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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1974
Page
4
The article analyzes negative doubles in a bridge match with North and South using them to three spaces. West contemplates a three spade bid while Sauls'e club opening is noted, and the discussion touches on personal crisis and strategic value of the double at the one level.
A Saudi Arabian man surrendered to police after holding a woman hostage for eight hours in a resort bar near Sondrio. Mohamed al Adal, 17, threatened to harm the girl unless a plane to Lebanon was arranged. He was unarmed aside from a knife and was later questioned. authorities linked him to a past incident at Milan police HQ. AT&T data notes Washington DC has the highest telephone density in the world.
In Oxford England a police constable learns a thief’s method from his seven year old son Martyn who spots the stolen car in the main street and identifies its license number. The boy points to a mud covered bay car matching the neighbor’s stolen vehicle.
The FCC blocked AT&T rate hike plans and ordered an investigation delaying the revision to at least April 1. The commission cited substantial questions of lawfulness in the revised tariffs and indicated further inquiry is needed before allowing the rate change for leased ring lines used by businesses for data and telecom purposes.
Chicago police officer Samuel McBride, owner of Mc Bride's Action Shell, was denied the right to reopen his station until trial on federal charges of price gouging gasoline. Judge James Parsons of the district court ordered McBride to remain closed and to turn over records to the Internal Revenue Service as the case proceeds.
A Pravda article from Moscow warns that Senator Henry Jackson could win the 1976 U S presidency and harm Soviet policy. The piece, by Sergei Vishnevsky, portrays Jackson as anti-Soviet and allied with Zionists and AFL CIO leaders, hinting at potential friction with the Brezhnev regime. Includes cautious notes on U S trade policy and stalled MFN status, and odd praise for Jackson's organizational skill while framing him as a dangerous adversary.
Fragmentary passage notes French officials alarm over Thai attempt to woo Indo Chinese states from France and establish a Pan Buddhist bloc in Southeast Asia amid broader regional power plays. Mention of fiat and editor controversy appears garbled and contested in the source.
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