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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1979
Page
3
Howard Granby and his father Harold Granby operate a Berwyn Illinois service station offering gasoline at 10 cents a gallon for customers who pay only in all silver pre-1965 dimes quarters half dollars or dollars.
Aurora resident Bob Gohl advertised in the Denver Post seeking a grandfatherly and a grandmotherly couple to provide Melissa, his four year old daughter, with warmth and regular visits. He wants an everyday American pair who can form a lifetime bond, not specific looks. Three couples have replied but no decision yet.
The House rejected attempts to restore price caps on heating oil and diesel and allowed Carter’s plan to let domestic crude rise to world market levels by mid 1981. The votes, part of energy funding for the Energy Department, mark the administration’s first clear energy victories in months.
Republican candidate John Connally says journalists should fully probe Edward Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick role, warning he may raise the topic himself if coverage is not exhaustive. He notes prior milk fund trial scrutiny and contrasts it with the Kennedy matter as Kennedy eyes the 1980 Democratic nomination.
University of Michigan researchers report that in five nationwide surveys from 1957 to 1978 young Americans especially those with higher incomes and education show less satisfaction and optimism than in the 1950s. Married childless women top the happiness list while affluent youth report more strain than before.
Kay Brandau received 20000 after a jury found JC Penney wrongly charged her with shoplifting at the Tanglewood Mall store in Roanoke. The charge was dismissed later in Roanoke County court. She contended the guard acted on a mistaken belief and subjected her to humiliation.
Ceremonies were planned to open Interstate 5 between Sacramento and Stockton completing the only U S interstate from Canada to Mexico. The 1380 mile freeway cost 2.3 billion dollars and allows motorists to travel the full route with no detours.
Caracas reports Venezuela will lift its export price for residual fuel oil by an average of 8.3 percent starting Sunday, marking the third major oil producer to announce a price increase this week.
A federal magistrate refused to dismiss bank fraud charges against Bert Lance and recommended a January trial date. Chancey rejected a Speedy Trial Act dismissal, with Judge Moye to oversee the trial. Medicare to raise hospital stay deductible by $20 starting January 1 to $180.
The center span of a 2669 foot bridge over the Tennessee Tombigbee River fell Thursday in Columbus Mississippi injuring a truck driver and sending an earth moving machine into the water. William McKinney of Lee County, 47, is in stable condition with possible internal injuries. Authorities are unsure of the cause, considering the excavator boom or excessive load as possibilities.
On this date in 1976 the swine flu inoculations were stopped across nine states after three people died soon after receiving the injections.
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