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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1979
Page
2
A condensed list of page sections and features from the late edition. Mentions City Hall Editorial Scrabble, Deaths, Marion, Farm Pol Notes, Bldg Finance, Older R.Card, Sports, Horoscope, and Pictures across multiple pages and columns.
Death penalty opponents gathered at the Florida governor’s mansion to plead for two inmates, John Speakelink and Willie Darden, to be spared. Gov. Bob Graham refused, while the Florida Supreme Court could issue stays Monday amid appeals. Demonstrators plan protests in Starke as executions loom.
Twelve Texas Senate members dubbed the Killer Bees hide from the Legislature as Rangers and state police pursue them over a disputed 1980 presidential primary measure. Their absence deprives the Senate of a two thirds quorum, threatening action on the budget and school finance bills before the May 28 session end.
Sen. Russell Long lists 1.2 million dollars in oil and gas interests in his 1978 financial disclosure. The Louisiana Democrat, long an oil industry ally, reports royalties and remaining oil and gas value. The Friday release shows seven other Finance Committee members with oil and gas stakes.
A Marine A-6A Intruder vanished after practice maneuvers over Vieques Island where fishermen protested the range. Lt. Col. Mark Baker said last radio contact with the bomber carrying a pilot and navigator was late Thursday and officials are unsure where it went down.
A powerful explosion hit the Cuban mission offices in Washington and the FBI was called in to investigate. A group opposing Fidel Castro claimed responsibility for the blast.
A small Cessna 182 crashed into a two story Long Island home five minutes after takeoff, bursting into flames and killing all four aboard and two residents. Clifford Ellis, 58, and Elaine Ellis, 54, were in the second floor bedroom. neighbors attempted rescue but were driven back by smoke and flames.
Synanon officials deny a published report that the Internal Revenue Service refused their request for federal tax-exempt status as a religion. Attorney and secretary Philip Bour dette called the Independent and Gazette story absolutely false, while the report placed the decision in Washington.
Gov. James R. Thompson approved a $4.6 million package for government employee pay raises in a low key action. No press conference was held and the measure was disclosed only on a posted list of gubernatorial actions in the Capitol press room.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat met U S Jewish B nai B rith leaders in Alexandria and urged Menachem Begin to curb antagonism toward Arabs. Begin reaffirmed that no Palestinian state or East Jerusalem division will be accepted, as talks with Jordan and U S mediators continue on Palestinian autonomy.
Panama launches a $60 million coastal petroleum terminal designed to move 500000 barrels of Alaska crude daily. The facility on the Pacific coast near the Costa Rican border transfers oil from super tankers to smaller ships able to traverse the Panama Canal for East Coast refineries.
Cambodian civilians and soldiers loyal to deposed premier Pol Pot crossed into Thailand amid a Vietnamese-backed Cambodian offensive. Chantaburi Governor reported the latest flight, describing a wave exceeding thirty thousand people seeking refuge near the border southeast of Bangkok.
Spring floods in Poland hit 1 percent of farmland along the Oder and Vistula basins. Officials estimate damage around 133 million dollars, mainly north and northeast of Warsaw. Residents praise swift government relief but say deaths and hardships were not officially reported.
Arthur Wood of Ketting England, rejected by the British army at age 40 due to a bad heart and a prognosis of short life, has just celebrated his 103rd birthday. He survived predictions and lived far beyond them.
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