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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1978
Page
2
The forecast calls for mostly fair conditions Friday through Sunday with highs 15 to 25 and lows near zero to 10 above. Birth notices list multiple families welcoming daughters and sons in Cedar Rapids Ames Hiawatha Center Point and Marion. Debt and asset details accompany each entrant, including names addresses and numbers of debts and exempt amounts.
Brzezinski said the Soviet Union must make political concessions for SALT to move forward and warned that rising tensions from Soviet actions in Africa could imperil a pact. He noted total weapons as a sticking point and stressed no linkage to Ethiopia. The administration hopes for a new arms agreement this year.
Washington AP reports early accounts from witnesses of nuclear atmospheric tests indicate a cancer rate about 28 percent above normal, cited by a government cancer research specialist.
Cairo officials handed Alfred Atherton a draft declaration of principles for a Middle East peace settlement to counter an Israeli blueprint. Government sources say major issues still separate the sides and Atherton is unlikely to bridge the gap on his shuttle diplomacy. Washington’s compromise proposals are seen as the best chance for real progress.
In Managua AP reports foes of President Anastasio Somoza called a new general strike to protest alleged brutalities by the national guard. The General Confederation of Labor said 1,200 construction workers walked out of a government housing project with 800 more expected to stay home as leaders urged industry and business to shut down for 24 hours.
The National Organization for Women denounces a Missouri attorney general suit as an illegal political attack on ERA supporters and free speech. Eleanor Smeal says the action aims to break an economic boycott by states resisting ratification, noting Missouri allegedly lost 11 million dollars.
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that universities may expel students for academic reasons without a required hearing. Charlotte Horowitz, dismissed from the University of Missouri Medical School five days before graduation, had sued, alleging injustice and medical school officials cited dirty nails and bedside manner.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates listed include carrier 1.15 per week and mail options with 5.174 weeks 56.09 for 52 weeks and 80.00 for 52 weeks to U.S. territories. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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