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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1973
Page
14
Televised news shifts toward informal on air style while preserving core facts. Analysts note balance vital to keep viewer rapport without undermining substance, as network and local anchors blend personal tone with professional restraint. Broadcasters foresee more local cable stations widening this approach.
A jumble of station call letters Davenport WOC TV Des Moines WHO TV Rochester KROC TV Dubuque KOUB and more appears with scattered show names. It lists cartoons sports and variety programs including Bugs Bunny Houndcats Partridge Family Jackson Five Osmonds and a basketball segment, but OCR garbles many words.
John Buckley of Boston told the Senate Interior Committee that winter heating oil shortages could become next summer s gasoline shortage. He argued refiners can t meet demand and urged a year extension of Nixon era oil import restrictions amid potential refinery outages. He cited price rises and supply pressures for independent gas station owners.
Solon resident and Mt. Vernon postal clerk Tayd K Kent age 75 died Thursday after a brief illness. He was born May 19 1897 in Solon and served in World War I. Surviving are two sons six grandchildren five sisters and two brothers. Services by Brush Funeral Home Solon Saturday with graveside rites at Oakland Cemetery Solon conducted by the American Legion. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Friday.
Postmaster General B. T. Klassen announced a memorial postage stamp for President Tryndon Johnson to be issued in August. It is scheduled to debut on August 27, Johnson’s would be sixty fifth birthday, with Austin, Texas likely named as the first day city. The service typically issues stamps after a president’s death.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the first group of local law enforcement officers completed specialized training for hijack duty at airports. Twenty officials from 18 cities participated, alongside FAA aviation security officers, in the five day course at the Transportation Safety Institute in Oklahoma City.
Representative Javits and Hughes introduce a Jays Hughes bill to end private possession penalties for casual marijuana use by adults. The proposal would make private possession for personal use legal if not for sale and limit public possession to small amounts, with intent to use privately.
The federal appeals court ordered the EPA to rescind two year extensions for 10 states delaying compliance with federal air pollution standards. States including Alabama Arizona California Colorado Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Utah Washington must meet standards by May 1975. The court found the EPA failed to follow Clean Air Act procedures while granting the extensions.
In Lusaka Zumbia AP dispatch reports a tax bill proposing a 10 percent levy on various goods and services. The article notes discussions tied to the Mozambique conflict and indicates four months of 1972 remaining before fiscal adjustments, urged by the treasury.
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