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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1979

Page

11

U S Nurses Peace Settlement Faces Delicate Phase

A Carter administration team led by Zbigniew Brzezinski travels to Saudi Arabia to ease Arab hostility over the Egypt Israel peace treaty. Defense Secretary Brown talks with Israel's Ezer Weizman about more United States aid as leaders anticipate a signing within about 10 days, though no firm date exists.

Washington Carter Middle East Zbigniew Brzezinski Saudi Arabia Egypt Israel Pentagon Harold Brown Ezer Weizman Brown Menachem Begin Anwar Sadat

Weizman Sees Promised U S Aid For Israel Withdrawal

World-Wide report says the United States may provide about 2.5 billion dollars over three years to back Israel's Sinai withdrawal, plus 1.8 billion in annual aid. Officials caution figures are provisional, with Congress and the president to decide. Egyptian Defense Minister Kamal Hasan Ali planned to meet Weizman and Brown.

Weizman Israel United States Sinai Peninsula Negev Desert U.S Brown Congress Pentagon Kamal Hasan Ali

Prison guards freed by inmates at Indiana State Prison

Three Indiana State Prison guards were released unharmed after more than three hours in captivity by inmates at the maximum security facility on Lake Michigan shore. State officials said the number of involved inmates was not known and it was unclear if they were armed.

Michigan City Ind Indiana Lake Michigan

Space shuttle Columbia glued for possible Monday flight

Engineers at Edwards Air Force Base California reassembled the shuttle Columbia after tile loosening delayed the launch. If the glue holds, the two day road trip to Cape Canaveral Florida may occur Monday aboard a jumbo jet.

Edwards Air Force Base Calif Florida Cape Canaveral Fla National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal advisory board greenlights funded test-tube research

A federal advisory panel said taxpayer support for test-tube baby studies is ethically acceptable if aimed at overcoming infertility. The panel stopped short of endorsing government funding for research joining human eggs and sperm in the lab and sent the issue back to HEW Secretary Joseph Califano.

Washington UPI HEW Joseph Califano

Safe play for three notrump in a club lead

A bridge hand from a 10 of clubs lead tests safe play in three notrump. If East has three clubs to the queen, ducking both hands yields four club tricks when the queen is played, or three if the queen is kept back. Two spades and four diamonds then yield nine tricks, with variations based on Wests opening lead and Easts reaction.

Blackwood East South West

Housing construction slows to multi-year low in February

Washington reports housing starts at a 1.41 million annual rate in February the slowest since July 1976. Weather and record mortgage rates above 10 percent nationwide curb activity, halting work at many sites and delaying material delivery, deepening the industry slump.

Washington UPI Commerce Department

Border fence plan in San Diego El Paso unclear

Rep. Lionel Van Deerlin says the administration appears to have dropped 12 miles of border fence work in San Diego and El Paso areas, while Justice Department denies any final decision. A spokesman cites it as for the attorney general and the president to decide with no timing given. Van Deerlin says the DOJ halted the plans after White House and State Department pressure.

Washington UPI Lionel van Deerlin Dcalif San Diego el Paso Justice Department United States van Deerlin White House State Department

Carter opens re election committee filings in Washington

President Carter's re election committee formally begins operations with legal counsel Tim Smith filing papers for the Carter Mondale Presidential Committee to the Federal Election Commission as Carter cites paramount issues delaying a formal declaration.

Washington UPI Carter Tim Smith Carter-Mondale Presidential Committee Federal Election Commission

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