11 Jul 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1978
Page
1
A police officer was hurt while attempting to stop a man for several alleged traffic violations. The incident is reported on page 8A with details yet to be released.
Evidence mounts that Firestone 500 steel belted radial tires have safety problems. The story notes ongoing investigation and consumer safety questions across affected models and production runs.
The Cedar Rapids Community School District awarded a contract for prescription drug insurance amid ongoing busing concerns. The item appears on page 4A with related editorial and ongoing district coverage.
A lighthearted observation notes that what once signified a wedlock between a young wife and an older husband has evolved into a joke about a five month duration. The quip reflects changing attitudes toward relationships and longevity.
The world’s first test tube baby is expected to be born by Caesarean section at Oldham in northern England within three weeks. The mother, identified as Mrs A, is 32 and had been unable to conceive in nine years of marriage. Doctors Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards pioneered the method aimed at women with blocked Fallopian tubes.
Three men wrestled their captor free after a nine hour hold up at the World Trade Center office. Wladslaw Fraczek 42 of Brooklyn was taken into custody. Police said no explosives existed a knife in a bag and a can engraved with a verse from God Bless America were hoax devices. Fraczek faces kidnapping and weapon charges.
A flaming gas truck crashed into a Costa Blanca campsite near San Carlos de la Rapita, igniting explosions that killed about 150 and left around 200 injured. Rescue workers reported vehicles, cottages, and a discotheque destroyed as flames spread along the beachside site.
John Davison Rockefeller 3d, 72, died in a three car collision on a winding Westchester road near Pocantico Hills. A 16 year old Briarcliff Manor student driving a Low car was killed. Rockefeller’s secretary Monica Lesko survived in fair condition. another driver’s wife was in good condition.
San Francisco police investigator David Toschi, long on the Zodiac Killer trail since 1969, is removed from the case amid reports he may have written a letter attributed to Zodiac. The April letter to the Chronicle prompted handwriting comparisons and internal affairs scrutiny.
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