24 Nov 1979
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1979
Page
1
Eight East Germans from two families are planning a film about their escape to the West in a hot air balloon. The report notes details of the journey and potential obstacles while the project moves forward.
Picture Page sketches a barber or tattooist who needles clients and earns money, illustrating a street economy feature with a vested craft and local trades. The caption notes the skill and charge for the service, highlighting a colorful slice of daily work.
The Milwaukee Road was authorized Friday to borrow $30 million more to keep operations on track. The decision expands financing for ongoing service and maintenance, reflecting continued federal and state support.
Tenants at a Cedar Rapids apartment complex protest orders to remove pets including fish and birds. They picket as shoppers flood local stores and the Christmas buying season is officially launched on page 4A.
Bettendorf defeats Dubuque Senior 72 to 34 in girls prep basketball. Clinton beats Clinton-St. Marys 61 37 while Davenport West wins 71 68 over Muscatine. Des Moines Hoover 83 over Indianola 72 and Des Moines Lincoln 95 over North Polk 55.
The drama critic said he always praises the opening performance of the season and asked, Who am I to stone the first cast, signaling a cautious start for early reviews.
Washington sources say there are encouraging talks in the Tehran hostage crisis but no breakthrough anticipated due to Iran's religious climate and a December 2 national referendum. They note the Moslem holy period and the 1500th anniversary of Mohammed’s birth complicate possible conciliatory moves.
U S military analysts say Iran's army and air force have deteriorated since the revolution. They cite collapsed discipline, wiped out or fled senior commanders, a broken supply system, and inoperable pre revolution weaponry. The navy is described as weak and disorganized with a small fleet.
Polish counterintelligence chief Col. Michael Goleniewski, who defected in 1960, says the Soviet Union used Iran’s Shiite community and that Ayatollah Khomeini acted as a Russian agent in the 1950s. He provided the CIA with 8,000 secret documents and described a Soviet plan to infiltrate Shiites. the assertion surfaces in preparations for his memoirs published by Bantam Books.
Documents released show the Church of Scientology allegedly plotted to frame New York writer Paulette Cooper as an FBI suspect in bomb threats. The plan, labeled Operation Freakout, aimed to get her jailed or involuntarily committed.
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