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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1976
Page
4
A dense slate of TV listings featuring channels and show titles across a wide range of networks. Highlights include movie airings, game shows, music programs, and public affairs segments with numerous time slots and station identifiers scattered throughout.
In Las Vegas the American Guild of Variety Artists crowned John Carsnd as Entertainer of the Year after a poll of 80 members. The ceremony honored performers across comedy, singing, and acting with multiple awards including special recognitions for enduring influence and rising stars.
Rep. Lee Aspin of Wisconsin introduces a bill to ban commercial prediction of plutonium unless Congress approves safeguards. He argues the fuel could be stolen to make bombs or sent to foreign reactors where governments could misuse it, posing serious risk.
A garbled page mixes bridge strategy with a Watergate era burglary note and a Miami parole update. The bidding discussion includes notrump passes, redoubles, and SOS ideas, while the Miami burglary case mentions Howard Hunt and parole decisions affecting Lunt after prison time.
Syrian troops of the Arab peacekeeping force seized seven Lebanese newspapers in Beirut, closing offices including An Nahar and l Orient le Jour. UPI and Newsweek staff were later allowed entry. Lebanese staff were barred. The move followed a call for government press guidelines and for Syrian forces to leave.
Zurich report quotes Vladimir Bukovsky saying Western Soviet leaders signed the Helsinki agreement to disarm the West and curb rights campaigns in Russia. He describes harsher prison regimes since 1975, with stricter reading limits and ban on Western publications. Bukovsky swapped for Chilean leader Corvalan. Corvalan arrives in Moscow after the exchange. A Swiss doctor notes Bukovsky is underfed with accelerated heartbeat but in surprisingly good health.
President Ford lands in Vail for a two week Christmas ski vacation finding less than full snow cover. Ute dancers plan a ceremonial effort to boost conditions while Ford greets locals and visits the village Christmas tree. Mrs Ford receives an honorary degree from the University of Michigan during stops in Archer Michigan.
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