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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1977
Page
17
Health Secretary Califano said the Carter administration will endorse a bill providing federal subsidies to families who adopt hard to place children. The plan would also fund state adoption improvements and differs from the House version in income limits and duration of aid.
Texas prison fugitive Patricia Boake turned herself in at FBI headquarters in Washington accompanied by her nine year old daughter Sandra Chandler. The girl had previously flown to Washington to plead with President Carter for her mother's case while Boake served a three year bail jumping sentence and faced remaining charges.
A traffic engineering spokesman said signals and flashing warning lights at West Post road and highway 30 SW will operate by next Wednesday. The $15,600 cost is state funded. city crews install. Permanent signals are in long range plans. temporary signals result from a recent city council petition.
The Alaska oil plan could cut U.S. imports if enough American tankers exist. By 1978 Valdez will offer 1.2 million barrels per day, about 6 percent of U.S. needs, with West Coast refineries able to absorb 600000 barrels. Debate centers on Jones Act ships, subsidized foreign flag tankers, and plans to ship surplus oil to Japan or via the Panama Canal to the East Coast.
UPI reports defense officials note neutron bombs have existed in various forms for years. Discussion centers on enhanced radiation warheads for ABM and artillery use, with Carter weighing production amid Senate efforts to ban the weapons. NATO allies reportedly favor the new warheads for deployment readiness.
Des Moines Senator Dick Clark warns the neutron bomb could trigger a nuclear holocaust in battlefield use. He cites three risks including undermining arms talks, lowering nuclear war thresholds, and provoking full retaliation if opponents lack comparable weapons. Clark plans to vote against funding amid Senate divisions and limited Pentagon disclosures.
Hollywood based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences settle a long dispute. The split assigns day and night Emmys to separate bodies while preserving shared voting rights and use of the Emmy name. The Hollywood group will run nighttime and local Hollywood awards, while the national body handles daytime sports and broadcast journalism awards and non local events. The 1977 nighttime Emmys will be broadcast by NBC on Sept 11 under the new arrangement.
FBI agents with search warrants, aided by a power saw and other tools, raided the Founding Church of Scientology offices in Washington and Hollywood to seize 161 allegedly stolen government documents. An affidavit says church insiders copied material from the Justice Department IRS files and planted employees in the IRS to obtain leads, while church officials deny wrongdoing and claim retaliation for disclosures about Interpol.
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