03 May 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1978
Page
1
A city council meeting this morning reflected the outcome of a nationwide recruiting drive. Officials at Cargill face costs due to soybean oil spills, while a Corn Sweeteners executive adopts a hardline stance.
Des Moines investigators pursue a crucial piece of evidence in Tulsa as part of a broader inquiry. The article notes the pursuit across jurisdictions and hints at interconnected cases at play.
The financial pages report labor problems and two local quarterly reports at Ford Motor Co along with stock holders' allegations. Also noted is a Very Special Arts Festival at the University of Iowa Memorial Union scheduled for this Sunday.
A brief item notes Kennedy's Crocker achieving a decisive win against Norway, signaling a notable performance by the team.
A successful multi award winning artist releases an album that includes tracks from his second television special. The page notes partly cloudy weather with mid 40s lows and mid 60s highs and easterly winds 5 to 15 mph.
A Science report suggesting long term high dose acetaminophen might cause cataracts is challenged by Tylenol maker McNeil Laboratories and NIH eye researchers. a panel notes six months to a year usage and possible genetic factors while experts caution correlation to humans remains unproven.
The Linn District Court ordered August Holmquist to receive $1140 in added interest after a court check was delayed from January 11 to January 23 while awaiting the defendants' payment. Holmquist had a $498,000 judgment from a 1970 auto crash that left him with the loss of a leg. The defendants’ January 11, 1970s era private check could not be counted as full satisfaction of the judgment.
Iowa City police subdued three University of Iowa football players amid a riot at Woodfield’s Disco. Officer Dave Harris and four other officers were injured as about a dozen lawmen intervened. Hobbs Vazquez and Wagner face multiple riot and assault charges after celebrating Vazquez’s 21st birthday. They appeared in court innocent on all counts with hearings set for May 10.
Radical Palestinian attackers ambushed French and Senegalese U.N. troops in Tyre Lebanon killing six and wounding nine including the French force commander. The clash, the deadliest since peacekeepers arrived, prompted a red alert and a volley of return fire to stop infiltrations toward Israeli-occupied areas.
The Iowa House approved a two phase increase in the state gasoline tax by 3 cents and diesel by 3.5 cents with July 1 1979 as the first step, sending the bill to Governor Robert Ray who called it a good compromise. The measure would boost road funding by about 51 million, but critics warn it may spur unnecessary highway projects.
Steady Linn Russell at 3920 Sherman St. NE holds a pose while Larry Wisdom of 532 Ninth St. SW outlines her shadow on paper during Sun Day activities at Jackson Elementary School.
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