05 Mar 1979
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1979
Page
1
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s basketball team could continue a tradition started two years ago as coverage notes their ongoing season. Hawkeyes from Iowa are set for the NCAA tournament, with placement discussed in related pages.
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa law enforcement units stage their annual championship basketball tournament. Picture Page.
The note asks if you will host or attend a birthday party as Mini Pages offers party advice. Other items mention a prison pen pal concern, Dear Abby guidance, a legal rights feature, Cedar Rapids Symphony praise, and local farming and urban sprawl worries.
The Rideouts, once famous after the husband faced rape charges and an apparent reconciliation, again contend with ongoing troubles as illustrated in the Picture Page feature.
A recovered woman speaks on society wide view that a drunk man is funny yet an intoxicated woman is disgusting. Mostly clear tonight with lows around 20. Partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday with highs in the upper 30s.
A sensational claim asserts that the IRS Form 1040 causes cancer in lab rats. The statement lacks corroborating evidence and appears as an unverified rumor.
President Carter will travel to the Middle East to press for a settlement between Israel and Egypt. He will meet Anwar Sadat in Cairo Thursday and Menachem Begin in Jerusalem Saturday, with talks to cover the peace process regional security and bilateral issues.
China announces withdrawal of its frontier troops beginning today after a self defense counterattack against Vietnamese incursions. Beijing warns Hanoi to stop provocations but calls for peace talks and reserves right to respond if fighting resumes.
A cave party led by professor Barry Beck and six students were trapped for 29 hours in Pigeon Mountain cave after flash floods. Divers reached them about 9 p.m. Sunday as they huddled warm and hopeful, capping a tense survival marked by calisthenics and candle soups.
Des Moines lawmakers urged caution after the Legislative Fiscal Bureau reported tax revenue over expectations for eight months of the fiscal year. Income tax rose 15.3 percent and sales tax 13.3 percent, pushing total growth to 13.7 percent and leaving an estimated year-end surplus of 98 million dollars.
Des Moines Republican Larry Pope teaches constitutional and labor law at Drake University and can count four current or former students in the Iowa House and three in the Senate. The group includes Rep. Reid Crawford and Rep. Virginia Poffenberger among others, with Lt. Gov. Terry Branstad also part of the circle, yet partisan views stay out of the classroom.
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