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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1978
Page
2
Birth notices list new babies born March 14 to 16 in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Families include Antons Lisbon Bassett Ferin Springman Van Etten Bolsinger Ludwick Smart Pruess Truesdell Armstrong White Kirkpatrick Porter Green Julich Russell McHale and others. A fire at 2:18 p.m. Wednesday started by a defective dryer at 6407 Devonshire Drive.
Senate opponents concede near certainty of ratification with an AP count at 66 votes, one shy of the required 67 if all 100 vote. Iowa’s Clark and Culver, both Democrats, supported. Packwood predicted 69 votes. Laxalt, a leading opponent, said the pact would guarantee canal neutrality after 2000.
The Federal Communications Commission plans plain English wording for Citizens Band rules starting August 1. Amid the vote, Commissioner Fogarty quipped on bureaucratic language while senators pressed Carter on a Panama Canal treaty amendment amid Panamanian opposition. Also noted is an 1676 Rhode Island attack on Warwick and Providence.
Rivers and creeks clogged by ice jams risk broad flooding across central and southeast Nebraska. Gov. Exon declares emergency and orders National Guard aid as Wood River Basin residents face rising waters and Grand Island's Kingswood Estates sees four feet of floodwater. No serious damage or injuries reported.
In St. Anthony Newfoundland hunters resume their annual seal hunt after a two day pause. Local observers note continued efforts and expected haul figures as conditions allow.
Mstislav Rostropovich the National Symphony Orchestra conductor in Washington and his wife Galina Vishnevskaya were stripped of Soviet citizenship by Izvestia for acts overseas deemed harmful to the USSR. The decree bars their return to the Soviet Union after Rostropovich left in 1974 citing artistic liberty disputes.
Larry Flynt, owner of Hustler magazine, remained in critical condition but showed slight improvement at Emory University Hospital. Medical report noted stable vital signs, slightly improved pulmonary status, and no recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding after he was shot on a Lawrenceville street.
Washington officials say wind and weather will dictate the path of a radiation plume moving across the Pacific after a Chinese atmospheric nuclear test. EPA spokeswoman Martha Casey said the track should be known today or Friday. The Energy Department confirmed the blast occurred at Lop Nor in northwestern China at 11 p.m. Monday CST.
Iran backs keeping crude oil pricing steady for 1978 and sticks with the dollar for payments. Information Minister Daryush Homayun said Iran has no plan to use IMF special drawing rights despite a weaker dollar, noting over half of its $16 billion yearly imports come from the United States.
South Moluccan gunmen who seized Assen’s provincial government building held 70 hostages for 28 hours before a Dutch marine unit stormed the site. Sources say six attackers likely planned another assault and one hostage was killed during the takeover before the rescue.
U S and Soviet negotiators narrowed differences to three items: whether to allow new intercontinental ballistic missiles, total strategic weapons in each arsenal, and the status of the Soviet Backfire bomber. They reached tentative agreement on cruise missiles and mobile launch platform missiles.
Highs reach the 40s with overnight lows in the 20s to low 30s. Precipitation is none. Year ago today highs reached 29 with no precipitation. Extended forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions Saturday through Monday with temperatures in the lower to mid 40s and overnight lows in the 20s to 30s.
Industrial production gained 0.5 percent in February as auto assemblies rose 3.8 percent to 8.2 million units amid the coal strike and harsh winter. Durable goods and business equipment also climbed while energy materials fell 1.8 percent due to coal power cuts. The index reached 139.2 percent of the 1967 average, up 4.5 percent from a year earlier.
House Speaker Thomas O Neill urges the White House to craft a rollback plan for Social Security taxes. If rejected, the House will act. He notes lawmakers fear political fallout from last year’s tax increase to shore up the retirement fund.
A Carter commission calls for extending retirement to 30 years and setting a 55 age. Chairman Charles Zwick says quick administration decision is essential to calm unrest among 2.1 million armed forces members.
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