19 Jun 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1978
Page
1
James Snowbarger of Rockwell Collins works as a design engineer among engineers as residents along Mount Vernon Road SE win a fight to block a shopping center that would include a Kmart. Public meetings this summer will shape future soil and water conservation programs nationwide.
Entertainment reviews for Grease and Bad News Bears in Japan. NBC falls lineup after Fred Silverman’s takeover. Cedar Rapids Giants manager Jack Mull comments on team play. Dave Slick wins farmer's race at Chuck Wagon Races Central City. State GOP platform debate may center on speed limit. A 35 year old murder convict shot dead in Des Moines. Oil pipeline controversy persists in Eastern Iowa.
A weather forecast indicates thunderstorm chances late tonight ending early Tuesday. Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday afternoon. Lows tonight mid 60s. Highs Tuesday in the lower 80s.
An executive knows something about everything while a technician knows everything about one thing and a switchboard operator knows everything. The note ends with a copyright statement.
The Rev Mil ton Vogel and his wife Grace perished when the showboat Whippoorwill capsized during a tornado on Pomona Lake south of Topeka. Fourteen were injured as the family marked their 40th anniversary. Vogels son Lynn and grandson Alan escaped to safety.
A Federal Trade Commission report urges federal regulation of funeral homes arguing they exploit grieving families. It favors itemized price disclosures and bans on price manipulation with potential savings for about 2 million yearly funeral buyers. The study also targets deceptive counseling and bans on high pressure sales.
A lone white male in his early 20s robbed Merchants National Bank at Mount Vernon Road and 34th Street SE around 11:25 a.m. He demanded cash, displayed a handgun, and fled on foot. FBI and police searched the area. amount taken and vehicle escape unknown. No shots fired.
The Supreme Court will review a 1973 lawsuit by Black and Mexican American applicants against Los Angeles County Fire Department claiming the written tests were discriminatory and not job related. Judge Gray ordered 20 percent Black and 20 percent Mexican American hires, a ruling upheld by the 9th Circuit in 1977.
Gan Fong Chin, 48, a cook at Lee's Cathay Terrace in Warwick Rhode Island, opened fire at his workplace with a 30 30 carbine rifle after bringing a gift wrapped package to work. He killed four restaurant staff and a customer, was held without bail on five murder counts, with a bail hearing set and a psychiatric exam ordered.
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