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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1973
Page
1
Bruce Paltrow conceived a TV version of Shirts Skins a bruising comedy about six professional men turning a basketball game into a mock war. ABC plans the September debut with Rene Auberjonois Bill Bixby and others starring.
A compact radio and TV guide listing stations across Iowa and nearby regions including KCRG TV Cedar Rapids WMIT TV Cedar Rapids KWWL TV Waterloo KTYO Ottumwa WHBE TV Rock Island WOC TV Davenport WKBT La Crosse KROC TV Rochester WHO TV Des Moines and KDUB Dubuque with channel numbers and service scope across markets.
A compact daily update covers weather outlooks and sports results from Hollywood and nearby teams. Rising star Bebe makes waves in entertainment circles while local contenders prepare for weekend matchups.
In Benghazi Col Muammar Khadafy withdrew his resignation as Libya’s leader at a four hour stadium rally. He pledged to stay until unity with Egypt is achieved and said he would remain in post through the merger if his terms are met. Pandemonium followed the emotional event as security faltered.
WASHINGTON AP A Federal Reserve Board member Arthur Brimmer says the board will keep monetary restraint to fight inflation. He warns higher home mortgage rates tighter credit and rising interest rates likely for the near term. The actions cited include reduced bank reserves raised reserve requirements and a 7 percent discount rate, the highest since the 1920s.
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz and top aide Carroll Brunthaver testified to a senate subcommittee they lacked knowledge last July that the Soviets were buying millions of tons of American grain. They contradicted Continental Grain officials who said they informed the department of Soviet offers to buy wheat and other grain. Subcommittee Chairman Henry M Jackson pressed why officials did not know of such purchases, while Butz called the probe a witch hunt after the hearing on the $1 billion deal.
Penn Central reported a net loss of 99.6 million dollars for the first half of 1973 while freight and passenger traffic rose. The nation’s largest railroad, in bankruptcy, faces possible service stoppages by year end without congressional aid, as it records non cash charges and unpaid rents taxes and interest.
New York AP reports arson accounts for about 76 percent of fires in school buildings in the United States and Canada. The National Fire Protection Association notes a 25 year rise from 12.6 percent to the present share.
Pan American World Airways reports a Pacific jetliner crash with 79 aboard. All but one presumed dead. 36 Americans among the dead. One survivor, James Campbell of Madawaska, Ontario, in satisfactory condition. Passenger details include 28 Americans who boarded in Tahiti and four in New Zealand. Notable death Geoff Perry, 23, top motorcycle racer. Campbell recalls hearing a cracking noise before the crash.
President Nixon asked Congress to appropriate an additional 21.8 million dollars to strengthen protection for American officials and property abroad. The request covers security personnel bullet proof vehicles and facility alterations to guard against international terrorism threats.
U S District Judge Charles Richey ruled Nixon's January freeze unconstitutional and ordered immediate reinstatement of three HUD subsidized housing programs. The ruling allows the 1968 law to operate, resumes applications, and enables continued study of program administration. Thousands of families could be affected by the freeze on new and reconstructed homes.
A Iowa City woman died after falling from the 20th floor of the Penn Garden hotel near Madison. Police report the Sunday incident as an accidental or self-inflicted fall amid ongoing investigation and no immediate motive disclosed.
Police identified Jean Shaw, about 35, of Iowa City. She checked into a hotel July 13 with only a pocket book and no luggage. Officers said she appeared to jump from her room about 9 a.m., landing on a third story parapet near the Rose Garden section.
UPI reports that U S life expectancy climbed to 71.2 years in 1972, the highest on record, but fatalities from heart disease rose 0.8 percent to 752 450 deaths. The overall death rate reached 361 3 per 100 000, up from 358 4 in 1971, with no male female breakdown provided.
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