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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1978

Page

16

Brown asks labor aid to erase 76 campaign debt

California Governor Edmund Brown appealed at a Broward Palm event to AFL-CIO leaders to help retire his 1976 presidential campaign debt, aiming for a clear conscience as he seeks re election. Brown noted labor ties and said the drive would remove a $40000 deficit with pledges from union organizers and supporters.

Bal Harbour Fla UPI California Edmund Jerry” Brown Brown Afl-Cio George Meany Organized Labor Meany Carter Carpenters and Service Employees Washington Afl-Cio Executive Council Car Ter Labor

Governors See GOP Gains Amid Carter Popularity Dip

A UPI poll of 41 governors ahead of the National Governors Association meeting shows twelve Democratic governors say Carter’s support faded in their states due to water and farm policies. They foresee modest GOP gains in the House and limited Senate shifts, with Exon and Boren optimistic about winning retiring Republican seats.

Washington UPI West Midwest Carter National Governors’ Association House of Representatives Senate Iowa Michigan South Carolina Indiana Illinois Virginia Louisiana House James Exon Neb David Boren Okla Exon Minnesota Nebraska Arizona Wyoming New Mexico Oklahoma Utah Nevada Colorado Idaho Hawaii Wisconsin Richard Lamm Ed Herschler Wesley Bolin John Evans

Dole forms action panel for Campaign America

Senator Robert Dole announces Campaign America a political action committee to aid GOP candidates at all levels. Advisory board includes John Sears Rep Charles Wiggins and former Rep William Miller with ties to Reagan Nixon and Goldwater era politics.

Washington Upi Robert Dole Kansas Ronald Reagan George Bush John Connally Dole GOP America John Sears Reagan Gerald Ford Rep Charles Wiggins California Richard Nixon House Judiciary Committee William E. Miller New York Barry Goldwater

Decorah Child Drowns At Home

Jonathan Thurmer aged six apparently drowned at his Decorah home Saturday morning police said an autopsy is ordered. Services are pending at Olson Fjelstuls. His parents are the Rev Mr and Mrs Daniel D Thurmer. Thurmer is associate vice president for development at Luther College.

Decorah Jonathan Thurmer Olson Fjelstul’s Daniel D. Thurmer Thurmer Luther College

Impressive guitar wizardry at Cedar Rapids concert

Cedar Rapids patrons enjoyed a strong guitar recital by Douglas Niedt presented as the season’s third attraction at the Par amount Theater for the Performing Arts. The program featured Latin American Spanish Italian works with transcriptions from French and German pieces and a Rossini aria medley. The audience applauded the performance, ending with Tarrega’s Gran Hora as an encore.

Cedar Rapids Douglas Niedt Paramount Theater For the Performing Arts Niedt Algiers Tarrega

Highly successful women less likely to marry study shows

Iowa City research by sociologist Charles W. Mueller finds single women aged 30 to 44 with high career achievement tend to stay unmarried. Occupations such as architects dentists engineers lawyers professors physicians and pharmacists are cited as high achievement classes.

Iowa City University of Iowa Charles W. Mueller

Chrysler Wins Court Decision Over 1972 Fatal Crash

A U.S. District Court jury in Fort Dodge awarded Chrysler Corp. victory in a suit filed by seven estates seeking about 8.8 million dollars over a 1968 Dodge Coronet gas tank design. Plaintiffs alleged rupture caused gasoline ignition. Chrysler argued a 1970 Pontiac’s speed contributed to the crash.

Fort Dodge Chrysler Corp Automobile Chrysler

Iowa farmers face grain market no win choice

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry says farmers weighing carryover grain options face a no win situation. They can sell now at prices about 35 cents a bushel lower for corn and 1.70 dollars lower for soybeans, feed livestock if they own them, or store grain under government food reserve plans, with uncertain profits.

Des Moines UPI Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry Lounsberry

U S mediator briefs Dayan on Egypt peace outlines

U S Middle East mediator Alfred Atherton briefed Moshe Dayan on Egyptian demands for total Israeli withdrawal from occupied lands and Palestinians self determination ahead of a cabinet debate on settlements. Dayan refused to discuss results of Cairo talks and noted Egypt’s tougher stance. Rabin warned Israel’s credibility suffered from settlement actions during talks.

Tel Aviv Israel UPI U.S. Middle East Alfred Atherton Moshe Dayan Atherton Dayan Cairo Egypt Sinai West Bank Yitzhak Rabin Rabin Jordan

Park back to confess to Congress on payoffs

Park Chung Hee era Korea rice dealer Tongsun Park, returning from South Korea, will testify to the House Ethics Committee about paying congressmen about 750000 in bribes and gifts. He is expected to testify in secret sessions then public hearings, as investigators led by Leon Jaworski press to finish before elections.

Washington UPI Tongsun Park South Korea House Park Chung Hee Park Seoul Watergate Leon Jaworski

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