25 Nov 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1978
Page
1
A local notice highlights a recall affecting shotgun barrels and lists hunting season closures looming as the season winds down. Readers are urged to review safety and compliance details and plan accordingly.
Cedar Rapids students show interest in a newly announced vocational training program with details promised on Page 11A. Other notes mention an Ozark plane emergency landing with a safe outcome on Page 7B and broader provincial shifts in agriculture after a tax bill passage on Page 9A.
On page 2B scores show results across B and G divisions including C R Kennedy 54 Dav West 53 and Bettendorf 89 Dub Hempstead 56. Standouts include Iowa City 84 Burlington N D 69 and Vinton 60 Marion 50 with Vinton 70 Tipton 72.
Considerable cloudiness today with highs in the upper 30s. Tonight a mix of rain and snow is possible with lows near 28. Snow chances continue Sunday with highs in the lower 30s. A humorous line about a modern pioneer and a rainy Saturday without TV ends the note.
UPI reports American railroads reduced their planned freight rate increase from 8.1 percent to about 7 percent, with actual rises likely around 6.4 percent after selective low pricing. Alfred Kahn and Brock Adams hailed the move as a victory and urged other industries to follow, noting the wage-price council caps the maximum at 6.6 percent under Carter’s guidelines.
State Rep. Joan Lipsky returns from Santiago Chile where she observed juvenile programs she says could aid Iowa. She notes Chile's high illegitimate birth rate dropped via education and government aid, and urges a statewide task force to enlarge local juvenile services as Iowa's new Juvenile Justice Code shifts juveniles from court oversight to other agencies.
State Department officials rejected calls for intervention at Jonestown Guyana where up to 800 people died last weekend. They cited past interviews with consular staff found no proof of abuse and warned against infringing religious liberty. Recovery costs cited near 3 million dollars with potential rise as more bodies are found.
FBI says leaks over years have exposed organized crime data to criminals. The LEIU network links 150 state and local agencies sharing mob information. An FBI memo from the early 1970s warns of leakage risks, with a year’s latest leak tied to an intelligence specialist in Las Vegas.
Denny Foster, 33, long battle through kidney cancer, cardiac arrest, diabetes, pneumonia and multiple surgeries ends with his discharge from Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital. Doctors call him the sickest patient treated, yet he survived after a nine month intravenous diet and severe complications.
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