State boys basketball qualifiers near completion
All but seven qualifiers for this year's boys state basketball tournament have been announced. The article notes progress toward finalization and hints at upcoming results on page 15.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1978
Page
1
Taft-Hartley Act and the dollar abroad
Mexicans and Californians shovel mud and search wreckage on page 16 while a discussion asks if invoking the Taft-Hartley Act could help save the American dollar overseas.
Grant Wood Agency punishes staffer for feigning sickness
A staff member at the Grant Wood Area Education Agency faces punishment after being found not truly ill. The incident prompted policy reviews and disciplinary steps by the agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Wood Area
Iowa legislative actions spark delays and debates
Final action on landlord tenant reform in Iowa is delayed as lawmakers tackle controversial provisions. Open meetings law clarification gains traction while other pages report on candidates and spending plans. Donovan Nelson and rival Robert Ray are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Dear Abby Gift Checks For Kids Draw Reader Response
Readers reply to Dear Abby on giving checks as Christmas gifts to young children. Dr Block weighs in on a top pediatrics topic. Weather outlook clear to partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with cool lows and highs. Washington DC paperwork cuts fail due to volume. Copyright statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Speck admits killings in prison interview
Convicted mass murderer Richard Speck granted an exclusive prison interview to a Chicago Sun-Times columnist. He said he killed seven of eight nurses during the 1966 Chicago murders and claimed an accomplice, a man he later killed, aided the crime. He described heroin and whiskey intoxication and denied naming his partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Speck
Bob Greene
Speck
Greene
Stateville Prison
III
Chicago
Stateville Penitentiary
100Th Street
Rail bottlenecks threaten Cedar Rapids growth and jobs
Cedar Rapids shippers told Robert E. Gallamore of the Federal Railroad Administration that rail problems jeopardize industrial expansion and new jobs. Executives from Corn Sweeteners General Mills Quaker Oats Wilson Foods and Cargill warned that limited rail service forces reliance on trucks and could curb future plant expansion and car needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Robert E. Gallamore
Federal Railroad Administration
City Hall
Martin Andreas
Corn Sweeteners
al Williams
General Mills
Williams
Quaker Oats
Wilson Foods
Cargill
Bill Scharnberg
Gallamore
Fourth Street
Robert Ray
Iowa
Milwaukee Road
Rock Island
FRA
Don Canney
Jesus Took a Hand Robbery Shooting Targets Flynt Case
In Lawrenceville Georgia after Larry Flynt was shot near the courthouse obscenity case, a caller claimed Jesus had intervened. Prosecutor Gary Davis aide Ralph McGee said the anonymous call came about 20 minutes after Flynt was wounded. Flynt remained in critical condition, receiving blood transfusions as doctors assessed his recovery. Bullet fragments indicated a .44 caliber rifle used in the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceville
Larry Flynt
Jesus
Ralph McGee
Gary Davis
Hustler Magazine
Flynt
John Hughes
Button Gwinnett Hospital
Hughes
Georgia State Crime Laboratory
Carter denies mine seizure plan amid coal strike
President Carter told Democratic leaders there are no plans to seize the coal mines if strikers refuse Taft Hartley. House and Senate leaders backed the approach while a three member presidential board begins hearings on the 92 day strike and a federal injunction looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speck
Washington
Carter
House
John Brademas
Brademas
Ray Marshall
Justice Department
Miller
CBS Morning News
Marshall
ABC
Taft-Hart
United States
Joe Hoskins
UMW
Ohio
Bud
Congressional
White House
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United Mine Workers Union
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
John Gentry
Griffin Bell
Central City
American Agriculture Organization
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Douglas Fraser
Senate
Robert Byrd
Howard Baker
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
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