13 Jul 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1978
Page
1
Weekend entertainment spotlights tryouts for the film Dribble about a women’s pro basketball team in Iowa. Cedar Rapids topics include a six month old making news, a Human Rights Commission probe, airport business, a Toddville busing dispute, Amtrak service debate, and a usury issue in the Iowa Legislature.
The item notes proposition author How ard Jarvis is in trouble with the law. The brief references a Page 14A headline and mentions other items on Page 6A, 10A, and a restaurant review on Page LOA.
Weather page notes clear to partly cloudy through Friday with cooler temps Thursday night. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the low 60s expected. The item hints at seasonal grasshopper activity in the Cedar Rapids area. Weather patterns may affect outdoor plans and crops this summer.
Walter Poenisch, 65, claims to have swum from Cuba to Florida, starting before dawn off the Florida Keys. He slept due to exhaustion after his shark cage failed, about 12 miles south of Marathon, at 3 17 a.m. EDT, 150 yards from the Bahia Honda Bridge.
Snowflake, a nasty Calgary Stampede bronc, bucks hard at Chris LeDoux of Kaycee Wyoming in the North American bareback riding event. LeDoux suffers minor bruises but stays in the competition.
In Manhattan the Brad ford Security Processing Service car was hijacked near 110 Maiden Lane. Two gunmen forced entry, took $8 million in negotiable securities, and fled after a quarter mile via Mechanics Alley. The driver Ed Collins and a runner escaped unharmed.
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The House rejected a move to impeach U N Ambassador Andrew Young over remarks about political prisoners and instead debated whether to fire him. McDonald’s impeachment bid was tabled 293 to 82, with leaders noting Young did not speak for all Americans.
President Carter heads to West Germany for a seven nation economic summit with leaders from Germany France Britain Italy Canada and Japan. He seeks to shift focus from oil imports to global trade surpluses and promises a sober reassessment aimed at a better future for Americans.
An unfair labor practice case against Local 238 of the Teamsters ends with a settlement requiring refund of a $49 initiation fee to 13 non union drivers and pledging equal treatment at construction sites. The deal, praised by CRST officials, aims to stop coercive practices alleged at the Cedar Rapids sewage plant project.
Four Iowa youths found a four foot tall skull on a Nodaway River sandbar on June 10 and hauled it to Hollis Perrin’s yard. Perrin says the skull may be mastodon and a University of Iowa specialist will determine its origin. The relic has attracted 40 to 50 visitors, with researchers noting possible Ice Age age estimates from 12 000 years to 2.5 million years.
Robert Brewer out of work with his wife Patricia and two children left Fort Lauderdale for Middletown Ohio when their car broke down. A local newspaper story and photo sparked a flood of help as strangers donated almost $1000 in cash, bus tickets, clothes, and meals, with offers of shelter and work.
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