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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1978
Page
13
Joan Mondale urged that the Equal Rights Amendment does not go far enough to end discrimination against women. She noted that a stronger measure would face even more opposition, as 35 of 38 states have ratified with questions about withdrawal.
Richard Dreyfuss, winner of best actor for The Goodbye Girl, quits Columbia's All That Jazz due to exhaustion. He has just wrapped Close Encounters, The Goodbye Girl, and The Big Fix, while also performing Cassius in Julius Caesar at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Gov. Wallace appointed Maryon Allen to fill the late James Allen’s Senate seat. She announced she would seek the remaining two years of the term, potentially pitting her against Wallace who eyeing a run for the seat in the November 7 special election.
Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee appears back on the ballot after the Tennessee Election Commission reconsiders its ruling to remove him. Democratic officials had challenged his signatures on qualifying petitions, prompting the initial bar and a looming lawsuit.
Cincinnati AP reports actress Judy Carne declaring an innocent verdict in the heroin possession charge. The outcome follows a trial where prosecutors alleged drug involvement, while Carne maintained her stance of no wrongdoing as jurors returned the verdict.
Naomi James described the scariest moment of her solo global voyage as her 53-foot Express Crusader capsizing in a South Pacific storm about 2,000 miles west of Cape Horn. She completed nearly 30,000 miles in 272 days, cutting the 1966 67 record by Sir Francis Chichester and overcoming gear damage, seasickness, loneliness, and the loss of her pet kitten Boris.
On this date in 1977 Uganda radio issued contradictory statements about President Idi Amin, after he failed to attend a Commonwealth conference in London where he was not welcome, triggering mixed reports on his location.
Hamburg based Neptun Bergungsgesellschaft signed a five million dollar contract with Egypt to clear wrecks blocking the north and south entrances to the Suez Canal. The work targets sunken ships from the 1973 Arab Israeli conflict and will be carried out under Egyptian government direction.
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