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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1976
Page
16
Maria McBone blows a sample into an alcohol alert machine in Los Angeles. The device tells drinkers if they have exceeded safe driving limits. The developer claims the machine matches police accuracy in testing drinking drivers.
Former Sen. Ednand Gurney, now broke, plans a fund raising drive to cover the roughly 280000 to 300000 in legal fees. He was acquitted of lying to a grand jury about a 1971 73 FBI housing aide scheme and says he may return to public life or law but will first seek to pay debts and fund his defense.
Advances to authors and higher paper costs push paperbacks to record prices with Dell reporting an average of $1.68 per title up 65 percent since 1971 while some titles top $2.75. Industry officials cite labor costs, paper prices, and large advances for bestsellers as key factors.
Democrat James Cummings campaigns for the 13th district with minimal staff and no party money. He spent $3,000 of his own funds, eschews campaigning at home, and promotes a $7,900 self-funded, issue-driven effort pledging no outside donations while avoiding mudslinging. Rep. Robert McClory is the incumbent Republican.
The FCC in Washington seeks help from international bodies after a mysterious interference signal near Soviet Minsk areas disrupts radio bands. The agency has notified the ITU in Geneva and pressed the Soviet ministry to halt the signal, which has drawn complaints from amateur operators, airlines, and major telecom firms.
A federal judge in New York dismissed kidnap and murder conspiracy charges against New Jersey Teamsters leader Anthony Provenzano, ruling the indictment was filed too late. The decision cites the government’s decade-long delay in bringing the case, ending Provenzano’s prosecution on these counts.
The 1861s style case involves Provenzano and Castellito linked to the 1975 Hoffa disappearance and a scheme to kill Castellito. U.S. District Judge Charles Stewart found the five year statute of limitations had expired for charges, though Provenzano faces state murder charges and a federal kickback probe. A DOJ spokesman said the dismissal would be appealed. Separately Teamsters President Fitzsimmons unveiled a new 10 member Board of Trustees for the Central States Pension Fund amid questions about old board members and government oversight.
A group of 46 mentally retarded residents at a state hospital in Napa California registered to vote for next Tuesday's election after selecting parties by pictures of Ford and Carter. One mother protested the method saying it mocks the disabled. Hospital officials defend the process noting varied interest in the Carter Ford debates and stating no law limits voting rights by mental development.
A 14 year old boy suffered minor injuries Friday afternoon after being hit by a car in the 3300 block of Center Point Road NE. Michel D. Vodepp, 14, of A136 Thirty third Street NE was treated at St. Luke's Hospital and released. Police said he was trying to cross when he ran into the path of a car driven by Allan Miller, 37, of 382 Yetlow Pinecourt WE. The boy's view may have been blocked by another vehicle turning into a private drive.
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