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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1977

Page

19

More Girl Scout Murder Suspects Considered

LOCUST GROVE Okla AP at least one person besides fugitive Gene Leroy Hart is being considered a possible suspect in the slayings of three Girl Scouts. Dist Atty Sid Wise says Hart being charged should not eliminate others. Hart escaped from Mayes county jail in 1973.

Locust Grove Okla Gene Leroy Hart Mayes County Sid Wise Hart Wise Lori Lee Farmer Doris Denise Milner Tulsa Michelle Guse Broken Arrow Here American Indian Movement Ben Hyatt AIM Hyatt Glen Weaver

Exner claims JFK played Camelot during first White House tryst

Judith Exner in a Washington interview and book excerpts recounts intimate White House encounters with John F Kennedy. She says Camelot music filled the room during their first night and that the President spoke of loyalty and political risks. Exner also links CIA plots and mob ties to the era, asserting government involvement in associates' deaths.

Washington UPI Judith Exner John Kennedy White House Camelot Jackie Kennedy Carter Ford Congress U.S. News & World Report

Spots Not Skin Cancer Linked to President Johnson

A Washington doctor says Johnson’s hand spots in the 1960s were actinic keratoses not cancer, though they could become malignant later. Biopsies were done to document treatment, with healing leaving small raw areas. A New York physician claimed Johnson had a moderately severe, secret skin cancer treated surgically.

Washington UPI Johnson Peter Horvath Horvath New York Edmund Klein Readers Digest White House Klein Roswell Park Memorial Institute Buffalo New York State Cancer Research and Treatment Center

Carter says no territory excluded from peace talks

The Carter administration warns Israel that no disputed territory including the West Bank can be automatically excluded from Middle East peace talks. Both sides must make hard compromises, with a Palestinian homeland as a goal, or risk future regional disaster.

Washington Carter Israel West Bank Jordan River Middle East State Department White House

Man Sentenced for Wife Killing in Front of 29 Children

A Detroit man received life imprisonment with no parole after being found guilty of shooting his estranged wife to death in a classroom full of 29 children. Judge Patricia Boyle called the crime one of the most vicious she has seen in 12 years on the bench.

Detroit Lewis Recorder Patricia Boyle

Policeman Charged in Beating Death in Buffalo

In Buffalo a police officer, Philip Gramaglia, 30, is charged with first degree manslaughter in the weekend beating death of 18 year old Richard Long. Two other officers Samuel Fusco and Gary Atti are expected to surrender Monday. All three suspended without pay pending lineup identifications. Witnesses say Long was pulled from his car and stomped by up to nine men after a traffic incident.

Buffalo N.Y UPI

Postal service weighs ban on opening first class mail

Washington AP reports the U S postal service proposes a rule to outlaw opening most first class mail without a search warrant with exceptions for cases like foreign mail seized by customs upon reasonable suspicion of contraband. The rule comes as the government cites ending a secret mail opening program four years ago.

Washington U.S. Postal Service U.S. Customs Service

Djibouti Declares Independence From France

Djibouti hoists a green blue flag with a red star signaling independence after 115 years of French rule. Africa’s 49th state faces threats from Somalia and Ethiopia with salt as its main resource while France maintains a garrison and aid sustains the economy.

Djibouti Republic of Red Sea Africa Somalia Ethiopia

Britain and US plan Rhodesia peacekeeping force

Britain and the United States are drafting plans to deploy an international peacekeeping force to prevent civil war in Rhodesia during the transition to black majority rule. The plan was discussed by Foreign Secretary David Owen at the Commonwealth summit in London and with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in Paris.

London UPI Britain United States Rhodesia David Owen Cyrus Vance Paris

Carter Links Rights To SALT Talks Rising Tensions

President Carter acknowledges human rights affect SALT negotiations after earlier denial. White House interview notes Soviet backlash to his stance. Jody Powell and Paul Warnke discuss ongoing talks, with optimism for possible October agreement despite delays and Pravda criticism of U.S. unilateral aims.

Carter Jody Powell Powell Soviet Union White House Leonid) Brezhnev U.S Paul Warnke Moscow Warnke Indian Ocean Communist Party Pravda Washington

Refugees Reach Israel After Seaborne Escape

Sixty six Vietnamese refugees including 34 men 16 women and 16 children have been rescued by an Israeli freighter after a treacherous sea journey from South Vietnam and were flown to Israel. They will spend two months in Ofakim as Soviet Jewish immigrants begin their first Israeli life. Taiwan Japan and Hong Kong refused asylum. Prime Minister Begin cited fears of repeating Holocaust-era refusals as he criticized Britain’s stance.

Tel Aviv Israel South Vietnam South China Sea Ofakim Taiwan Japan Hong Kong Menahem Begin Palestine

Remains Taken From Grave Of Michael Todd

Forest Park police say the rubber bag with producer Michael Todd’s remains was found missing from his casket at Jewish Waldheim Cemetery after a visitor noticed tampering. Todd died in a 1952 plane crash with Elizabeth Taylor his wife and three others in the Zuni mountains of New Mexico.

Forest Park, Ill Michael Todd Elizabeth Taylor Forest Park Michael Thompson Todd Waldheim Miss Taylor Zuni Mountains New Mexico

Trade Deficit Drops to 777 Low in May

The Commerce Department reports May 1977 U S trade deficit at 1.2 billion, the year’s low, as exports rise 4 percent to about 10.4 billion and imports fall 8 percent to just over 11.6 billion. Oil and coffee declines drive the drop.

Washington U.S Commerce Department

Public Hearing Set on Insurance Plans for 1977 78

Notice of a public hearing at 7:00 PM CST July 14 1877 in the Boar Room at Longfellow Elementary Marion Iowa under Section 212 of the Code. The hearing concerns proposed group insurance specifications for the 1977 78 school year and related contract terms. documents available at the secretary of the Marion Independent School District office. The notice is published by order of the Board of Directors Albert Watson secretary. Cedar Rapids Gazette June 27.

Longfellow 10Th Avenue Marion Iowa Code of Tone Monoa Marion Independent Linn State of Albert Watson Cedar Rapids

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