26 Aug 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1978
Page
1
Recreation travelers seek historic firsts and oldest sites in the southeast corner of Iowa. The piece notes fold-up bicycles with features for mobile cyclists and hints at an autumn cultural calendar in Eastern Iowa on pages 4A and 2A.
Waterfowl hunters should note this year enforces a steel shot only rule. Page 7A.
A Cedar Rapids area youth group serving at a frontier mission enjoyed a mile high sunset as part of their trip. The report notes the scene on Page 8A while other items include Camp David stakes and a Cedar Rapids film opening. The weather outlook predicts warm humid days with possible thunderstorms through Sunday and highs in the 80s.
The quote compares golf to business, noting relentless drive toward success and eventual payoff in the hole. It frames golf as a metaphor for persistence and outcome.
Border fighting left seven dead and many injured as more than two thousand ethnic Chinese stranded at Friendship Pass clashed with Vietnamese security. Chinese and Vietnamese accounts differ on casualties. Beijing protests Hanoi while Parisically tense border scene deepens during ministerial talks.
Firemen and ambulance attendants aid 66 year old Jean Miller of 341 13th St NW after a two vehicle wreck at Sixth Street and Second Avenue SW Friday afternoon. Miller was extricated from a car and stretchered to medical care.
Linn District Court Judge Robert Ford orders 8 year old John Wesley Swearingen placed with his mother Donna Rodrick despite her allowing marijuana use by the boy with her boyfriend. The grandmother and grandfather Norman and Betty Swearingen challenge under the Uniform Child Custody Act, but Ford rules the natural mother has custody as the child’s closest connection and welfare evidence supports this despite concerns of abuse and drug involvement.
The Civil Aeronautics Board allows U.S. airlines to raise fares up to 10 percent and cut them as much as 70 percent with 45 days notice, ending mandatory CAB approval for changes. The move, backed by President Carter, signals deregulation aimed at freeing routes and prices, benefiting travelers already enjoying lower fares.
An evening trail ride sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Horseman's Club drew families for horseback riding and camping. Riders climb a hill near the start of a 10 mile route south of Ely, followed by a barbecue and campout. Stor and photos on Page 7A.
Gov. Robert Ray announced Judge Jerry L. Larson of Harlan as a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court to replace retired Morris Rawlings. Larson, 42, a district court judge in judicial district 4, is a University of Iowa graduate and former Shelby County Attorney. An initial term ends December 1980 with a $45,000 annual salary.
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