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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1977
Page
1
The page highlights ideas for holiday weekend visits near Cedar Rapids and reports more than 900 youngsters enjoying the Kids Fisheree at Robbins Lake with multiple prizes. A health quiz on high blood pressure appears in the Gazette, promising life saving knowledge.
In brief, House members fret over missing regional analyses and data as Carter aides promise more information. Also, Gov. Brown vetoes California death penalty restoration, Carter outlines nuclear talks with Gromyko, and the Dow sinks below 900 after a week of losses.
A Cedar Rapids youth bureau captain describes rising drug use among students from junior high to grade schools. He cites peer pressure and wider acceptance as key factors behind marijuana beer liquor and pills seen before and after school. He recalls 1967 arrests and notes changing drugs from speed to LSD heroin and marijuana with officials seeking effective responses.
Wim van t Hoog and Greetje Blomsma, ages seven and ten, describe a peaceful four day hostage ordeal in a besieged Dutch school. They speak of classroom games, good food, and friendly captors while noting limited sleep and restricted movement.
A Soviet IL-62 with an engine on fire struck a high tension line while attempting an emergency landing at Jose Marti airport in thick fog and crashed. Cuban officials report 66 dead, two survivors, one a Russian boy and one East German woman, as authorities investigate the tragedy.
About 200 workers on Harnischfeger Corp second shift walked off Friday over a new attendance policy. Spokesmen said 90 percent joined the walkout and Teamsters delivering to the plant honored it as two semis remained idle. No comment from Cedar Rapids plant supervisor Ed Heying.
The second trial of Robert Anthony Williams for the 1968 Christmas Eve murder of Pamela Sue Powers is moved to Linn county district court Cedar Rapids jury selection set for June 20 with Judge James A. Denato presiding Dan Johnson to prosecute and three Des Moines attorneys on Williams defense A prior Supreme Court reversal over a condemned police interrogation left intact the Miranda issue as the core but moot on venue change Williams was convicted in 1969 and sentenced to life in Fort Madison prison
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