24 Jul 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1978
Page
1
A new business announces plans to open a downtown Cedar Rapids store in early August. The item appears on Page 4A and notes city development activity.
Agriculture Department officials note farmland prices remain high despite a recent cooling. An extension entomologist warns Iowa farmers to brace for a potential threat to this year's corn crop, signaling ongoing risk in agricultural outlook.
Opinion pieces urge looking beyond strikes to gauge organized labor contributions. Gazette notes reversed behavior patterns in the Clark Jepsen U S Senate race. The paper condemns contumacious frivolous groundless vexatious conduct by government lawyers as costing taxpayers.
U S Women’s Open champion Hollis Stacy says she is not a prodigy like Chris Evert or Jack Nicklaus. The nation's baseball fans will focus on Pete Rose tonight as the big spotlight shifts to Page 3B.
The new suspense comedy Foul Play offers escapist entertainment for readers seeking light suspense and wit. Page 11A.
Two Linn County legislators lead a list of speeding lawmakers as page 9A reports. A western Iowa man vows to give everything he has to erase a record that earned him a Guinness Book spot on page 10A. Page 9A notes no relief for self service gas pumpers with cramped hands.
A leading American tire manufacturer is accused in a Page 6B report by an Ohio newspaper. The article outlines bold allegations and frames the company as central to the controversy, urging readers to scrutinize corporate practices.
Municipal worker strikes disrupt trash collection in several American cities, leaving streets cluttered and services strained as crews remain off the job. Affected areas face delays in routine pickups and public safety concerns as frustration grows.
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with overnight lows in the mid 60s. Tuesday highs reach around 90 degrees.
A credit company introduces a small service charge related to the service performed. The charge is described as a standard processing fee rather than a punitive or separate expense.
Patricia Hearst describes life at Pleasanton Federal Prison as a seven year inmate serving a sentence for joining the SLA. She works as a cook for 300 inmates and says she reads, embroideres, writes letters, and avoids discussing her case while maintaining routines and limited contact with visitors. She complains guards and counts interrupt her nights and notes she has a roommate and limited phone access.
In Reidsville Georgia a prison uprising killed two inmates and a guard and injured another as guards were taken hostage and two white inmates were found dead. Officials suggest the violence may be connected to an Illinois prison riot that occurred a day earlier.
The dollar drops to 199.00 yen on the Tokyo market, the first time under 200 yen since World War II, amid fears OPEC may drop the dollar as oil pricing base. Bank of Japan buys dollars to prop up the U.S. currency as global markets tumble and gold rises.
President Carter, via Hamilton Jordan, warns White House staff to obey drug laws or lose their jobs. The note follows the resignation of drug adviser Peter Bourne who admitted writing a falsified sedative prescription. Bourne cited eight others on staff who used marijuana and some who used cocaine, though Powell said no marijuana probe is underway.
Last week's storm knocked a robin's nest and babies to the ground at 2218 42nd St NE. The Robert Scotts recovered the nest placed it and the babies in a plastic container and rehung it in the tree. Mama robin returned and all is well.
An 11 year old Cedar Rapids girl, Robin Burwinkel, was listed in good condition at Mercy Hospital after a seizure and two minutes underwater at the North Towne apartment pool. Rescued by resident Jim Foster, she recovered before firefighters arrived. her sister Angela died in 1975 after a seizure at a park pool.
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