13 Jun 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1978
Page
1
Television personality Hugh Downs has secured a fresh position in the industry, marking a notable career move. The announcement appears in the People column on page 6B, highlighting his continued influence in broadcast media.
Cedar Rapids Community School District seeks a roundabout method to provide 15 additional minutes daily for after school activities. Other items include coverage of local trials, rail advisory input, and upcoming editorials on trails and transportation.
Partly cloudy skies with a low around 60 tonight. Winds from the east to southeast at 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday high in the low to mid 80s. A stray line about people and teeth appears but does not affect the forecast.
Fierce fighting broke out today in northern Lebanon as Israel ended its 91 day occupation of southern Lebanon. clashes pitted 800 Phalange militiamen against Giants Brigade allies, killing at least 57 including Tony Franjieh and family. Syria rushed troops to Ehden as Phalangists attacked amid regional tensions.
Firefighters doused a blaze at a house on Fifth Ave SE after flames from a rubble pile next door spread to the upper unit. Occupants Sheila Thompson 22 Debra O Neil 18 and Doneta O Neil 3 months were aided by Red Cross. cause under investigation. house owner McArthur James and rubble owner John Keener identified.
A wilderness training expedition from St. John's School Claremont Ontario ended in the drowning of 12 boys and a teacher after four canoes overturned in a storm on Lake Temisca mingue near the Quebec Ontario border. Fifteen boys and three teachers survived.
Peter Hochstein 24 led two maximum security jail inmates in a stolen twin-engine plane in a bid for Canada. The trio, captured near St Vincent Minnesota after flying 500 miles, faced possible death penalties. No injuries occurred as authorities halted the pursuit and Hochstein and his two companions were jailed in Grand Forks for hearings.
Three Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Emma Goldman Clinic in Iowa City early Tuesday. Fire officials said gasoline-filled wine bottles struck an exterior fire escape and burst into flames, sparing the building itself with only minor damage to the west wall. Fire Department units responded around 3 30 a.m. after a neighbor reported flames leaping from the side of the wood frame building.
In Moscow the Soviet government arrested American businessman Francis Jay Crawford, 38, a representative of International Harvester, on charges tied to currency violations under Article 78. His fiancée Virginia Olbrish, 32, who works in the U.S. Embassy’s commercial section, was also detained as authorities moved to a potential exchange with two Soviet UN employees on trial in New Jersey.
Wilf and Dianne Wright of the Cariboo ranch in British Columbia find their dog Prince alive on their doorstep after four years. The exhausted animal, thinner and grayer, is recognized, fed, and brought inside where he recovers, prompting questions about how far he traveled.
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