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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1975
Page
5
Central City Community High School students decorated grounds for homecoming after a past overlap with Halloween. The display included outhouses, scrapped appliances, Volkswagen hulks, and tires, prompting a rural resident to call firefighters who found no structural damage to school property. Albumett is Central City's homecoming for Friday night.
The Senate resolved a weeklong stalemate over a natural gas emergency bill aimed at averting a winter shortage. A final vote is set for Oct. 24 after contested provisions on price controls and emergency purchases. Three options under consideration include a Democratic plan for short pipeline gas at about $1.30 per megaliter, a Ford-backed plan allowing market-priced emergency buys, and a long-term control-removal measure that faces House resistance.
Four Cedar Rapids men pled guilty in federal court to gambling without a license in an alleged fall operation. Each received a $100 fine as part of plea bargains to testify next week in a co-defendant’s trial. They faced up to $10,000 and one year. the government urged light sentences. Names: Robert Coover, Frank Falco, Lee Giza, Larry Smith.
The saying links the appearance of a second man to halving the first man s rights, and then divides your own rights by total population to claim insight. It presents a playful, paradoxical interpretation of ownership and equity.
DETROIT AP Volkswagen ends two decade run as America's leading economy car importer. Rising home costs and a strong dollar push VW to abandon the economy market. 1976 Beetle price hikes and new standard equipment mark shift as rival makers push affordable models lower.
President Ford will travel to rural France for a three day summit with leaders from West Germany France Italy Japan and Britain to discuss global economic recovery trade and monetary policy. Canada is expected to participate. The meeting will be informal with a minimal protocol and limited participants centered on enhancing global prosperity.
Israel signed the final Sinai accord as the Senate backed 20 to 18 and the House 341 to 63 in approving 200 American technicians to monitor the peace. Civilians will staff electronic stations in the buffer zone between Israeli and Egyptian forces, enabling troop pullback and oilfield return to Egypt.
In Washington and New York reporters outline a likely confrontation between a Democratic-controlled Congress and President Ford over a tax cut tied to federal spending. Ford warns he will veto if spending lacks restraint while House Speaker Carl Albert argues for fiscal discipline before budget review. ABC-TV notes Ford has held frequent non-live press events as networks vary on live coverage.
President Ford cited security worries and potential demonstrations in Louisville as the reason for canceling a planned Republican fund raising dinner. Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll said the decision stemmed from fear of political embarrassment over school busing and a GOP candidate who was likely to lose.
Linges Investment Co owners sue Ralston Purina and Keystone entities in Linn County Iowa district court for 5.25 million alleging a fraudulent 1974 merger scheme to seize Keystone International stock. They seek damages for diminished stock value and punitive damages, or fair market value, plus an injunction invalidating the merger.
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