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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1977
Page
10
Salt Lake City report on Gary Gilmore five months after his Jan 17 execution. His story spawns books, a play, a movie, and T shirts selling worldwide as his notoriety continues to drive profits and legal actions.
An informal crew of neighbors led by Dewey Payn, ill owner, replaces shingles on his roof at 1424 Thirty-eighth Street SE. Members include Ron Glassgow Denny Berns Garrald Schroader John Williams Don Dogotch and Scott Shafer. They have completed seven houses and say they finish a roof in about a day and a half.
Chicago Daily News reports the FBI infiltrated the ACLU from 1920 to 1943 under J Edgar Hoover direct supervision. Dossiers targeted Clarence Darrow Helen Keller Felix Frankfurter and others noting radical associations and supposed dangers to government.
James Earl Ray's attorney termed moving Ray to a distant federal prison unconstitutional as it would cut off access to counsel. Attorney Jack Kershaw planned to seek a meeting with U. S. Attorney General Griffin Bell to oppose the plan.
Photos show starkly different scenes of a hot dry summer. A first avenue W location along I 380 displays cracked ground and muddy footprints, while Brenda Hanson 9 of 721 Seventh avenue SW cools in Van Vechten park fountain with her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Hanson nearby.
President Carter has named 40 women and 32 blacks among 300 appointments, about 13 percent women and 11 percent blacks. Officials say effort to diversify slows the process, with many regional posts and 50 to 60 campaign workers still seeking jobs.
Japan reports its first cholera surge in 30 years spreading from Arida to Tokyo suburbs. Fifty suspected or confirmed cases in Arida, one elderly death, and a 29 year old hospital worker in Koganei diagnosed. Mass screenings and disinfection underway as 20,000 residents checked and 17 more carriers found.
Pope Paul VI proclaims John Nepomucene Neumann America's first male saint before thousands of U S pilgrims at St Peter's. Papal spokesman says more than 20 000 Americans including Henry Cabot Lodge and Frank Rizzo are expected to attend the ceremony. Neumann is described as to be inscribed in the Catalogue of Saints.
A World Vision International hunger program titled The Cry of a Hurting World airs Monday at 6:30 PM on KCRG TV Channel 9. Hosted by Stan Mooneyham, the special features guests such as Julie Andrews Steve Allen Jayne Meadows Vincent Price Roger Staubach Hank Aaron and Billy Graham plus authorities on hunger. The program travels to hunger hotspots in India Kenya Indonesia and other nations to show relief efforts and the contrast with American consumption.
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