09 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1977
Page
1
A Gazette staff writer describes tubing as a simple way to beat the heat on Iowa waterways. Tubes, sun lotion, and light rapids define the activity, with riders enjoying views, chatter, and occasional water fights as they drift downstream.
Free public courts are open only on rare days or nights causing players to seek private clubs with reserved courts for members. Railfans Association members in Cedar Rapids share a passion for trains and family vacations centered on chasing antique locomotives.
The state department of public health ordered McDonald’s to stop the Glasses To Go promotion due to unacceptably high lead in the paint on the glasses.
The forecast calls for sunny, pleasant conditions with highs around 80 to 85 in the day. Tonight will be fair with lows near 60. Sunday turns sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 80s.
A fiery blast at Pump Station No 8 southeast of Fairbanks ruptured the 800 mile Alaskan pipeline, burning the main building and spilling North Slope crude while six workers were treated. No deaths reported. The line was near full and oil was moving toward Valdez as cleanup and mass casualty drills activated.
Twelve hijackers seized a Kuwait Airlines jet en route from Beirut to Kuwait and forced it to land. They demanded the release of 309 prisoners and summoned six Arab ambassadors to negotiate. Among hostages were about 50 people including Kuwait’s ambassador to Lebanon Abdulhamid al Buayan and businessman Khaled Abu Saud.
In the Linn district court retrial of Robert Anthony Williams for the 1968 Urbandale girl slaying, defense claims of non involvement in the assault face doubt as two FBI and medical experts describe how absence of sperm could result from timing, freezing, or other factors.
Heavy rains caused floods and landslides killing at least 111 people in and around Seoul. Seventy three others were reported missing as rainfall peaked Friday and officials feared more casualties. Many victims died in Yongdongpo and Anyang while 7,400 houses were wrecked leaving about 33,000 homeless. Railroad tracks flooded, Army helicopters carried out rescue missions.
In Running Clarence Cal Wagner Cedar Rapids, a highway patrolman, is one of five finalists for U S marshal in Iowa's Northern district. Dennis Blome, pictured in Friday's Gazette, was the other Cedar Rapids finalist. Names selected by the federal judiciary selection commission will be submitted without recommendation to the U S justice department.
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