Weekend Shower Outlook With Scattered Storms
The forecast calls for occasional showers and thunderstorms today and tonight ending Sunday. Highs near 70, nights in the upper 50s, with similar temperatures Sunday. Details on page 3A.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1979
Page
1
District board seeks suspensions amid school showdowns
Two Cedar Rapids area school board members push to suspend three colleagues, signaling a confrontational move in local governance. Other briefs note a motel auction, an annual Cedar Rapids lamb show victory, and Belmont Stakes prep with Spectacular Bid vying for the Triple Crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
New York
A Mother's Patience Like a Tube of Toothpaste
A reflective line compares a mother's patience to toothpaste, suggesting it never fully runs out. The piece conveys endurance, care, and everyday resilience through a witty metaphor.
Repatriation drive for Cambodian refugees ramps up
In Thailand, as many as 7 000 to 10 000 Cambodian refugees and ethnic Chinese were bused toward the Cambodian border in a major forced repatriation. Vietnam signs UNHCR deal to permit orderly departures for humanitarian or family reunion cases, boosting outbound refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thailand
Aranyaprathet
Cambodia
Pol Pot
China
Sioner
Vietnam
UNHCR
Malaysia
Philippines
Hong Kong
Sleeping pills recalled over cancer risk linked ingredient
The government and industry announced a voluntary recall of most nonprescription sleep aids containing methapyrilene, an antihistamine linked to cancer. The move affects products like Sominex Excedrin P.M. and Compoz, with reimbursements left to individual companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sominex
Excedrin P.M
Compoz
Wayne Pines
Food and Drug Administration
Joseph Califano
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Proprietary Association
Califano
National Cancer Institute
Keswick Centenary Square Dance On Horseback
Keswick's centennial features a horseback square dance Sunday at 2 p.m. Deanne Hartzell trained eight riders over four years for the event at a Keswick area farm. The centennial runs through Sunday with other nearby towns scheduling celebrations in late June and July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keswick
Deanne Hartzell
Thornburg
Wellman
Kinross
Kalona
Harper
Attorney admits guiding July Shell boycott with chain letter
Miami attorney Ellis Rubin claims authorship of the To Hell with Shell boycott plea and a plan to spread letters to lawyers nationwide. He says the July campaign targets Shell for rationing gas and promises Exxon as the August next target, while critics call the effort anonymous hate mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
UPI
Shell
Ellis Rubin
Norman Alstedter
Shell Oil Co
Rubin
Alstedter
Exxon
Iowa Faces Gas Shortfall as Suppliers Trim May to June shipments
Amoco Oil Corp plans to ship about 10 percent less gasoline to Iowa in June than May, about 80 percent of June 1978 levels. DX and Phillips consider further cuts. DOE rules cited as reason. Iowa Gas Retailers Association warns tighter supplies. Diamond Oil unsettled on June allocation, rumors of 71 percent. Energy Council estimates 21 percent gas and 20 percent diesel shortfalls in June.
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Des Moines
Amoco Oil Co
Iowa
Robert Uttley
Amoco
Kansas City
U.S. Department of Energy
Larry Blixt
Iowa Gasoline Retailers Association
Diamond Oil Co
Sunmark Industries
Sun Oil Co
Iowa Energy Policy Council
Truck Strike Grows Tense as Blockades Disrupt Highways
Independent truckers press demands amid a wildcat shutdown that halts highway commerce. Strikers block truck stops and slow traffic while livestock officials in Nebraska blame the walkout for falling cattle prices and packing-house hesitancy. The move has drawn at least one concession and broad farm-group support.
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Nebraska
The
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