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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1974
Page
7
John J. O'Connor traces Jack Benny's rise from radio star to television icon noting how his unique sound based persona built a nationwide following. He compares Benny's silent timing and familiar routines to later visual comedy while highlighting Benny's resilience as a television figure.
Ford Motor Co. is recalling 11,400 late model four wheel drive F-250 trucks from 1974 and 1975 due to front axle spindle cracking under extended driving. Ford says no accidents have been reported and the defect was found in laboratory tests.
Television listings for KWWL Waterloo KCRG Cedar Rapids WMT Cedar Rapids KTVO Ottumwa WHERF Rock Island KRIN Davenport WOC Davenport WKBT LaCrosse KROC Rochester KIIN Iowa City WHO Des Moines Waterloo summarize the postwar lineup across markets including multiple affiliates and channel numbers for daily programming.
Washington AP Sen Sam J Ervin Jr urges in his retirement newsletter that fear is Americas great enemy but can be overcome by truth faith and courage. He cites Carlyle Baillie and emphasizes physical and moral courage rooted in faith and the promises of God to confront economic fears unemployment sickness and death and insists truth faith and courage can help the nation overcome internal and external challenges.
Time magazine named King Faisal of Saudi Arabia Man of the Year for 1974. The cover story says he now holds more power than any other leader to influence world oil prices, recognizing Saudi Arabia as a key source of oil power.
A Missouri appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that a 24 year old cannot sue his father for unpaid education costs. Roy Lieberman sought payment for his last two years at the University of Missouri Columbia. The court cited the law deeming a normal child able to support themselves at 21.
In Washington state, guards stormed a three story prison hospital to free two nurse hostages stabbed by inmates as part of two disturbances at the penitentiary. Officials said 13 hostages were held and later freed with four hospitalized for injuries.
A reader argues for a long term view in investing for grandchildren, weighing E bonds against common shares, with considerations of inflation, tuition needs, and several questions on bonds, fees, and safe choices. The adviser compares treasury notes, GMAC bonds, FHLB issues, and provides guidance on selling bonds and aging Scotch whisky investments.
Brantford Ontario residents debate naming a new industrial-area street after the Ho Chi Minh Trail. A local factory manager called it out of place and suggested protest actions. The note adds that on this date in 1890 Gen George C Marshall was born in Uniontown Pennsylvania.
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