Weather and river outlook with births and emergency notes
Highs in the mid 50s to around 60 with overnight lows in the 30s. A chance of rain Sunday and Monday. mostly fair Tuesday. Mississippi River stages listed for Dubuque Clinton LeClaire Davenport Muscatine Kellsburg and Cedar Rapids, with several rises and falls. Birth notices include Mercy March 30 and multiple area families with newborns and out of town entries. River searches and emergency calls noted with times for Cedar River and local streets.
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Settlement seen in New York newspaper deliverers dispute
In New York both The New York Times and The Daily News push toward a settlement with the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union after a 21 hour bargaining session. Union leader Douglas LaChance said talks focus on contract language and wages as papers pause negotiations pending a final agreement.
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UPI
New York Times
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Daily News
Newspaper Deliverers Union Today
Douglas LaChance
Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union of
New York and Vicinity
LaChance
Deliverers’ Union
Times, News
New York Post
Times
the Post
Coral Inn
the Times
News
Publishers Association
Post Chapter
Harry Frisdell
Guild
the Times, News and Post
Frisdell
Long Island
Arkansas evangelist ends resurrection bid after burial
An emotionally distraught Arkansas evangelist and his 80 year old mother were buried after eight weeks since her death. Gladys Rogers’s body, preserved for resurrection by son Daniel Aaron Rogers, was interred Thursday at Eisenhower Cemetery in REEDS SPRING, Missouri.
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UPI
Arkansas
Gladys Rogers
Daniel Aaron Rogers
Eisenhower Cemetery
John Wayne hospitalized for tests amid zip concerns
Michael Wayne says the actor is being examined in Boston for health checks and denies reports of heart surgery to replace his aortic valve. Hospital spokesmen decline to comment beyond noting no cancer is involved.
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Boston
John Wayne
Wayne
Michael Wayne
WNAC
Massachusetts General Hospital
Vance to Meet Gromyko in Late April
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance will meet Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in late April to discuss differences on strategic arms limitation talks. Officials say Vance may also explore a possible Carter Brezhnev summit during the visit.
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Washington
Cyrus Vance
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Vance
Gromyko
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Queen Elizabeth II to receive raise in civil list payments
The Treasury announced roughly a ten percent increase to the royal family's civil list payments, including the queen's tax free annual pay of 3.524 million dollars. Details on who is receiving raises were not disclosed, as public debate grows over funds to Princess Margaret and Princess Anne.
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London
Elizabeth II
Britain
Treasury
Princess Margaret
Princess Anne
Italian gov refuses ransom for Aldo Moro crisis
The Italian government will not free 15 Red Brigades terrorists on trial in Turin to secure Aldo Moro's release. Christian Democratic leaders say the stance follows day-long talks with Premier Andreotti amid pressure from Communists and other parties to avoid bargaining with the kidnappers.
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Aldo Moro
Red Brigades
Turin
Christian Democratic Party
Giulio Andreotti
Kindergarten enrollment falls for first time on record
The Census Bureau reports kindergarten enrollment declined in the current school year from 3.5 million to 3.2 million. Officials attribute the drop mainly to a lower birth rate five years earlier, reflecting a shift in early education demand.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Pentagon ends overseas service letters drug smuggling screen
The Pentagon will stop the program of reading letters from U S service members abroad intercepted for possible drug smuggling. Customs will still open mails suspected of illegal drugs. The change comes in a letter from Brig Gen Nathaniel Thompson to the Customs Service which previously opened military mail. Harold Brown survives a 300 foot fall from the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco after plunging 29 stories shouting whoopee. He is 22 and hospitalized with multiple leg fractures but no internal injuries.
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Pentagon
United States
Nathaniel Thompson
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Customs Service
Customs
San Francisco
Harold Brown
Brown
Passman Indicted in Korean Influence Scheme
A federal grand jury indicted former Representative Otto Passman of Louisiana on charges of taking payoffs in a Korean influence-buying scheme. Passman, 77, was hospitalized for exhaustion as the indictment was returned in U S District Court. He is the second ex-congressman charged after Richard Hanna of California pleaded guilty to conspiracy in connection with about 200000 dollars in cash and gifts from rice dealer Tongsun Park.
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UPI
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D-La
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Passman
Louisiana
U.S
House
Foreign Aid
Richard Hanna
D-Calif
Tongsun Park
Judge orders chemotherapy resumed for Chad Green
Plymouth Massachusetts. A Superior Court judge orders chemotherapy for 2 year old Chad Green despite parents claims the leukemia treatment harms him. The ruling follows a district court finding parents may discontinue treatment but doctors warned Chad would die otherwise. This interim order awaits a final decision on parental rights to withhold traditional care.
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Mass
UPI
Chad Green
Gerald
Diane Green
Chad
Government rejects Hearst appeal over bank robbery case
The Justice Department tells the Supreme Court there is no basis for Patricia Hearst to appeal her 1974 bank robbery conviction. It argues she waived Fifth Amendment protection by testifying and accepting protections did not apply once she chose to testify. The filing supports lower court rulings and contends her testimony was voluntary.
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UPI
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Justice Department
Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
William Orrick
Miss Hearst
Sunset
Hibernia Bank
San Francisco
Symbionese Liberation Army
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Wade H. McCree Jr
SLA
Orrick
United States
McCree
AMC and Renault outline joint venture plans
AMC and Renault announced in principle agreement to join forces. The plan includes possible Renault car production in AMC plants, shared distribution, and sale of AMC Jeeps through Berfil dealerships.
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American Motors Corp
Renault
AMC
Berfiul
CBS acquires Scruples for CBS miniseries
Los Angeles AP reports CBS will adapt Judith Krantz best seller Scruples into a miniseries produced by Warner Bros. Television. The story follows an exclusive Beverly Hills boutique named Scruples as a social hub for an elegant, sophisticated crowd with risqué tastes.
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Los Angeles
Judith Krantz
Warner Bros. Television
CBS
Beverly Hills
Cedar Rapids Gazette Mission and Circulation Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, publishes daily and Sunday editions from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscriptions vary by period and region, with weekly and annual rates for local and out-of-state readers.
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Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Ceder Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Associated Press
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