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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1978
Page
12
Hollywood reports that Archie and Edith Bunker chairs are headed for the Smithsonian, making All in the Family the first entertainment program represented there. Norman Lear ordered replicas for use in the CBS comedy.
The Grateful Dead staged a live concert at the Great Pyramid in Cairo drawing 2000 fans and expatriates with Egyptians paying at least 1.50. Bill Walton and Ken Kesey attended while Ramrod wired the tomb as an echo chamber sending hard rock reverberations into the desert.
In Baguio Viktor Korchnoi forced a draw from a winning stance against world champion Anatoly Karpov in game 22 of their title match. The players agreed the draw two hours after resuming play on the 64th move, extending the contest.
Milwaukee AP report cites a three year study by Alfred A. Rimm Arthur J Hartz and Eldred E Giefer showing environment influences obesity more than heredity. Parental guidance in food choices accounted for about 32 percent of variation in children’s obesity while heredity accounted for about 12 percent.
Attorney General Griffin Bell notes a small rise in violent crime despite an overall 2 percent dip in reported crimes for the first half of 1978. Forcible rape up 5 percent and aggravated assault up 3 percent, with murders steady and robberies down 2 percent.
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