27 Nov 1979
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1979
Page
1
A cloudy and windy forecast calls for occasional light snow through Wednesday. Lows drop to 15 to 20 degrees tonight with highs in the mid 20s, and northwest winds at 15 to 25 mph. Weather details continue on page 2A.
A Burlington man diagnosed with cancer 12 years after Army radiation exposure will receive federal benefits. The report notes the case as a landmark in veterans' compensation.
A continuation on The Charge It Society outlines how credit counseling centers aid thousands of individuals yearly. The article notes programs, services, and outcomes for people overwhelmed by debt.
ABC plans to drop three shows and premiere six new ones as it reshuffles its lineup. The company will shift its two most popular comedies while expanding its prime time slate, according to Page 10A.
A terse exchange shows a boss asking why the worker is not busy and the worker replying that they did not see the boss approaching. The line implies a sharp workplace tension and a sly retort about workload awareness.
Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini rejects any Security Council action, insisting investigations into the Shah must occur inside Iran and the Tehran embassy hostages be treated as spies. He warns against U.S. pressure to limit inquiries. The Tehran students reportedly rig mines and Iran’s armed forces escalate activity. In Washington, Sen. Bennett Johnston cites potential U.S. retaliation after hostages’ release, while Carter emphasizes honor over hostages and vows no blackmail or duress. Page 2A Iran.
A team led by Dr H Burhenne removed the final gallstone from Mohammed Reza Pahlavi at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center. The operation enabled travel readiness but the hospital will monitor for fragments or cholangitis over the next few days.
The Labor Department reports October price gains slowed for gasoline and fuel oil but overall consumer prices rose 1 percent from September. Housing costs led the rise with higher mortgage rates, home prices, and rents, while food climbed 0.7 percent. Inflation remains near a yearlong 1 percent pace, with earnings adjusted for inflation down 1.1 percent in October.
Sterling Cooperative Inc. manager Frank Patane denounces the FDA recall of pumpkin pie filling as dirty business, noting the issue concerns fillings distributed over a year earlier. The recall, announced amid peak Thanksgiving publicity, involved underprocessed batches from October 1977 to October 1978 and caused nonedible returns with no reported illnesses.
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