16 May 1977
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1977
Page
1
An Oklahoma plastic surgeon reports a new technique using a microscope that restores sperm production with claimed 100 percent effectiveness after vasectomy reversal. The claim appears on page 10 and is framed amid other health and policy notes in the issue.
A brief weather note reports a chance of rain tonight with lows near 60 degrees. It notes Tuesday will be partly cloudy with highs in the mid 80s. The text adds a casual aside about a camper being a recreational vehicle while changing a flat tire.
An Iowa Gazette report reveals auto body shops in Cedar Rapids may have inflated bills by charging labor for straightening damaged parts instead of replacing them. The practice, described by a shop foreman as widespread but not a scheme, prompted an Iowa attorney general inquiry into possible consumer fraud.
Fire destroyed the Everett Wink home in Delaware Sunday afternoon. Parents were away when smoke issued from the stairs at 2:30 p.m. Five children, a grandson and the husband lived there. Firefighters from Delaware, Delhi, Earlville, Greeley and Manchester battled the blaze as wind fanned the flames. no injuries reported. The family had nowhere to go and little money to rent a place.
In Cedar Rapids more than 1,500 tradesmen struck after a two week contract extension expired. Six unions participate with painters and sheet metal workers already under three year deals. Laborers Local 43 set up site pickets as carpenters and iron workers join the walkout.
President Kenneth Kaunda announced Zambia is in a state of war with Rhodesia and ordered full army alert. He said any Rhodesian aircraft entering Zambian airspace would be shot on sight and cited Rhodesia's four year conflict as the backdrop for heightened cross border tensions. Mozambique and Botswana are listed as other guerrilla bases.
A UPI report says an international energy study warns world oil demand may exceed supplies in four to six years if OPEC restraint continues. By 2000 shortages could reach 15 to 20 million barrels a day despite conservation and fuel shifts. The analysis also notes coal and nuclear growth, and higher oil prices, will not prevent a gap through century’s end.
Mabel Woodward, 66, of Prairieburg died Monday after inhaling ammonia fumes from a broken valve at the Farm Services office. Fireman Jim Walmutt says Mrs Woodward, wife of Farm Services manager Robert Woodward, reported the valve, then was overcome.
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