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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1979
Page
1
A weather update notes mostly cloudy skies tonight with a chance of flurries and cold lows around 10. Friday brings decreasing cloudiness with highs in the mid-20s and north winds diminishing slowly. See page 2A for details.
A three judge panel appointed Arthur Christy as special prosecutor to probe alleged cocaine possession by Hamilton Jordan in the Southern District of New York on June 27, 1978. The order allows investigation of related or relevant cocaine use allegations and cites the Ethics in Government Act.
The notice notes a simple process to build a gasohol operation in Iowa with minimal regulatory hurdles as reported in today’s edition. The same page highlights Carter signing a milk price support bill and a Chinese man winning a discrimination case against the DEQ.
The United States asked the International Court of Justice in The Hague to order Iran to release 49 American hostages in Tehran. Observers call the move symbolic, aimed at peaceful resolution and pressuring Iran as the U.N. Security Council debates the crisis.
Americans demonstrated support for Iran hostages as church bells rang at noon and white armbands spread nationwide. President Carter urged prayers and letters to Iran's UN mission while church groups and political figures promoted the act, with varied local responses and protests noted across several states.
Lasse Hertel, a 26 year old Rockwell Collins engineer from Norway, fights deportation while seeking a permanent resident visa. The Cedar Rapids case pauses as the firm awaits job description approvals and labor department clearance before ads go out.
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