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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1978

Page

11

Night clerks and a dangerous hotel world

New York City night clerk Robert Shanley recounts a brutal 3 to 5 a.m. holdup at 11th Avenue and 42nd Street where two gunmen pistol whipped him for about half an hour after forcing access to the safe. The incident follows the earlier murder of Joel Abraham at the Beverly Hotel on 50th Street and Lexington Avenue, underscoring the peril in and beyond the hotel night desk.

New York Robert Shanley 11Th Avenue Times Square Joel Abraham Abraham Beverly Joel Shanley Dante 50Th Street Lexington Avenue Brooklyn SoHo

Illegal alien record may have entered U S last year

Washington AP Immigration Commissioner Leonel Castillo says a record number of illegal aliens may have entered the United States last year and about 1 million apprehensions occurred. He warned there is no way to know how many evaded Border Patrol. He noted a possible personnel cut despite a manpower request.

Washington U.S Leonel Castillo United States Castillo Civil Rights Commission Border Patrol

Landmark 1962 case spurred debates on police searches

A Baltimore washing case led to an armed robbery conviction and a landmark Supreme Court ruling on police searches. The issue expanded to Congress debates on curbing raid powers, sparked by a Stanford Daily seizure and editors seeking protection for newsroom materials.

Washington Baltimore Supreme Court Congress Stanford University Stanford Daily

Rescue device demonstrated on Chicago River demo

Firemen rescue cap sized boaters using the Res Q Dekt device invented by Roy Lindblade of Alsip. Flotation bags filled with gas on site enable the system to hold 20 people and operate in fast water or on ice.

Chicago Roy Lindblade Alsip

Alaska forest land mining ban proposal to pause claims

The Agriculture Department asks Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus to ban new mining claims on 11 million acres of Alaska national forest land for up to two years while Congress reviews land use options.

Washington Agriculture Department Interior Cecil Andrus Alaska National Forest Congress

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