Worst weekend anticipated as fuel shortages spread
Gasoline forebodings from the Connecticut Gasoline Retailers Association echo across the South and Midwest as blockades and rationing threaten travel. Minnesota uses National Guard escorts to move fuel, while governors urge reduced weekend travel. Surveys show limited station openings and various limits on gallons and fuel types amid widespread emergency measures and odd-even rationing beginning in several states.
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Wind Direction and River Levels Update
Winds NW at 14 mph at 11 a m. Sunrise 5 31 a m sunset 8 46 p m. Highs in 80s lows in 60s with shower chances Sunday and Tuesday fair Monday. Mississippi River stages: LaCrosse 12 7.9 rise .2 Lansing 18 9.2 no report. Clinton 16 10.6 rise .6 Cedar at C R 5.08.
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Thorpe Acquitted in Murder Conspiracy Trial
London AP Jeremy Thorpe former Liberal Party leader and three co defendants were found not guilty on all murder conspiracy charges in the high profile trial. Thorpe and co defendants faced up to ten years for each count. The nine woman twelve man jury delivered after 52 hours of deliberation. The case centered on allegations of planning to murder Norman Scott a male model who claimed a relationship with Thorpe in the early 1960s.
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London
Jeremy Thorpe
Britain
Liberal Party
Thorpe
Norman Scott
Scott
Recall of over five hundred pacemakers due to defect
Washington AP reports more than 550 pacemakers are recalled for risk of heartbeat alteration. About 150 units were distributed in the United States, with most sent to Europe. The Model 1613 device may contain defective transistors from an outside supplier. The recall could require surgery for some patients.
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Washington
American Pacemaker Corp
Woburn
Mass
United States
Europe
Carter Eyes 1980 China Trip Following Nixon Footsteps
President Carter plans to visit the People’s Republic of China in early 1980, after saying Vice President Mondale will go in late August as his representative. Officials expect the trips to advance negotiations on trade and aviation with China.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
China
Carter
People’s Republic of China
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Jody Powell
Walter F. Mondale
CPSC Rejects Skateboard Ban Move
Washington AP report states the Consumer Product Safety Commission rejected a proposal to ban skateboards citing a decline in incidents and injuries, leaving regulation to existing safety standards and enforcement.
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Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Skateboard Injuries Cited in Ban Debate
The consumer affairs committee of Americans for Democratic Action urged a ban after citing injuries to skateboarders. Commission chairwoman Susan King said most injuries stem from user behavior, not manufacturing. About 20 million skateboards are in use.
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Americans For Democratic Action
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Susan King
Carter plan to deregulate trucking faces uphill battle
President Carter's push to cut federal trucking rules encounters strong opposition from truckers and the Teamsters union. A Senate aide warned the bill won't pass this year despite White House claims of saving consumers and energy.
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Teamsters Union
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Illinois to distribute government marijuana to treat chemotherapy
Illinois plans to distribute pharmaceutically pure, government inspected marijuana for medicinal use. Thomas B. Kirkpatrick Jr. says the program will hand out pre rolled marijuana grown at the University of Mississippi to help chemotherapy patients, marking a first for FDA approved states in this approach.
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Illinois
University of Mississippi
Thomas B. Kirkpatrick Jr
Illinois Dangerous Drugs Commission
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Quake Shakes Mexico City Area Centered Off Oaxaca Chiapas
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck Mexico City and southern regions early today. Preliminary reports place the epicenter off the southwestern coast between Oaxaca and Chiapas. The 30 second tremor caused tourists to flee hotels but no casualties or damage were immediately reported.
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Malaysia pushes back boats of Vietnamese refugees
Malaysian forces repelled three jammed boats carrying Vietnamese refugees near Kuantan. Troops fired on one vessel as it neared land by a resort hotel. Three U.S. refugee officials and a U.N. representative were expelled from a camp along Malaysia's east coast.
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New estimates place North Korea fifth in world military size
Washington critics urge reversing Carter policy citing new estimates from a House hearing. North Korea allegedly has the world's fifth largest army, while South Korea ranks fourth. China, the Soviet Union, and the United States hold the top three.
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Carter
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Armed Services Investigations Subcommittee
Institute For Strategic Studies
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Soviet Union
United States
Births and marriages in local notices and incidents summary
Mercy June births list includes Scott Bogguss at Sunland Court SE and several other newborns with multiple family addresses in Cedar Rapids Marion Hiawatha Center Point Palo and related birth details. Marriage licenses shown include Zakostelecky Kessler Gardner Eiick Ward Ward Fetter Jacobi and others.raspy police call log notes medical emergency at 16th Street and Washington Avenue SE mistaken alarm on Wilson Avenue SW illegal burning near 18th Street SW matches debris near Sixth Avenue SE carburetor backfire near O Avenue NW water heater pilot to gasoline at Sev enth Avenue SE alarm malfunction and a needless call to 1718C St SW.
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Cedar Rapids
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Grove Court SE
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Marion
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G Ave
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Emmons St
Hiawatha
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No strike in Uganda as Bi naisa consolidates rule
In Kampala the threatened protests by backers of ousted President Yusu fu Lule did not materialize as Godfrey Binaisa’s government strengthens its grip. The capital remained calm with no repeat of Thursday’s marches.
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Uganda
UPI
Yusufu Lule
Godfrey Binaisa
Lule
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