07 Mar 1979
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1979
Page
1
Cedar Rapids Melissa Bates of Prairie Elementary backs the Waupun Skills program noting approval from a local educator. The piece appears on Page 10B.
Cedar Rapids Aegis and Waukon report only one undefeated squad remains in the 1979 Girls State Basketball Tournament as action continues on Page IC.
Notice declares water in West Union off limits for drinking by infants and nursing mothers. A Des Moines hearing Tuesday night produced a clear majority response on the topic of longer heavier trucks. Also noted, twenty two boys in sailor suits impressed the Hancher Auditorium crowd per Les Zacheis.
A note reports a new civilian patient at the alcohol abuse center of Long Beach Naval Hospital. No further details given. appears on page 6C.
Newspaper note highlights Pentagon work on death rays once confined to fiction and reports House Judiciary Committee considering several Carter family peanut warehouse business options. Weather and MSU nutrition mention meat intake links appear in the margins.
Jim Davidson of Iowa Electric Light and Power says a second rate request is planned as soon as the lingering 1976 case settles. The new filing will avoid stacking increases on top of pending actions, and no amount is disclosed. A mid June hearing will review 1976 charges and a proposed customer refund tied to a staff-IE agreement.
A University of Iowa graduate student Lee Blessing wrote The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid and it won the 1979 American College Theatre Festival Student Play award. The work features a middle aged cowpoke who confronts Pat Garrett claiming to be Billy the Kid.
San Diego radiologist Robert Rayor spent three days naked in a hot spring high in the Colorado mountains after a cross country skiing accident left him without food or gear. He credits the thermal pool for preventing frostbite as a search plane and helicopter finally aided his return.
President Carter flies to Cairo and then Jerusalem for talks with Anwar Sadat and Shimon Peres as U.S. proposals aimed at breaking the deadlock in the Israeli Egyptian peace talks draw cautious approval. Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil said the plans are positive but may require changes while stressing the treaty hinges on both sides.
Victor Preisser, longtime Iowa administrator and controversial figure, will resign from the Department of Social Services at month end after 15 months as acting director, following three years as IDOT chief. He says new private-sector work remains in Iowa and not in transportation. Governor Ray praises Preisser while critics say DSS needs different leadership to align with social services goals.
Weary survivors led by Peter Miller and 17 other Evergreen State College students arrive at the Paradise shelter on Mount Rainier after spending nearly two days on the wind swept mountain. An avalanche on Sunday killed two members of the group.
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