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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1975
Page
2
February wholesale prices fell 0.8 percent led by a 24.6 percent plunge in farm products and a 2.8 percent drop in prices for processed foods. Overall index at 171.4 shows continued cooling though prices remain 14.6 percent higher than a year earlier. Industrial commodities rose 0.5 percent as lumber, chemicals, and machinery gained.
Amid heavy rocket fire, the United States resumed an emergency airlift of ammunition, fuel and food into Phnom Penh. Only eight missions flew as operations began late and grew dark, with Khmer Rouge shelling near the airport and Cambodian troops pushing an assault from three sectors.
Three Iowa City residents returning from a birthday trip to Chicago were killed when a small plane crashed into a warehouse in southwest Davenport. Pilot Melvin Oliven, 32, a space physicist at the University of Iowa, died with Teal Wilson 11 and Kyle Wegman, 12, and the plane’s carburetor iced en route to Des Moines. Teal’s mother Eve Wilson, 35, was hospitalized in critical condition but improving. The wreck occurred near Rockingham road, the plane comping down short of both airports.
Washington based National Commission on Wiretapping to study Cedar Rapids police bugging in hearings in late May or early June. The agency plans to report to Congress next January with recommended changes to wiretapping laws. A separate federal grand jury has long investigated possible illegal bugging and will reconvene in Cedar Rapids to hear witnesses.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger faced a hostile demonstration in Cardiff Wales as about 400 protesters including Cypriots and Marxists jeered him outside a city hall ceremony honoring James Callaghan. Security kept the group away from the official party.
A playful scene ends with a team member closing in on success at the office. Colleagues observe a mood shift as energy rises and relief spreads, with excitement nearly pushing him toward the elevator.
Israeli troops stormed the Savoy hotel on the Tel Aviv seafront after a six hour siege killing seven guerrillas and freeing hostages. An eighth attacker was captured after a brief exchange of gunfire as a mob of angry Israelis protested outside the ambulance. Kissinger condemned the raid as violence and urged progress toward Middle East peace.
Environmental Protection Administrator Russell Train delays tougher auto emission rules for one year citing sulfuric acid concerns from catalytic converters. Congress is not expected to act on a five-year pause until at least next year as Ford administration and lawmakers weigh options amid criticism from environmental groups and the oil industry.
At the ALGIERS meeting OPEC offered to negotiate conditions for oil price stabilization linked to costs of manufactured goods services and technology The three day summit ended with a solemn declaration urging long term producer consumer relations Chairman President Boumedienne called the summit a historic success The declaration notes inflation and currency depreciation have eroded real oil value while prices are below what would come from alternative energy sources It says OPEC is prepared to negotiate conditions to stabilize prices allowing consumer economies to adjust Earlier sources said leaders backed a five year freeze in real oil price if Western customers aid Third World development The declaration lists further aims but the document was truncated in the report
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