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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1980

Page

3

Hostage Freed After Idaho Prison Riot

Guards stormed the Idaho State Prison main cellblock at dawn freeing guard Lynart Orr after a 18 hour riot that left fires, wrecked vehicles, and rumors of bodies. About 50 inmates were moved to other facilities. five rioters helped secure Orr.

Boise, Idaho UPI Idaho State Prison C.W. Crowl National Guard Citizens Committee Crowl Crows Bona Miller Lynart Orr Boise Orr

Iraqi delegation walks out during UN emergency session

Members of the Iraqi delegation to the United Nations and others begin to walk out as Israeli delegate Yehuda Blum approaches the podium. An emergency session was convened to consider a resolution urging creation of a Palestinian state under the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

United Nations Yehuda Blum Palestinian Liberation Organization

Acquittal sparks curfew in Chattanooga unrest

Mayor Pat Rose imposed a 9 30 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew after a second night of racial unrest provoked by an all white jury acquitting two Ku Klux Klansmen in the shotgun wounding of four black women. A coalition urged a Justice Department probe of the jurors.

Chattanooga Justice Department

Five AP And Western Journalists Detained In Seoul

Five seasoned correspondents including AP veteran K C Hwang and reporters from Reuters Times Asahi and NHK were taken into custody by martial law authorities in Seoul for questioning of character references. Families were told little as the men remained detained by mid afternoon.

Seoul South Korea Associated Press K.C. Hwang Oh Il-son Reuters Ltd Shim Jae-hoon New York Times Chung Ho-sang Asahi Shimbun Chon Hak-bum Japan Broadcasting Corp

Parents may leave son Polovchak behind in asylum case

Soviet official says Walter Polovchak’s parents may return to Ukraine without him. Evgeny Antipov of the Soviet Embassy in Washington says no requirement for the boy to accompany his parents. U S authorities confirm no mandate that the family exit together.

Chicago Walter Polovchak Evgeny Antipov Washington Polovchak U.S

Reagan funds certified despite Carter complaint

The Federal Election Commission certified 29.4 million dollars in Reagan campaign funds while Carter Mondale asserts 60 million dollars in independent expenditures violate campaign finance laws. The DC Circuit denied a temporary injunction and ordered a fast hearing on the suit.

Washington UPI Federal Election Commission Ronald Reagan Carter-Mondale Committee FEC U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Carter Common Cause Reagan

Global study warns nations must cooperate to avert disaster

A three year US government study led by the President's Council on Environmental Quality and the State Department says civilization may have about 20 years to act. It predicts mass poverty malnutrition overcrowding and rising food and energy prices with international tensions and a widening wealth gap unless nations unite for sustainable development and environmental protection.

Washington U.S President's Council On Environmen

Burns urges delay of tax cut until after election

Former Federal Reserve chairman Arthur Burns told the House Ways and Means Committee that Congress should delay a tax cut until after the Nov. 4 election. He aligned with the Carter administration against immediate passage and echoed Henry Fowler’s support for delaying action to ensure careful deliberation and fiscal policy steadiness.

Washington Federal Reserve Arthur Burns Congress Burns House Ways and Means Committee Carter Senate Car Ter Henry Fowler Treasury Johnson Fowler

Forgetful bank customers risk losing savings in service charges

Washington witnesses told a House panel that dormant accounts are being closed with service charges in some banks. They cited Keith Norbie, a Duluth boy who found his $5 vanished after years of inactivity and urged tighter rules. Analysts said the issue, while real, is not widespread enough for new federal action.

Washington Keith Norbie Duluth Minn House Jo Ann Barefoot David J. Epstein

California opens Manson trial with Beatles motive claim

The state argues at opening statements in the Manson murder trial that the defendant acted under the influence of a Beatles song. The claim centers on motive and psychological state as the trial proceeds.

California

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