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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1977
Page
16
Japan announces tariff cuts on 318 items and expanded imports as part of an eight point package. Nobuhiko Ushiba says talks with the U S government cover unilateral tariff reductions and quotas amid U S skepticism.
Workers searched for more victims of a tornado that hit near a crowded freeway killing one and injuring at least 40. Houston Fire Department official Whitey Martin warned of possible additional deaths and many injured under debris or in ditches as authorities assess the widespread damage to about 600 homes and businesses during rush hour.
A Santa Clara County judge ordered CBS Television to surrender non broadcast film from a 60 Minutes segment showing the arrest of two alleged drug dealers. The ruling tests the California reporter shield law protecting news materials. The defendants, John Derek Blackwell and David Elliott Pollard, face trial for selling phencyclidine laced cigarettes to undercover officers at the county fairgrounds. CBS had aired only the arrest portion on October 23, co hosted by Mike Wallace.
Seoul indicated only one item remains for a signed pact to allow Tongsin Park to testify in a Washington court. South Korea’s foreign minister told a closed Foreign Affairs Committee he hopes agreement comes by year’s end, with no detail on the remaining dispute. US objections centered on a demand that Park be returned regardless of his wishes or possible perjury charges.
The FDA calls for a halt to a one sided ad war between Sterling Drug makers of Bayer aspirin and Tylenol from McNeil Laboratories. Commissioner Donald Kennedy accuses Bayer ads of misrepresenting the panel report while urging fair accurate ads and FTC oversight given the $750 million market for OTC pain relievers. Tylenol leads with about 21 percent share.
Pieter Menten, Dutch millionaire and art collector, found guilty of taking part in Nazi executions in Podhorece on July 7 1941, sentenced to 15 years. He denied charges and was acquitted on related counts concerning Uryez, where 175 to 200 were to be executed.
House and Senate negotiators reach final agreement on a bill raising Social Security payroll taxes by 227 billion dollars over ten years to fund the program into the next century. A proposal to include income tax credits for college costs is dropped for now, with Roth deferring the credit proposal for separate consideration later.
In San Salvador, El Salvador, the director of the El Salvador Coffee Company says world coffee prices will rise this year due to a poor Central American and southern Mexican crop, signaling higher costs for buyers.
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