22 Oct 1975
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1975
Page
1
The Labor Department reports a 0.5 percent rise in the consumer price index for September, yielding a 6 percent annual rate. Food costs edged up while fruits and vegetables fell. services rose mainly due to New York transit fare hikes. Real spendable income declined 0.6 percent despite tax cuts helping annual earnings.
In Cedar Rapids primary races two incumbents won large margins for city council seats while Safety Commissioner James Steinbeck edged challenger Ed Colton by 21 votes 2342 to 2321 to face in November. Steinbeck led with 32.9 percent of the vote and Colton 32.6 percent in a tight contest with Thomas Gardner Newell and Gary Wallin trailing.
Madrid reports Generalissimo Francisco Franco, aged 82, remains in power after a serious heart attack. A palace spokesman says he spent a quiet night and is recovering in private quarters, while four specialists monitor his condition. Government sources caution the danger may not be past.
Two Madison elementary school students Brad Koach and Mark Reggentin walked home without coats as the temperature reached the high 70s. Both boys carried their jackets over their shoulders on a warm Tuesday afternoon in the city.
Federal Judge Thomas MacBride ruled that President Ford must be videotaped answering questions about the Fromme assassination attempt within 10 days. The deposition could be shown at the November trial of Lynette Fromme, 26, under a new federal law.
The Senate voted 56 to 30 to delay major consumer price hikes after deregulation by limiting freed gas. Tunney says the measure could save Americans about 5 billion dollars by 1980 while preserving control on remaining supplies. The chamber also rejected Hart’s bid to force divestiture of pipelines and stations from oil firms.
The Linn County United Way campaign has collected $384,677, about 26.7 percent of its $1,442,691 goal for 1975. Campaign Chairman Emmett Sherman says the drive is 13.5 percent above last year and most employee campaigns wrap up next week. The drive supports 20 local agencies and ends October 31.
Linn Auditor Merle Kopel criticizes state property revaluations, citing Senate File 454 as offering an alternative. He checks and finds 454 is a proposed law declaring sexual contact for a fee a misdemeanor, prompting his concern over the legality of the order.
Two American embassy officers Charles Gallagher and William Dykes were abducted at a Corniche al Mazraa roadblock in Beirut amid Lebanon’s Christian Muslim street war. The U I A printing facility leaders were seized about 7 a.m. as they drove in an embassy car. no group claimed responsibility.
Three men entered the Turkish embassy in Vienna at noon on Wednesday asked to see the ambassador and opened fire, killing Danis Tanaligis, 60. Police said suspects fled in a white Mercedes-Benz and nationality reports varied, with Greek links disputed by authorities. An Armenian group claimed credit in a brief call to AP. The incident follows long Turkish Greek tensions over Cyprus and regional histories.
A note on enjoying a budget friendly vacation though not all readers can manage the same summer plan. The piece suggests balancing cost with enjoyment and hints at varying traveler circumstances.
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