25 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1977
Page
1
A Cedar Rapids mother describes fear and loss as her runaway daughter remains missing. Separate notes discuss walking benefits, campus greenery at Kirkwood College, and a log cabin discovery in a Wadena kitchen. The piece links national price concerns from a Harris poll to a coffee boycott and rising meat prices.
The Cedar Rapids Giants beat Waterloo in a second extra inning victory. A Japanese professor discusses a plesiosaur dredged near New Zealand. A report argues women could fill up to a third of military jobs, mainly white collar roles, with experimental integration in some combat positions. A scientific forecast warns CO2 buildup may alter climate and flood coastal cities. Weather calls for cooler tonight and sunny, low 60s to high 80s Tuesday.
A novelty deodorant enters stores with a chlorine pool scent promising to make users smell like swimming pools. No pool required. Copyright notice appears.
Cedar Rapids two largest commercial haulers consider combining operations likely creating a single firm with about 75 to 80 percent of non residential garbage. The move unsettles small operators who fear being squeezed, though Watts argues a first class refuse business is the aim and undercutting is not planned.
A cool Canadian high pressure system brings relief from heat in eastern Iowa with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s this week. Northerly winds may gust to 30 mph through Tuesday as a prior cold front moved out after causing heavy rain and strong winds. Cedar Rapids reported 1.57 inches at the airport, while some parts saw 3.5 to 4.5 inches during a four hour storm. erosion issues were noted by Public Improvements Commissioner Richard Phillips.
Fire officials report 12 injured after a blast at the Royal Plate Glass Co. in downtown Johnstown amid flood debris. Initial death reports were corrected. a man originally listed as dead is in critical condition as reports weigh possible gas-leak causes and flood impact.
Washington AP reports two cancer patients suffered severe adverse reactions after taking Laetrile. Georgetown cancer specialists say Laetrile is not proven non toxic and may have contributed to deaths. Dr. Philip Schein notes this may be the first documented Laetrile toxicity in medical literature.
A pregnant woman eight months along untied her bonds and struck Roy Schultz with a lamp after he kidnapped her family near Washington Illinois. Schultz, a Kansas inmate, was beaten by Mrs Wood and her husband in Bloomington while the children remained unharmed. Schultz was hospitalised in fair condition.
United Communications Workers of America leaders won approval to call a nationwide Bell System strike next month if talks fail. A strike could begin as early as midnight August 6, with union president Glenn Watts saying the margin shows the seriousness of the delay.
President Carter rejected criticisms from Black leaders as he defended his welfare plan promising one million new jobs. He cited a six month tenure and outlined minority contracting goals while projecting unemployment could fall to about 6.5 percent by year end. He said the aim is to help all who can work find employment and avoid dependency.
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