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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1979
Page
2
Clayton Moore of Tulsa says American children lost a hero with John Wayne’s death. He spoke Friday at the World of Comics convention, recalling that portraying the Lone Ranger was the most positive influence of his life as reruns reach a third generation.
Bob Hope and Dolores arrive in Peking for a NBC television special The Road to China planned at over 1 million dollars Cast will stay in China through July 11 Hope jokes about aging and fans during airport welcome. Lorimar drops 28 million suit against Dick Van Patten over Eight Is Enough salary dispute. suit to be settled with other terms undisclosed.
Wichita police report new correspondence from the BTK killer, the first in 16 months, sent to a burglary victim and KAKE-TV. Investigators say 15 detectives and lab staff are analyzing the letters, with FBI labs to test the materials, as the hotline is reinstated.
Engineers face baffling wrinkles at both ends of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. A crack near the southern terminal leaks oil at about 10 gallons per minute while a northern crack has been welded shut. permanent repairs are delayed by pressure and hot oil. a shutdown is not planned. Officials cite unclear causes and say a design flaw is not confirmed.
U N Secretary General Waldheim urged Malaysia to drop plans to push 76000 Vietnamese boat people back to sea and instead shelter them while seeking permanent resettlement. Japan Japan China and Britain called for an international conference on the Indochinese refugee crisis as U S officials decry actions risking refugees deaths.
The Ethics Advisory Board of the Health Education and Welfare Department postponed ruling on laboratory study of a woman's fertilized ovum until its next meeting in September. The panel cited no current U S research and said more information is needed. Also noted were resignations by Price Stability and Robert Russell, Bosworth’s deputy, effective July end.
Laureen Bird, 26, lived with Art Garfunkel in a New York penthouse and killed herself with a drug overdose. Police say she was upset Garfunkel would not marry her. Bird was found dead Friday by the building superintendent as Garfunkel was reportedly abroad performing.
Washington AP report notes Barry Bosworth, director of President Carter's Council on Wage and Price Stability, prepared to testify on inflation policy and wage controls before Congress.
Former president Gen Ignatius Acheampong and Gen F Uteka were executed by firing squad at the Teshi military range near Accra after a revolutionary court convicted them of corruption. Acheampong led Ghana for six years until 1978. The broadcast reported the executions from Radio Accra and was monitored in London.
The Equal Opportunity Board ordered Ansett Airlines to hire 26 year old Debbie Wardley as a pilot trainee. It awarded damages to be assessed later and said seniority should be retroactive to last summer. Wardley, a commercial pilot and flight instructor, sued under the Equal Opportunity Law claiming denial of hire due to her sex. All current pilots at Ansett are men.
Tehran revolutionary court has sent a team of Iranian gunmen to Mexico to kill Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi who was condemned to death in absentia after leaving his throne. Leader Sheikh Sadeq Khalkhali said the squad would avenge the traitor on behalf of the Iranian nation. No confirmation of the squad's existence was provided.
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In central Rome on Saturday evening, right wing guerrillas fired submachine guns and hurled hand grenades into a Communist Party office wounding 23 people. About 50 party members were present studying election returns. four attackers fled, tied to the Armed Revolutionary Squads.
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