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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1979
Page
2
The House backed a 532 billion fiscal 1980 target budget after Senate education increases appeased liberals. A prior defeat over defense costs and social-cut gains prompted delay warnings as Budget panels haggled before final passage.
A three member panel will hear a back pay dispute for 2,668 union crewmen covering about 2000 per worker back to Jan 1 1978. Negotiators agreed to submit to the panel and avoid a possible strike that could affect the 13 state freight system and 27 000 Chicago area commuters.
A female student was wounded in Means Hall at Emory University as a young woman armed with a .38 pistol surrendered from a second floor student center balcony. Police said no hostages were taken and the wounded student was in stable condition at a hospital.
Washington AP reports a House subcommittee moved to restrict government funded abortions for poor women in rape or incest cases. The Labor Health Education and Welfare panel voted to underwrite Medicaid abortions only when the woman's life is at risk. Rep. Bob Michel confirmed the decision.
The Carter administration expects a 1970s style oil shock to produce a 27 billion trade deficit this year as imported oil bills rise to 52 billion, erasing what would have been a 25 billion surplus. About half of US oil use is imported.
A masked intruder tied up Lloyd Cotsen wife and two youths and a guest before shooting all three in the head with a .22 pistol. Jo anne Cotsen 49 Noah Cotsen 14 and Chris Doering 13 were treated, with Mrs. Cotsen and Noah in serious condition after surgery.
At 11 a.m. winds are from the north at 15 mph. Sunrise is Friday at 5 38, sunset at 8 30. Temperatures a year ago were high 75, low 60 with no precipitation. Extended forecast shows a chance of showers Saturday night and Sunday, partly cloudy Monday, highs in the 70s and lows upper 40s to low 50s. River stages today list several gauges with several rises and falls, LaCrosse 10.0, Davenport 13.1 up 0.1, others steady or changing little. Cedar at C R reads 4.90.
Israeli warplanes attacked guerrilla positions in Lebanon for a second day, after cross border shelling wounded two Israelis and a PLO bombing killed two Israeli women and a baby. A bomb wounded one man at a Jerusalem supermarket.
An American mercenary leader says Idi Amin is back in Uganda hiding on a fortified farm near Arua in West Nile district. Daniel Pierre Waltner heads a 15 man team hired by an Israeli to locate Amin and says he saw him from a distance.
Birth announcements from Mercy and St Luke's list a son for Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Young Cedar Rapids area. multiple daughters for families at addresses in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Additional notes include a May 22 birth at Iowa City to Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gilchrist and various grandparents and survivor details. police and emergency calls noted for Wednesday afternoon and evening.
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