18 Jun 1979
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1979
Page
1
Showers and thunderstorms are likely through Tuesday with temperatures cooling to the low 60s tonight and highs in the low to mid 80s on Tuesday. Southeast winds will blow 10 to 20 mph as details appear on page 2A.
President Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty in Vienna, declaring a path toward peace while warning nuclear risks remain. The leaders pledged regular high level talks, progress on radiological weapons bans, and a pledge not to upgrade the Backfire bomber. Brezhnev urged Senate ratification safeguards.
Nation reports Iowans voiced worries in Washington about truck sizes. The item notes the discussion on Page 5B.
A Los Angeles manicurist alleges Warren Beatty and Columbia Pictures stole her script. The report appears on page 8A with updates on a Cedar Rapids trade seminar and local civic notes. Authorities dispute a Cedar Rapids trial competency ruling on page 4B.
Iowa gasoline dealers press to reassess their shutdown protest after the DOE proposed options to raise profits per gallon. The plan includes a 30 percent markup or a flat 15 cent per gallon rule, with Carter to consider after SALT II. The strikes continue. about 70 percent of Des Moines brand-name dealers closed.
The accord limits each side to 2400 strategic missiles and bombers initially, dropping to 2250 in 1981. Sub ceilings cap MIRVs, land based and total MIRVs, with post 1981 rules allowing growth in submarine missiles and new types. Each side may deploy new cruise missiles and one new land based missile, while warhead totals rise for both nations. The Soviet Backfire bomber is exempt from the limits.
The Supreme Court unanimously upholds a federal ban on Laetrile sales across state lines, rejecting any exception for terminally ill patients. The ruling means Laetrile cannot be moved interstate or produced without FDA approval, while states with permissive Laetrile laws lose practical effect.
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