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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1976
Page
3
Theater listings show Iowa venue screenings of The Exorcist at 1:30 3:30 5:35 7:40 9:45 and Gus at 7:15 in worlds. Blackbeard's Ghost at 3 times, All the Presidents Men at 7 and 9:15, The Apple Dumpling Gang at 7:30 and The Treasure of Mate curmbe at 9:15. Stage 1 presents Survive at 7:50 and 9:40.
Mary Anissa Jones, 18, who played Buffy on Family Affair, was found dead in Oceanside California amid an apparent sleeping pill overdose. Police noted no marks on the body and investigators found an envelope of prescribed sleeping pills nearby. Detectives cited possibility of accidental overdose with no sign of suicide.
Investigators ruled out sabotage in two C 141 Starlifter crashes that killed 39 aboard near Spærre Stroemfjord Greenland and Peterborough England. Both planes left McGuire AFB New Jersey within hours of each other. recorders were sought to hear crews last words and conversations.
In 1886 settlers from Honolulu Hawaii and Iowa attempted orange growing at Papolote Bee County Texas the oldest settlement in the county but the project ended after the first killing frost.
In Pasadena, scientists directing the Viking mission use 80 new photographs from the orbiter to select Viking 2 landing in Utopia. They study images to avoid rock hazards and compare sand thickness with Viking 1 site Chryse. Viking 2 lands Friday with weather checks and a 44 hour systems checkout planned.
The United States and the Soviet Union announced useful results from talks in Geneva on a joint ban of the most toxic chemical weapons. The communique called the talks a first step toward complete prohibition of chemical warfare. Brezhnev and Nixon agreed to private consultations at their July 1974 Moscow meeting. Actress Joan Blondel is 67 years old.
Pope Paul VI condemned Msgr Marcel Lefebvre for celebrating Mass in Latin in Lille despite a papal ban. Vatican officials cautious on sanctions, noting possible excommunication or removal would take time due to legalities. Lefebvre's act, described as serious and divisive, follows his suspension from priestly functions.
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