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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1979
Page
1
The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners accuses Elvis Presley’s personal physician of indiscriminately prescribing painkillers and other drugs. The action highlights concerns over medical supervision linked to the late rock star.
Bowman Woods third graders study creepy bugs while Major Hoople previews upcoming football games. A former guitarist wins 125000 in damages from Jerry Lee Lewis and his estranged wife after a 1976 shooting. Consumer activist Bess Myerson advocates a department of consumer affairs in every city. The Butcher calls for kitchen inspections to keep meat plants on schedule. Deep fat cooking, The Slim Gourmet says, is an X rated method for waistline control. A slot machine sign jokes about surviving a space attack.
About 340000 people were ordered to evacuate across four states as Hurricane Frederic, 130 mph, neared the central Gulf Coast with 10 to 15 foot tides. Forecasters warned it could be the area’s worst since Camille, with 60 mph winds reaching Pensacola by sunset and hurricane force later. Evacuations spanned Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana, with 150000 in five Florida Panhandle counties, 100000 along Mississippi, 70000 in Alabama, and about 20000 in Louisiana. The storm’s center was 160 miles south of Pensacola at 9 am CDT, moving northwest. Security agencies urged shelters and warned of dangerous conditions. one man was killed and another missing as workers fled offshore rigs.
A West German Boeing 727 carrying 120 passengers was hijacked en route from Paris and Frankfurt to Bonn. The unidentified hijacker read a 20 minute manifesto then freed the passengers after negotiations with authorities. Eight crew members’ fate was unclear. The hijacker pressed for a referendum on nuclear energy, better living conditions for children, and abolition of the armed forces.
The Marion Policemen's Protective Association representatives abruptly left a negotiating session with the city after 50 minutes of procedural wrangling over public notification. City negotiator Charles Farris called it unprecedented and noted the session ended without discussion of terms.
Benton Community School District wins final approval on a 5.1 million bond for a new junior senior high school to be built north of the current site in Van Horne. Tax impact estimated at 2.67 per 1000 assessed value yearly. Unofficial results show 1,504 yes and 823 no.
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