19 May 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1978
Page
1
The notice directs readers to page five for the Prairie High graduation class roster. It hints at names and affiliations in the published list, typical of school milestone notes in the sequence.
The Iowa Board of Regents enacts measures that please ISU faculty while upseting students and leaving other groups puzzled about the university's direction.
Page 16 reports a controversial case involving the son of a former presidential press secretary who killed his English teacher. The item notes public interest, legal questions, and reactions.
Ambiguous OCR fragment notes relief and a success statement about a goal being achieved and a person being removed from public life. No clear names, places, dates, or organizations are present to anchor specifics. The item reads as a short celebratory remark rather than a dated news event.
Several readers challenge a recent Dear Abby response while brief notes on corporate filings appear on page 22 and a reader response discussion appears on page 10.
A Buchanan County church plans a 125th anniversary celebration. The event highlights long standing community ties and local religious history. The note mentions weather forecasts with partly cloudy skies and chances of showers.
A light note observes that most people's first thought about income tax is that government costs are high. The remark hints at fiscal concerns and public funding debates in a humorous frame.
Hundreds of French Foreign Legion paratroopers were dropped on Kolwezi to rescue about 3,000 foreign residents behind rebel lines. U S airlift ferries French and Belgian military equipment into Zaire while Cuba and Soviet weapons claims surround the crisis.
The Postal Service Board of Governors approved raising first class letters from 13 to 15 cents effective May 29 on a 4-2 vote with the panel backing the Rate Commission's plan to also raise business mail to 16 cents. The full rate structure moved forward on a 5-1 vote amid concerns over parcel post costs.
In Rockford Illinois Simon Peter Nelson 46 is accused of killing his six children aged 3 through 12 in a January 7 murder at their home. His estranged wife Ann Nelson testified that he boasted of a dramatic act intended to ruin her skating career and left for Milwaukee after a dispute over divorce. The defense contends Nelson was temporarily insane at the time.
Iowa professionals consider creating an Iowa Wilderness Experience program modeled on Discovery Land in Texas to treat youths in a wilderness setting. The plan aims to help adolescents with emotional or behavioral issues while addressing Supreme Court objections to out-of-state placements and costs.
Workers Bernard DeWitte and Bobby Schultz place final touches on the Linn County Courthouse yard renovation started about a year ago. Design consultant Herman Thompson says only a few tasks remain as weather and illness slowed progress. The project cost is pegged at $40,805 with Leo Marion Concrete Construction Co. paid $36,603 and Thompson's firm $4,202.
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