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09 Dec 1977
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1977
Page
1
Claus and elf flee giant in fear on page 13
A fragmented caption notes Claus and the elf fleeing from an angry giant. The ghosting layout places the scene on page 13 with no further context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claus
Elf
Bergland backs NFC bargaining plans for farmers
Robert Bergland endorses National Farmers Collective bargaining programs aimed at securing cost of production plus a reasonable profit for farmers. The note appears on page 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bergland
Christmas aid drives need Cedar Rapids volunteers
Cedar Rapids groups seek volunteers for holiday programs to aid the ill aged and poor. The season encourages sharing love despite wintry weather and a planned church dedication in Marion. Linn County sets forty miles of snowmobile routes on county roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Weather clears with record lows this week
Weather clearing tonight brings record low temperatures ranging from minus fifteen to minus twenty five. Light snow is possible Saturday with daytime highs near zero to five degrees.
Nursery school humor about teaching kids to hit back
A quip notes a nursery school teaches children who hit not to hit and those who do not to hit back, reflecting playful satire on early lessons in behavior and conflict.
Ten survive 3-day ordeal in Antarctic
Ten people aboard two helicopters survived forced landings on the Ross Sea and returned to McMurdo. Despite 90 mph winds and 20 below temperatures, all were uninjured after more than three days. Brown and crew endured on sea ice before rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcmurdo, Antarctica
Brown
Morehead City
N.C
Feola
Marble Point
Ken Mathews
Auckland
New Zealand
Rod Law
Knoxville
Tenn
No Spending Reports From Cedar Rapids Candidates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that three candidates in Cedar Rapids municipal elections failed to file campaign finance disclosures by the 5 p.m. Thursday deadline. Floyd Bergen and John Oberthien sought the public safety commissioner post, while Richard Smith ran for public improvements commissioner. Officials say penalties are rarely imposed for noncompliance, which is usually due to oversight, and a citizen must file a complaint with the Elections Commission before any investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Floyd Bergen
John Oberthien
Public Safety
Richard Smith
Public Improvements
Elections Commission
Wind and cold blast shut Eastern Iowa as power and water falter
Wind gusts 20 to 40 mph from the northwest drove five inch snow into massive drifts across Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa. Temperatures near 10 below zero produced a 60 below zero wind chill as schools closed and power outages hit 240 customers near Norway. Crews restored electricity later, water pumps failed at the sewage plant, and roads from Interstate 80 to 63 faced closures amid drifting snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Iowa
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Norway
Sandra VanAmberg
Iowa Highway Patrol
U.S., Mexico start prisoner exchange flight to Mexico City
A chartered jet carrying 36 Mexican inmates from Texas and other U.S. jails landed in San Diego to begin the return leg to Mexico City while 237 Americans were expected home for Christmas. The operation includes 61 Americans to be flown back later, with parole prospects noted by Warden Walter Lumpkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Houston
Pedro Lopez
Texas Department of Corrections
Texas
Mexico City
Metropolitan
Walter Lumpkin
Lumpkin
United States
Vance leads six nation swing for Middle East peace
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance flies to the Middle East on a six nation tour to drum up backing for Anwar Sadat’s peace plan. He leaves a NATO meeting in Brussels where support for the Egyptian Israeli accord was tepid and notes Moscow seeks a Geneva peace conference. In Tel Aviv Israel adds Maj. Gen Avraham Tamir to its Cairo delegation. Arab leaders respond as Hafez Assad meets Gulf rulers to press financial support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Vance
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Vance
NATO
Brussels
America
United States
Soviet Union
Cairo
Egypt
Israel
U.N
Mideast
Moscow
Geneva
Tel Aviv
Avraham Tamir
Moshe Dayan
Haaretz
Hassan Tahmi
Sadat
Hafez Assad
Persian Gulf
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
King Khaled
Fahd
Assad
Khaled
Cedar Rapids area ahead of average snowfall this season
Marion weather observer Eugene Fry of the National Weather Service reports 17 inches of snow at his east Marion station, with last year at this date only 3 inches. The season totals 14.5 inches, below Linn County's 30 inch average, and 12 inches were on the ground last night as winter nears its official start on December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Eugene Fry
Marion
National Weather Service
East Marion
Linn County
Fry
Mother Nature
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