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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1975
Page
11
Listings show 6 to 10 PM with multiple programs and movies. Highlights include ABC Movie Death By Not Proud and Death Be Not Proud, plus other films and series across channels with times and brief titles.
A reader asks about diverticulitis and diverticula, describing diverticula as extra tube like extensions of body passages. Diverticulosis is non inflamed. diverticulitis inflames lower intestines and can cause fever, pain, constipation, and sometimes blood in stool. Peridiverticulitis refers to inflammation spreading to surrounding tissues.
Industrialist Cyrus Eaton arrives in Havana at Fidel Castro’s invitation to discuss US Cuban relations as he turns 92. He predicts no early changes in policy before a new administration arrives next year, citing Ford and Kissinger while noting decades of interaction with Cuba.
Gov. Hugh Carey grants clemency to eight New York state inmates including Marlin Sostre a noted jailhouse lawyer. Clemency makes them eligible for parole by next month with six convicted of murder and two on heroin related charges. Sostre 52 was convicted in 1968 of selling heroin to a police informant in Buffalo and had prior parole but remained jailed for an assault conviction from 1975 after resisting a rectal search at Clinton Prison. Amnesty International and several activists urged his release.
French express train derailed near Chalon sur Saone killing four and injuring 31, with 11 seriously hurt as passengers traveled south for the Christmas holiday. Police report say 11 carriages left the tracks after a faulty switch caused the wreck 298 miles southeast of Paris.
Four people were shot to death and a fifth wounded during an apparent Christmas Eve robbery at a Winter Garden furniture store. Charles May, a shopper, and Eunice Zeigler, wife of co owner WF Zeigler, were among the dead. two other victims were unnamed. Zeigler was wounded but listed in satisfactory condition after emergency surgery. The shooting occurred after closing time, with 12 to 15 shots fired and multiple handguns found in the store. Deputies are unsure of whether all shots came from the same assailant or if self defense played a part. Police were unable to question Zeigler immediately. The Zeiglers had planned to attend a Christmas party and had gone to the store to pick up gifts.
Police Chief Robert Hanson urges all patrol officers to wear bullet proof vests after Offi cer Raymond Johnson was shot in a scuffle. Johnson, 33, survived two bullets hitting his vest, with one shot missing by inches. Mayor Wes Uhlman approved up to 50 thousand dollars to equip the department.
The investor’s guide counsels relaxed approach to grandchildren’s stock purchases and notes that two hundred shares won’t secure a child’s financial future. It explains bond price shifts with interest rates, and warns that high quality bonds may not return face value if new bonds offer higher yields.
John Dunlop said he needs two to three weeks to decide whether to resign over President Ford vetoing a labor backed picketing bill. Ford, vacationing in Vail, said he hopes Dunlop stays, calling him highly valuable. Dunlop noted he has not heard from the White House and is weighing his future after Ford’s veto announcement.
The NLRB in Washington rejected the Washington Post pressmen union claims of bad faith bargaining before their October 1 strike and dismissed union arguments about how the strike began. The board found most officials had offered to extend the contract past its expiration date.
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