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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1979
Page
6
Harris Poll finds 73 percent support a woman’s right to choose within three months with doctor’s advice and 60 percent back the Supreme Court ruling. It notes 39 percent of opinionated voters would back anti abortion candidates and warns of strong anti abortion organizing influencing politics including Iowa races.
The piece condemns Idi Amin’s regime in Uganda linking his fall to fuel shortages and Tanzania’s incursions. It notes U S criticism of Amin despite moralizing over Cambodia and Entebbe’s Israeli rescue. It describes assassinations, treason frameups, and widespread killings under Amin’s despotic rule.
Mark Russell and Debby Boone endorse Ronald Reagan signaling a Hollywood tilt. The piece lists Cagney Sinatra Stewart Young Dunne and Pickford among backers while noting Jerry Brown and John Connally lack celebrity involvement as calls for canceling elections recur.
This 1979 piece by James Reston compares the upcoming Senate votes on Middle East defense and Soviet arms control to the 1919 1920 debate over the League of Nations. It notes similarities and warns that rejection of efforts to shape world order could have shaped later U.S. history, urging study of past conflicts for current policy.
Two weeks ago a kitten with facial and neck lesions was brought to a clinic. The daughter developed ringworm seven days after acquiring the cat, and a positive fungus culture confirmed the infection. The disease spreads via direct contact and can persist in dry premises for over a year.
A letter criticizes a Cedar Rapids police stop over a red light and laments slow officer response. It questions fuel conservation plans and urges broad limits on entertainment travel rather than singling out auto racing. The writer argues for shared sacrifice to reduce fuel use.
The author argues against inflated building and equipment costs in hospitals. Politicians criticizing costs are accused of ignoring wage increases. Carter is urged to prove he can cut annual cost increases by applying standard cost accounting to federal hospital spending.
A Cedar Rapids motorist thanks the police and two witnesses for quickly identifying a semitrailer truck in a hit-and-run at G Avenue and Oakland Road NE. Officers traced the Oklahoma-licensed truck to its insurer and safety officer within hours, who then contacted the injured driver.
The third consecutive winter blizzard across the East and Midwest paralyzes transit and commerce. Potholes surge in Washington and New York amid thaw hazards. George Washington's Birthday sales cancel. Chicago reports seven feet of snow with business losses.
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