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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1978
Page
2
Attorney General Griffin Bell says former U S attorney David Marston was fired for politicizing his office and that a replacement will be named soon, with Samuel Cash viewed as a likely candidate.
Two more hostages are freed and two of the five remaining captors surrender at the British Columbia Penitentiary. Inmates Ralph Laumer and David Bennett were moved to an undisclosed prison, leaving Andrew Bruce Steven Albert Hail and Richard Wright still holding five captives. Earlier, two hostages were released.
The Senate approved a resolution to allow live radio broadcasts of its upcoming Panama Canal treaty debate while keeping television cameras out of the chamber.
Heavy Alps snowfall during three weeks triggered two deadly avalanches. In Italy six victims were found in cars after a 40 foot high slide between Cervinia and Valtournenche, while France’s Chamonix valley saw four deaths and several missing. Alpine troops used dogs and probes to locate the missing.
Highs in the 30s and lows in the teens and low 20s. Chance of snow Sunday or Monday with no precipitation reported a year ago today. Wind ESE at 12 mph at 10 am. Sunrise 7 17 and sunset 5 25.
An unveiling at the State Capitol on February 16 will honor Georgia black lawmakers from Reconstruction. The Black Caucus commissioned Atlanta sculptor John Thomas Riddle Jr. to create the monument. Thirty black representatives and three black senators served from 1868 to 1870 when expelled for color. today twenty one black representatives and two senators serve in the General Assembly.
Former Dutch consul and retired Holland America Line official Sir Pieter Bisschop died Wednesday at age 80 in Aiken South Carolina. His career spanned diplomatic service and maritime administration.
HEW targets eight southern and border states Texas South Carolina Alabama Ohio Missouri Kentucky Delaware and West Virginia to enforce civil rights criteria in college desegregation. Secretary Califano says plans must ensure black students gain access beyond traditionally black institutions and improve overall quality.
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