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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1975
Page
3
The Jade plant will grow into a small tree under many conditions. It prefers bright light and well drained soil, grows to three feet tall with grey trunks and green leaves with reddish undersides. It blooms rarely indoors but did in Nuell Ridge greenhouse with ample light and regular 20-20-20 fertilizer.
New York AP profile of MacKinlay Kantor aged 71 recounts a 43-book career, his early start in writing, and how deep research shaped novels like Andersonville and Valley Forge. It notes his WWII and Korean War service, his move to Sarasota, Florida, and plans for a forthcoming biography.
The article notes that Chandler's Wobble causes Earth to wobble on its axis, with a peak every seventh year. Some scientists link these cycles to increased earthquake activity, predicting the next peak in 1878.
Washington reports a British defense firm showcases the Wheelbarrow Mark VII, a remote controlled bomb disposal robot used in Northern Ireland. The tracked device climbs stairs, disarms devices, and can break windows. priced from 11200 to 17400 dollars with demos at the British embassy. It operates via an explosives expert at a distant control box and features a TV camera and a versatile arm. The machine has been deployed in Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, Kuwait, and Argentina, with interest from U.S. agencies and police.
Father Andreas recalls General Patton visiting a ruined Benedictine abbey in the Neckar valley after World War II. Patton asked about Gothic steeples and aided restoration with iron beams and supplies. The monk notes Patton’s humanitarian acts postwar, including hospital and orphanage aid, while Patton’s portrayal in film contrasts with this gentler side.
Pentagon officials are negotiating a multibillion dollar British American arms deal. The United States would buy a British developed fighter in return for Britain purchasing American radar surveillance planes. The plan supports the air force radar plane program viewed as essential to Western defense and prompts Western Europe funding discussions. The aircraft uses a Boeing 707 fuselage with a radar and comms system for airborne warning and control.
A note on before parades central avenue poles removed and traffic lights covered with metal plates on the tradition route. The record recalls that on this date in 1973 Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 40th American vice president.
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