31 Jan 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1978
Page
1
A civic feature notes The Jaws House moves toward more open government while other items discuss Cedar Rapids roads accidents and legal actions. The article highlights council debates on hauling abandoned vehicles and notes ongoing public interest topics.
A weather notice reports cloudy skies with a chance of light snow tonight and Wednesday. It lists a low around 5 above and Wednesday highs in the mid teens. Buy now, pay later phrasing appears as a non-news filler note.
The leading indicators index rose 0.7 percent in December, signaling continued growth into 1978. The gain follows 0.1 in November and 0.8 in October, with orders for plant and equipment driving the rise and other factors like consumer goods demand and money supply also up.
President Anwar Sadat rejected the continued presence of Israeli settlements in Sinai and urged U S help, saying Palestinian self determination is the main obstacle in negotiations. Weizman warned of further problems as Egypt and Israel prepare to resume military talks on Israeli withdrawal.
President Carter urged a total prohibition on satellites carrying nuclear material after a Soviet spy satellite fell in Canada. He proposed an agreement with the Soviet Union to ban such satellites until fail safe methods exist, noting solar power reduces the need for space reactors.
CHARITON-Warren Strait, 46, a conservation officer on leave, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor. He criticizes bureaucracy and taxes on retirees, calls for fewer laws, and supports better trucking rules and possible horse racing revenue with funds for schools and welfare. Strait backs a two-term governor limit.
After a windy storm delays and canceled flights, Keith and Linda Medberry and Ron and Mary Telecky reached Chicago to collect 6 month old Meagan and 7 month old Kristy Jill. Adopted through Holt International Children Services, the orphans were to travel with six other children on a late Thursday flight.
Strait, a Corning native and Korean War Navy veteran with a farming to conservation career, announces Democratic bid. He joins Tom Whitney and Jerome Fitzgerald in seeking the nomination. no Republicans have announced.
A US Information Agency employee Ronald Louis Humphrey and Vietnamese national Truong Dinh Hung were arrested by the FBI and charged by a federal grand jury in Alexandria with conspiracy espionage stealing government records and being unregistered foreign agents. The indictment says they delivered to Vietnam documents and information relating to national defense.
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