05 Sep 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1978
Page
1
Cedar Rapids Coe College students Tim and Jim Rogers share a surname but no relation. Both were involved in the same task on Monday as traffic and parking issues draw attention in downtown Cedar Rapids.
A sweeping field of Democrat contenders for the vacant county supervisor seat expands again while Republicans watch and wait amid local political maneuvering. A reader-friendly note highlights coverage across pages with mention of related local politics and upcoming events.
Weather clear and mild tonight with a low in the low 60s. High Wednesday around 90. They make clocks to tell you when to get up but some days you need one to tell you why.
Kenneth Taylor, 37, of Youngstown area Ohio, confessed to murder after a Nashville traffic stop. Police seek two bodies and say Taylor allegedly planned a Nashville spree before suicide. Ohio and Pennsylvania investigators interview him linked to multiple unsolved murders in Beaver and Allegheny counties.
At St. Joseph Church in Derry Pennsylvania a Hughes 269 C helicopter crash during a Labor Day festival killed seven people including 12 year old Mary Beth Allison mother of a victim and injured 19 others. Eyewitnesses described blood and severed bodies in the church parking lot as the craft struck a concession stand.
Francis Crawford, an International Harvester executive in Moscow, pleads not guilty to charges of a large scale business and profiteering scheme with three Russians. Witness Vladimir Kiselev testified about currency trading with Crawford. The case, tied to a potential swap for two Soviet spies, also notes U.S. hearings for the other defendants and Western reporters admitted to the courtroom.
President Carter prepared a quiet Camp David welcome for Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat signaling compromise despite deep differences over Israel’s occupation of land from 1967 and the Palestinians. Sadat arrived with Mondale and Vance. Begin due later. Carter warned of severe consequences of failure and remote prospects for complete success.
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