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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1976
Page
8
The Senate approved by voice vote the elimination of the 1 percent pension kicker for federal retirees. The change, effective since 1969, would end the extra 1 percent boost that accompanied a 3 percent cost of living increase, a move now going to a House-Senate conference.
Interior Minister Camille Chamoun says Syria and Lebanon's National Liberal Christian forces reached a complete understanding to end the 17 month civil war. Fighting flared in Beirut with about 150 killed and militants attacking the buffer zone and a security HQ.
US prisoners in Mexico halted a 36 hour hunger strike expressing gratitude as Interior Ministry reported President Echeverria proposed parole legislation for many drug offenders among about 572 Americans detained. Strike leaders met with the undersecretary to end the protest.
United Press International explores the term posh as an acronym for Port Out Starboard Home used to describe favored shipboard cabins for British colonials traveling between India and England.
President Ford names the orbiting space shuttle laboratory Enterprise reversing NASA plans for Constitution. The White House cited fan letters from Star Trek supporters and honored the WWII carrier Enterprise as the chosen namesake for the program's orbiter.
AP reports 151 affidavits from West Point cadets allege widespread violations of the honor code. About 60 cadets accuse nearly 700 peers of lying, cheating, stealing, and fixing cases, with bribery and bias cited in several affidavits.
The Senate approved a major antitrust bill 69 to 18, permitting states to seek triple damages for price fixing, expanding DOJ and FTC powers, and requiring pre merger notices to allow federal review. The measure now heads to the House after a protracted filibuster by Sen. James Allen.
On this date in 1893 Mrs Grover Cleveland gave birth to a baby girl the first child born to a First Lady in the White House. The event marked a historic milestone in presidential domestic life with notable public interest.
The House ethics committee will recall witnesses after a member described testimony as hearsay regarding who leaked a secret House Intelligence report to CBS’s Daniel Schorr. Anonymous source says Mingee testified he overheard a leak discussion. Sixteen former staffers questioned deny leaking or knowing the leaker.
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