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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1978
Page
1
FBI and Cedar Rapids police arrest a suspect in a local bank break-in, with details on the case and related crime coverage across the day's pages. The rest of the listing notes political races and editorials on pages 4A 6A 8A 8B 9B 10A 11A 12A 15A 16A 17A.
Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with a low in the mid-50s tonight and highs in the low 70s Friday. Winds will be west to northwest at 10 to 15 mph.
NATO leaders approve a long range defense program aimed at modernizing weapons and consolidating forces against the Soviet threat. The plan could cost up to 100 billion dollars over 15 years with the US supplying about half. Talks with the Soviet Union on a strategic arms treaty remain elusive as East West tensions persist.
Mrs. Steven Machula of Route 3 Cedar Rapids gave birth on May 18 to a boy named Shawn Scott Steven. Her brother-in-law Carl Machula posted a sign to announce the arrival. The family previously had three daughters and is pictured with the newborn at their Mount Vernon Road SE home.
The item announces the newspaper's price and status as a leading daily for Eastern Iowa, highlighting its role as the region’s top source for local, regional, and national news.
Iowa Senate candidate Jepsen says he would have corrected errors in a fundraising letter sent by Gov. Meldrim Thomson to conservatives nationwide last May 8. He notes two false claims about his 1970 lieutenant governor plurality and rejects another attack line about Sen. Dick Clark.
Prices for beef products surged 6.6 percent in April prompting the Carter administration to study raising import quotas on foreign beef to ease costs for shoppers. Robert Strauss and officials weighed market conditions and the option as cattlemen face years of low prices while industry spokesmen defend rising prices as supply and demand in action.
The Commerce Department reports a 0.5 percent rise in leading indicators for April after a January drop and February rise. GNP is projected to grow 8 to 10 percent in Q2, aided by a 0.4 percent money-supply uptick, with factory orders up 1.8 percent and stock prices and building permits rising.
Pete Lake, 18, of Cedar Rapids, finished 2-A state golf at Finkbine with a 75 and raced to Regis High School to receive his diploma. A Iowa City Cedar Rapids trip and a speeding stop by a state trooper yielded a graduation gift allowing a late return but not the tassel. Lake, a top Regis student and second in 2-A state with 148 over two days, wore his golf attire as he arrived after ceremonies began.
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