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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1977
Page
13
In London Queen Elizabeth II accepts a bouquet from Florence Stead who turns 100 in April. This marks Florence’s second royal flower presentation following a bouquet given to Queen Victoria in her youth as the queen celebrates her silver jubilee.
House investigators favor a Watergate type special prosecutor to probe alleged Korean agent influence in congress. President Carter's aides reject the idea saying no plan for such a prosecutor and trusting the Justice Department to pursue the inquiry.
Gulf Oil seeks to bar disclosure of documents it says prove Gulf led an international cartel to boost uranium prices. Westinghouse says cartel actions raised uranium from 6 or 7 dollars per pound in 1972 to 41 dollars. A House subcommittee was to hear Gulf's secrecy request Friday.
Commonwealth leaders after three hours of debate agree to support a negotiated transfer of power to black governments in Rhodesia and Southwest Africa. They also say nationalist guerrillas should continue armed struggle until black majorities secure their own governments, spokesman Nicholas Harman said.
Thirty one people and three seafood firms are indicted for poaching 125000 dollars worth of undersize clams from waters off Long Island. Prosecutors say pirates took undersized clams in bulk, depleting future supplies as clammers dumped small clams back to the bays.
In the Netherlands, 51 Molucan gunmen hold hostages on a hijacked train as a Morse code plea for help emerges. Government warns the ordeal cannot continue and contemplates force amid stalled negotiations and a second school siege nearby.
On this date 1942 the Gestapo burned the Czech village of Lidice after shooting 173 men and sending women and children to concentration camps.
A sprawling Friday schedule shows local stations 2 4 6 7 8 8a 8b 9 10 12 with news blocks, movies, and classic series. Highlights include Star Trek and Hee Haw, Quincy and Rockford Files, Mission: Impossible, and late night specials across WMT WHErf WOC KCCI KDUB WHO and more.
Washington AP reports key House Ways and Means votes derail major pieces of President Carter's energy tax package. Rejected measures include a 50 cent per gallon standby gasoline tax and rebates for fuel efficient cars, while a watered down tax plan replaces it. An oil tax and higher gas taxes remain under debate as Congress reevaluates.
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