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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1978
Page
11
Gov. Ray Blanton testified for two hours to a federal grand jury investigating a pardon selling scandal and said he had nothing to hide. He refused to answer reporters and pledged to personally re review all executive clemency grants while county prosecutors consider rulings on his delegating clemency powers.
Blanton says he will answer questions in court and trusts the grand jury. FBI affidavits allege Blanton either knew of or participated in parole selling. Aides Taylor Sisk and Benson are charged, with Taylor pleading innocent in Memphis federal court.
HOUSTON UPI Shell Oil Co. announced it raised its gasoline allocation to 100 percent of supply due to expected lower demand next month. Since December 1 the company had moved allocations from 75 percent to full output, though Hall noted current supplies still fall short of demand.
Scores of motorists backing Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi drove past the Niavaran Palace with lights on and banners bearing pictures of the shah and Crown Prince Reza. Soldiers and police ignored the caravan despite warnings against demonstrations as anti-government unrest persists in Tehran.
President Carter ends a painful hemorrhoid episode to work on the federal budget then head to Georgia for Christmas. He will visit his newborn granddaughter Sarah Rosemary in Atlanta after landing at Dobbins Air Force Base and traveling to Plains.
Cleveland City Council backs a February 27 vote on a 0.5 percent income tax increase and sale of Municipal Light Plant to avert default. Mayor Kucinich demands tax receipts as collateral for bank refinancing and opposes the light plant sale as a potential monopoly risk.
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