07 Nov 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1978
Page
1
The board of directors approves action on two transportation appeals. A $100,000 solution may be needed for the southeast quadrant students attending Arthur Elementary School.
A Gazette editorial argues for a difference between facilities for the mentally handicapped and what it calls group homes while an irate Cedar Rapids resident denounces what he terms land grabs. Page 6A.
News coverage starts well before polls close at 9 tonight with updates anticipated on the 8A page. The note alerts readers to follow ongoing reporting ahead of election results.
Des Moines Merle Hay Mall resumes operations after a fatal fire. investigators aim to determine the cause, with a week expected for findings. Local authorities and fire personnel continue scene work as shoppers return.
A computer expert aimed to swindle a bank transfer system for more than ten million dollars, though the case may have ultimately benefited the firm. A Greek woman’s costly teen romance is noted, while consumer strategies and industry gossip draw attention on multiple pages. Tuberculosis decline raises new concerns.
Dr Block replies to a reaction about his column outlining parental responsibilities. The exchange appears in the paper with references to pages 14A and 10A.
Gregory Peck takes on his first real screen villain role in a movie about human cloning. The page note sets weather as clear to partly cloudy with a warming trend into Wednesday and temperatures from upper 30s tonight to mid-60s by midweek.
Lawmen from Cedar Rapids Iowa City Coralville Davenport Burlington Muscatine and Clinton convened in Iowa City to pursue a serial rapist believed to have attacked eight women since June 1978 with two access methods: approaching in parking lots near malls and gaining cooperation through manipulation. A FBI unit and state investigators join the effort as officers estimate 40 to 50 assaults and stress the suspect’s professional approach and uniform modus operandi.
In heavy fog the Staten Island ferry American Legion failed to dock at Manhattan and crashed into a Battery Park seawall. About 170 people were injured, with 25 most serious sent to hospitals. captain Irving Satler praised as skilled amid the crash
In Shamokin Pennsylvania four men dragged 58 year old Charles Marcineck into the woods and hanged him on Saturday night. One man on a nearby road shouted to let him go and saved his life. Marcineck said the attackers likely acted for kicks. Police have no suspects. He was left with rope wounds and shaken by the assault.
Tehran reports say the former Iran Air chief Ali Khademi died from gunshot wounds after being shot near his home. The martial law regime arrests 11 former civilian officials and a businessman amid corruption probes, while protests and rioting challenge the Shah's rule.
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