Weather outlook with clear skies and cold weekend
Cold air settles in with lows around 5 to 10 above. Saturday will be mostly sunny with highs in the mid-20s. Northwest winds diminish. Details on page 2A.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1979
Page
1
Iran warns hostages may face death penalties
Tehran announces some of the 50 American captives could be tried within 48 hours and face death sentences, with possible releases for others. Khomeini urges unity and accuses the United States of fomenting unrest as Iran confronts a Turkish minority rebellion in the northwest.
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Tehran
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
U.S
Khomeini
America
United States
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Ghotbzadeh
Cedar Rapids man battles stock brokerage firm
Cedar Rapids Police report a legal clash between a local resident and a stock brokerage firm. Page 9C notes coverage on the dispute and related topics in the day’s edition.
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Cedar Rapids
City Council Faces Detour Over I 380 Bridge Work
City officials worry about traffic shifts as a twisting detour around the I 380 bridge project prompts council debate. Page 12A.
Boss Grants Joe Weekend Nudge for Extra Work
Index quotes the boss telling Joe not to rush and to take the weekend if needed. The line signals an informal assignment extension and personal delegation of workload.
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Joe
Social Security panel urges tax on benefits and tax-funded Medicare
The Advisory Council on Social Security proposes taxing half of retirement benefits and cutting payroll deductions, funding Medicare from general revenue. It backs adjusting the benefit formula, twice yearly cost of living adjustments, earnings sharing, and broader disability liberalization. A narrow majority weighs raising the normal retirement age and doubling the burial benefit, while rejecting most minor reductions. The 400 page report aims to shape 1981 payroll tax debates.
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Washington
Congress
Advisory Council On Social Security
Social Security
Carter
Pearl Harbor memories from local veterans
Gazette staff writer recalls faces of Pearl Harbor day through memories of Al Lenway Harold Andrews and Lloyd Rischer veterans who served in World War II Lenway a 61 year old engineer and father of two recalls news on radio that Sunday morning Andrews wounded in New Guinea and spent years in hospitals Rischer who lived in North Liberty visited Atalissa with his wife when the attack occurred and later served in the South Pacific.
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al Lenway
Japan
U.S
Hawaii
Franklin Roosevelt
Lenway
19Th St. NW
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Harold Andrews
29Th Ave
New Guinea
Andrews
West Palm Beach
Fla
North Africa
San Francisco
Pacific
South Pacific
Lloyd Rischer
Sixth Ave. SE
Rischer
North Liberty
Atalissa
Jobless rate drop surprises economists in November
The Labor Department reported the unemployment rate fell from 6.0 percent to 5.8 percent in November with 350000 new jobs. Unemployed fell by 140000 to just over 6 million as women and Black workers saw the gains. full-time unemployment held steady while most growth came from white collar sales positions.
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Labor Department
Carter
John Bregger
Bregger
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