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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1979
Page
1
Chasing a traffic ticket in court explained
Gazette staffer outlines the steps and planning needed to contest a traffic ticket in court. Also notes Cedar Rapids official hopes sludge concerns in the Cedar River will be cleared after investigation. Mention of Rock Island Railway strike efforts and Iowa safety commissioner Charles Larson resigning for a Saudi Arabia job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Iowa
Charles Larson
Saudi Arabia
Royal romance hint stirs Canada with prince meetings
A Canadian girl tells a newspaper she met Prince Andrew in secret multiple times, drawing public interest. The report appears among other notes on politics, entertainment, and national issues across pages 1B to 14A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Prince Andrew
Queen Elizabeth
State workers won’t get pope visit holiday
Des Moines Iowa Gov Robert Ray and the Executive Council declined to declare Oct 4 a state holiday for Pope John Paul II. An optional holiday would cost about 6 million in overtime and union negotiations. Officials urged flexible start times to ease travel and parking for the papal visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Paul II
Living History
Gene Vernon
Vernon
Synhorst
Ray
Iowa
Madison Press prints banned H bomb letter in protest
The Madison Press Connection, with 1000 circulation, published a letter about nuclear weapon secrets the government barred a California paper from releasing. The action followed a temporary restraining order against the Daily Californian. The paper stressed no contact with authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
California
Ron McCrea
Madison Press Connection
U.S
Robert Schnacke
San Francisco
Daily Californian
Berkeley
Energy and Justice Departments
Daily
Californian
Charles Hansen
Mountain View
Calif
New York Times Today
Energy Department
Eric Fugi
Chicago Tribune
The
Tribune Co
American Civil Liberties Union
Schnacke
Dorothy Erhlich
Frank Tuerkheimer
Progressive
Mount Vernon Grape Stomping Champion Crowned
Dorothy Topie wins the Champion Grape Stomper title at a Sunday grape stomping contest at Indian Creek Nature Center. Judges base outcome on audience applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Topie
Mount Vernon
Indian Creek Nature Center
Cuba frees four Americans from Cuban prisons
The Cuban government released four American political prisoners in the early 1960s to 1960s era, with the U S State Department saying no deal with Puerto Rican nationalists. A charter plane will take them from Havana to Miami by early evening CDT with press access if they choose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S
State Department
Hodding Carter
United States
Havana
Department
Larry Lunt
Wyoming
Juan Tur
New Jersey
Everett Jackson
Chicago
California
Claudio Rodriguez Moralez
Mayaguez
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Miami
California brush fires rage across Southern California
Stubborn fires burn thousands of acres across Los Angeles and San Diego counties as 800 firefighters join 2,473 already on scene. Homes destroyed include those of John Mayall and Mackenzie Phillips. Firefighting aircraft and nationwide reserves aid efforts amid extreme fire danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Maine
Rhode Island
Hollywood Hills
Laurel Canyon
John Mayall
Mackenzie Phillips
CBS
Home
San Diego County
Torrey Pines High School
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You
Mike Deupree
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House
Kennedy
Afghanistan
James Kilpatrick
Cil
Secretary of State
Melvin Synhorst
Robert Ray
Maurice Baringer
Richard Johnson
Agriculture
Robert Lounsberry
John Paul
George Hunt
Grandview Drive
Pacific Ocean
Forest Service
U.S. Forest Service
Lee Redding
Indiana
Ohio
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Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Angeles, Los Padres, Cleveland
San Bernardino National Forests
Pinecrest
Mount Wilson
Black Mountain
Rancho Penasquitos
Bakersfield
Pacific
San Diego
Mexico
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