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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1977

Page

17

CAB Approves 2 Percent Air Fare Hike With Delay

The Civil Aeronautics Board approved a 2 percent across the board fare increase sought by 14 airlines and allowed carriers to defer imposition until between February 1 and February 15. Nine major trunk lines and five local carriers will benefit, with returns near the 12 percent cap.

Washington API Civil Aeronautics Board CAB American Airlines Braniff Airways Continental Air Lines Eastern Air Lines Northwest Airlines Pan American World Airways Trans World Airways United Air Lines Western Air Lines Allegheny Airlines Frontier Airlines Hughes Air West North Central Airlines Piedmont Aviation

Bank robbery suspects dead after Arizona bank siege

In Yarnell Arizona FBI say armed robber Willie Buffington 31 and girlfriend Johnna Jessee 22 held bank manager Norma Dunne for hours at Valley National Bank before authorities stormed the building. Both suspects died from gunshot wounds. Dunne and others were unharmed.

Yarnell Ariz FBI Willie “Buck” Buffington Johnna Marie Jessee Spokane Wash Norma Dunn Associated Press Roger Young Buffington Miss Jessee

Crops Grown Inside Closed Cylinders At Battelle Lab

Researchers at Battelle Northwest in Richland Washington experiment with a pullulator device to grow vegetables in fluorescent light filled cylinders. Spinach soybeans Chinese cabbage strawberries barley rice and alfalfa are tested for feasibility and potential use where land is scarce. Project manager Theodore Divine notes economic limits but says the system could aid countries with limited farmland. The pullulator is a two foot long circular chamber enabling automatic seeding growth and harvesting with compost or humus and controlled release fertilizer.

Richland, Wash Battelle- Northwest Laboratories Taiwan Theodore Divine United States Battelle W. F. Smith

Brink's guard Richard Rees captured after $500,000 heist

Ri chard Rees, 27, a former Brink's guard, is arrested in Villanueva New Mexico on bank larceny charges for stealing $500,000 from an armored car 11 months earlier. FBI and state police nabbed him after a stakeout following a tip he was in the area. The fugitive, described as a major rip off artist, had financed his spree through women in Fort Worth and Austin and $2,000 in race bets.

Santa FE N.M Brink Richard Rees Rees FBI New Mexico San Mateo Calif Texas Nevada Villanueva San Francisco San Francisco Chronicle Herb Caen Asso

Israeli Party Denies Plan To Kill Kissinger

The opposition Israeli party rejected the New York Daily News claim that extremists within its ranks sought to hire hit men to assassinate Secretary of State Kissinger. U S officials would not confirm threats against Kissinger or other officials and declined to provide details.

Kissinger Washington Friday Henry Kissinger New York Daily News U.S Daily Rockefeller Treasury William Simon The Daily News State Department

Sal Mineo Case Not Closed Yet

Los Angeles police and sheriff officials say Sal Mineo’s February 12 death remains an active case with no arrest or weapon recovered. Detectives have followed leads to Texas and describe the suspect as a white man 20 to 30 years old, about 5 foot 8 with dark hair. The Bronx born actor was 37 and had recently seen career resurgence before his murder.

Los Angeles Sal Mineo Hollywood Robert O'Sullivan Texas O’sullivan Mineo Elliot Mintz Mintz

Sorry We Thought You Were Dead

Alfred Reid, 68, was told by a UK social security office that he was dead and his pension stopped. After a long letters campaign and visits, officials confirmed he was alive, paid back back pension, and apologized. A spokesman cited human error and 650 men named A G Reid on the list. Reid also feared his wife Edna might have remarried.

Deal England UPI Alfred Reid Reid A.G. Reid Edna

State Crackers Pose Problem In Logistics

Denver pays 20000 to remove 53 million state crackers from fallout shelters. Bill Whitt's firm won the bid to haul, store the inedible surplus and other survival materials from 400 shelters. The job may take up to six months, with crackers later sold for animal feed and other gear resold.

Denver Bill Whitt US Office of Emergency Preparedness Whitt

Local Home Services Listing Gusty with Mixed Advertisements

A garbled string of ads shows home cleaning, painting interior and exterior, plastering, carpet installation, snow plowing and miscellaneous trades. Names such as MERVIN LARSON Ed Simon Jerry Volding appear alongside contact fragments and service tags, all in a rough directory-like layout.

Mervin Larson

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