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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1977
Page
1
Columnist Sylvia Porter outlines how to pick among travel bargains. Nadia Comaneci era trends feature gymnasts from 3 months to 3 years old. A Des Moines couple dies after a weekend argument. 13 Iowa road deaths reported over the July 4 period.
Cedar Rapids loses rail dispute as a four member education team is named to administer the Metropolitan Office of Catholic Education during Rev. James Sullivan's leave.
Uganda President Idi Amin says army and air force officers tried to assassinate him in an imperialist plot. He names revolutionary leaders in Benin Guinea Congo and Angola as targets. Egypt agrees to resume Geneva talks in October. Two Oklahoma escapees tied to a murder and ranger wounding via fingerprints. Weather around mid 70s tonight and mid 90s Wednesday.
A brief note cites ongoing challenges in perfecting paint formulations with bugs in the process. The text implies ongoing trials and corrective steps by researchers or manufacturers.
A discussion of plea bargaining's role in the justice system. It covers public attitudes toward prosecutors and defense counsel, varying practices in state and federal courts, and the range of options from immunity for testimony to reduced charges and sentencing recommendations.
Iowans faced scorching Fourth of July and Tuesday heat with highs in the triple digits in the southwest and over 100 in other regions. Des Moines set an overnight low record of 77, cedar rapids saw rising water use, pavement blowups surged, and officials warned more heat related street damage could occur.
In extreme July heat a local couple stripped to beat the heat at a cemetery causing police to respond. A truck crash under a city overpass injured one man. On Interstate 80 a Marengo couple welcomed a baby girl at a rest area aided by passers by and a nurse.
State Sen. Bob Rush asks Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner to rule on Gov. Ray's expense paid Taiwan trip and acceptance of free Des Moines area country club memberships. Rush cites the public officials act prohibiting gifts of travel or hospitality valued at 25 dollars or more and argues the governor publicly acknowledged memberships at Wakonda, Des Moines Golf and Country club, and the Des Moines club.
An arbitrator’s report issued Tuesday calls for a 40 cent hourly raise for 363 AFSCME represented city employees, most of them blue collar workers, within the bargaining unit.
Luis Robinson, 26, a seaman from Bath Maine headed to his USS Detroit, allegedly hijacked a bus at John F Kennedy Airport killing two, injuring three, and holding police for nine hours while demanding 6 million dollars and a Cuba flight. He was arraigned on murder and kidnapping charges and remanded for psychiatric evaluation.
New Delhi reports the Pakistan army took control of the government and declared martial law promising elections in October. Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was arrested as Radio Pakistan confirmed the developments.
Defense lawyers in the Robert Anthony Williams murder trial signaled plans to argue another man committed the crime. They questioned jurors about a smoking gun scenario and whether innocence rests on the state proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Jury selection began Tuesday and should last a day and a half.
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