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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1978
Page
19
John Rotten says the Sex Pistols do not exist as a band and he will continue alone. He left the group in Los Angeles, canceling the Brazil tour and stating the others are quitting.
In New York City Bella Abzug wins a Supreme Court decision affirming her as the Democratic nominee to run for the House seat vacated by Mayor Edward Koch. The tally hinged on a contested set of green ballots, resolved when Justice Max Bloom upheld Joseph Lynam’s 120 votes for Abzug, giving her a 79 vote margin over Carter Burden.
A strong winter storm dumped up to a half foot of snow in parts of Texas and moved northeast. It followed previous storms that caused roof collapses killing two at a Nocono store and a Jewett City factory worker, with 26 deaths nationwide.
The U S Chamber of Commerce told Congress the Humphrey Hawkins bill sets an unrealistic unemployment goal and weakens inflation control. Chief economist Jack Carlson warned that the measure promises too much and lacks practical private investment incentives.
The Super Bowl drew 34.2 million homes and a 46.9 rating, boosting CBS to first place in prime time for the week. Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos played the game in prime time, the first Super Bowl in this slot. Laverne and Shirley on ABC ranked second in overall ratings.
HEW report on Health United States 1976 77 notes only 27 percent of high school students abstain from alcohol. Abstainers skew female and younger. low grades correlate with higher drinking. Adults show higher income education among problem drinkers. smoking linked to lower longevity with rising teen female smoking.
The page lists hourly TV programming from 6:00 pm to 1:55 am including titles such as News, Gong Show, Mary Tyler Moore, Chps, Waltons, State of Union, Barnaby Jones, What Happened, Redd Foxx, Tonight, Mission shows, and late movie blocks. It also notes on this date in 1973 the United States gross national product growth of 6.5 percent in 1962.
Television listings for WMT Cedar Rapids 6 WOC Davenport 8a KCCI Des Moines 10 KTTC Rochester KRIN Waterloo 4 WHBF Rock Island 7 KWWL Waterloo 8b WQAD Moline 12 KIIN Iowa City.
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