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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1979
Page
25
Justice Department rejects Gordon Liddy's plea to waive a $40,000 fine for the 1972 Watergate burglary. Liddy, who served 52 months in prison, had claimed he was penniless with debts of 337,500 after leaving prison last fall.
Henry Kissinger denied reports he would move to Connecticut to run as a Republican against Sen. Abraham Ribicoff. In a letter to state GOP Chairman Frederick Belie he called Ribicoff a close friend and said he has no intention of seeking the post in 1980. Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler plans a China trip next month if he can travel, joining Seiji Ozawa for a March 12 performace tour. The Rolling Stones search for missing director Alan Dunn and companion Ramona Herman expands to air and sea probes as Mick Jagger funds efforts. Teng Hsiao-ping listens to John Denver at the Kennedy Center and requests Denver records for the delegation in China.
Anne Little a 15 year old with Down syndrome is legally cleared to donate a kidney to her 14 year old brother Steve to save his life. Doctors say Steve has a 95 percent chance for a normal life with her kidney despite his unique medical history. The ruling ends a guardianship appeal and allows the transplant to proceed in San Antonio.
A follow up study of 639 children with acute lymphocytic leukemia at St. Jude Children’s Hospital finds an overall cure rate near 40 percent, rising to 76 percent for those in remission 24 years after treatment. The research, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, used a four‑drug regimen plus radiation with remission maintained.
In Naples and Ercolano slums a swift influenza like illness has struck thousands of children, killing at least 60 in a year. Doctors tie it to a viral pneumonia rather than a new virus, noting higher mortality in the city’s poorest districts and plans for international medical exchange.
The parents of Chad Green remained in Mexico after an arrest warrant was issued for them on concern for the leukemia stricken 3 year old. Assistant attorney general Jonathan Brant said Chad's condition prompted the action after Judge Guy Volterra ordered warrants for Diana and Gerald Green. Chad's court appointed lawyer John Wyman said authorities may not force the parents to return unless they voluntarily reenter the United States. Brant argued the Laetrile treatment was causing low level cyanide poisoning.
Gordon and Barbara Ray, a Madison couple, were told they were too obese to adopt. Secretary Donald Percy ordered a new adoption worker and approved starting the adoption study next week to ensure fair chances amid recent publicity. Mrs Ray is 5 foot 9 and 210 pounds. her husband is 6 foot 2 and 220 pounds.
Rochester police say 34 year old Geraldine Temple is charged with two counts of second degree murder after investigators found a male infant buried in the basement and a girl infant decomposed in the attic. Autopsies pending. officials say both infants died by strangulation.
18 000 workers at British Leyland's largest plant walked out over a pay dispute. Strike votes were planned at 33 other plants as management cites short output of about five cars per worker per month versus the promised six plus productivity bonus. The walkout follows recent anti inflation wage ceilings sparking shortages and service disruptions.
West German fugitive Kristina Berster, 28, jailed for entering the United States illegally, will be released Feb 23 after time served and good behavior credits. She received nine months in jail and five years probation on five counts of passport violations. Her lawyer says she will seek asylum and will be placed in Immigration Service custody afterward. She denied terrorist charges throughout her trial.
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