacht Club for questioning by Lynn police.
U S congressional delegation chief G V Montgomery announced Laos will return the remains of four American airmen killed in Laos during the Indochina War. The transfer marks the first repatriation of U S airmen from the Laotian conflict. The Laos government said the bodies were found at three crash sites and did not name the deceased.
Francis J. Crawford, a Moscow representative of International Harvester, was questioned by Soviet authorities for over two hours as pretrial actions near completion. Officials said he may face a mid September trial on charges tied to ruble purchases on the black market, seen as retaliation for U S arrests of two Soviet UN employees on spying charges.
Established in 1883 by The Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52404. Subscription rates by carrier and mail listed, with 52 week options and interstate pricing. Associated Press rights noted for republication of local and AP news.
President Carter hailed Senate passage of his civil service reform plan by 87 to 1 as a crucial victory. The measure aims to streamline government, ease firings of incompetents, and protect whistleblowers while preserving veteran preference. House debate continues with compromises and amendments shaping protections and pension rules.
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