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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1979
Page
4
EPA final 1979 model car fuel economy list shows the Volkswagen Rabbit diesel top at 41 mpg with separate four and five speed variants. The Honda Civic enters the top ten for the first time, occupying ninth and tenth places, while the Aston Martin V8 records the worst mileage at 8 mpg.
In Middletown Connecticut researchers removed four cigar shaped resin saturated linen scrolls from the pelvic area of a 3000 year old mummy believed to be a young affluent male. X rays showed objects inside the body and experts suggest ritual significance possibly linked to Horus.
Chinese surgeons report removing an abnormal fetus from a cyst in the abdomen of a three month old boy in Peking. The fetus lived on the liver and drew nutrients via two blood vessels. The baby was unusually large at birth and is recovering well after the operation.
Americans for Democratic Action ADA urges Senate to replace the Electoral College with direct elections. National Director Leon Shull says the unit rule disenfranchises voters in states where the winning candidate lacks broad support.
Six dog teams led 50 mushers 120 miles from Nome at Elim checkpoint. Officials expect the lead musher to reach Nome around noon Sunday, about 16 days after the race started in Anchorage.
The Sea Shepherd, an 18 year old 192 foot British trawler, was halted by four foot ice while en route from a sealing protest toward Sydney Nova Scotia. Half the crew were jailed after a clash with Canadian authorities and author Cleveland Amory was flown to attend a court hearing for eight crewmen.
Alexandra A. Johnson, a former American diplomat, says she lost her Foreign Service job after accusing Israel of systematically torturing Palestinian prisoners. She claims at least four colleagues at the U S Consulate in Jerusalem reported torture to Washington.
In Madrid police say urban guerrillas shot a policeman dead when he approached their car to question them. A second patrolman wounded one attacker and helped arrest another with bystanders aid. two guerrillas fled. Ballistics link pistols to three January February killings of a bank guard, two police officers, and a judge.
Twenty seven bombs exploded on Corsica Friday night with no injuries reported. The National Corsican Liberation Front claimed responsibility saying the attacks target banks and savings institutions to protest colonial oppression. Police reported damage mainly to windows and doors.
Former Cambodian Premier Lon Nol arrives at Los Angeles in a wheelchair with a delegation of about 20, including his wife and one of their eight children. He has lived in Honolulu since his government was toppled by the Khmer Rouge in 1975 and will reside in Orange County.
Luis Herrera Campins becomes Venezuela's fifth freely elected president in 20 years at inaugural ceremony. He criticizes oil policies of his predecessor and signals a potentially strict stance on prices and production. The 53-year-old former senator insists no need to boost output to cover Iranian export cuts. He quips that guardians angel speaks Arabic.
In Johannesburg white miners stay away from gold platinum and coal mines after the Mine Workers Union rejects management demands to return to work as a precondition for talks. Sources expect the nationwide strike to wane within a week.
Susan B Anthony, 62, great-great niece of the 19th century reformer, cautions women at a Hartford news conference after a speech to the Greater Hartford Council on Alcoholism that alcohol ism acts as a new restraint on women. She says the problem stems from relief seeking through alcohol and criticizes the white male system.
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