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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1976
Page
4
Linn-Mar district reports 3271 students enrolled on the first day, up 44 from last year. Official enrollment will be finalized on September 10, with by school totals and class counts listed, and a job ad for a day cook noted.
Atlanta resident Ken Futch recalls the moment a handgun discharged at his Douglasville home on July 30. The bullet entered his right cheek and exited near his left temple, missing brain and optic nerve. He returned to work two weeks later with only a small scar.
New Orleans AP report notes Rep. F Edward Hebert says he would not reveal sources if he were a reporter and doubts CBS's Daniel Schorr will. Hebert opposed summoning Schorr before the House ethics committee over a secret CIA report leak. He once edited the New Orleans States and led Louisiana scandals coverage.
A jumble of worship schedules across many churches with noon and evening services. Mentions include Meth-Wick Chapel, New Apostolic Church, New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ, Peoples Unitarian, Salvation Army, Seventh Day Adventist, Temple Juda, and Unity Center, with scattered donor notes and a Ford Model T price tag of $295.
Gov. J.J. Exon declared a drought and in some areas hail disaster for 40 Nebraska counties after a meeting with the U S Department of Agriculture state emergency board. Officials estimate about 400 million dollars in crop losses with low interest loans to farmers anticipated.
Oldsmobile announced plans to offer a V-8 passenger car diesel in the 1978 model year, aiming to be the first U S automaker to do so. GM officials cited fuel economy and potential easing of emissions standards as factors, with production potentially starting in mid 1978 for the Cutlass and GM light trucks.
Lebanese Christian leaders meeting with Arab League mediator Hassan Sabry el Eholy accepted the plan as a framework for talks and to present detailed counter proposals next week. Syria’s role cited. a Damascus delegation may visit within 48 hours to discuss terms.
Donald Smithburg sues Washington city and Officer Rodney Strabala in district court for 175000 dollars claiming negligence and malicious conduct in the Aug 19 1975 death of unarmed 26 year old Leslie Smithburg after a grocery store disturbance. Strabala, 24, had eight months on the force and resigned after the incident.
Former state senator and gu bernatorial candidate James Schaben claims a personal vendetta by a federal veterinarian sparked a probe that led to charges over transporting 16 Hereford cows into Towson Nebraska purchased at a Dunlap auction. He vows a $1 million defamation suit against Dr. Norman Kinney and faults U S Attorney for political considerations.
Premier Raymond Barre unveiled a cabinet aimed at tackling France's economic woes retaining control of the finance ministry. Key Gaullist figures Olivier Guichard and von Bourges hold major posts while Jean-Pierre Fourcade moves to equipment. Henry Hudson discovery noted.
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