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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1980
Page
3
Washington tax plan targets 4.2 billion in new revenue mainly from large corporations to help balance the 1981 budget. The House approves 15.5 billion in emergency spending for refugee aid disaster relief black lung benefits and unemployment funds while debating tax and program cuts.
Karen Silkwood's former roommate Sherri Ellis, 27, contacted two friends and is presumed safe as police call off the investigation into her reported disappearance. Ellis had reported missing earlier in the week and made at least two calls to friends on Wednesday.
Iraqi security forces stormed the British Embassy in Baghdad and killed three gunmen who briefly occupied the building. The Iraqi News Agency said an investigation would identify the slain attackers and the group behind the assault. A fourth gunman surrendered to Iraqi authorities in London reported by the Foreign Office.
The high court ruled 5-4 that a state may limit sale of its cement to residents during shortages, upholding South Dakota's restriction that state plant cement go to South Dakotans first. It also sent back a case on double jeopardy affecting an involuntary manslaughter charge after prior speeding violation convictions in Illinois.
Doctors at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital report seven men with congestive heart failure who could not leave a chair were dramatically improved by captopril. Within 10 to 20 days all were discharged and each patient showed marked improvement as breathing, swelling, and fatigue lessened.
Dr. Gordon Williams notes study shows patients can move, walk, climb stairs, and work without severe shortness of breath, highlighting potential changes in daily activity expectations for those with respiratory conditions.
A camera crew on a Dukes of Hazzard practice run in Lake Sherwood California fractured a 6 foot embankment when the camera car rolled over twice. Rodney Lee Mitchell 31 of Hollywood died at the scene. One crew member was critically injured and two were in serious condition at Westlake Village Community Hospital.
The Commerce Department reports the current account deficit expanded to 2.6 billion dollars in Q1 1980 the widest gap since 3 billion in Q3 1978 and up from 1.8 billion in Q4 1979 the prior year shows a swing from a 1.4 billion surplus in Q1 1979.
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd used parliamentary moves to block a vote on restoring the death penalty for federal crimes. He offered a substitute package including a House-passed fair housing bill, prompting a stall as clerks read the measures. The chamber rejected postponing action 50 to 36, signaling no delay in the election-year debate.
President Abolhassan Bani Sadr replaced the chief of staff Gen. Mohammad Hadi Shadmehr with Army commander Gen. Waliollah Fallahi as acting chief in a sudden military reshuffle. Pars news agency did not give a reason for Shadmehr's resignation. The IRP denied responsibility for remarks by a leader implying a plot against Bani Sadr.
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