23 Sep 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1978
Page
1
A collage of local items including an art exhibit by a Cedar Rapids artist, features on cycling and nutrition, Army recruitment for high schoolers, Eastern Iowa theology, nostalgia on surf culture, Dear Abby for hygiene, and political notes on Reagan and 1980 campaign activity. Also sports scores, weather outlook mid 70s to upper 70s, and a quip about fixed incomes after home appliances.
The Senate passed a 9.2 billion foreign aid package allocating 1.9 billion for developing nations to ease oil price shocks and 1.7 billion for Israel Egypt Jordan and Syria, while suspending Nicaragua aid and denying Peace Corps abortion funding. Somoza signaled talks as Nicaraguan revolt enlarges amid regional tensions and IMF funding faces risk of global monetary disruption.
Cpl. Jerry D. Rousseau, a Marine guard at the U S Embassy in Morocco, pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder in the slaying of Dorothy Layton a former college teacher. He received 55 years at hard labor dishonorable discharge rank reduction to private and forfeiture of pay. He will serve at Fort Leavenworth after review by Maj Gen John Miller.
An Iowa City columnist calls the Iowa Hawkeyes versus Iowa State football clash flat and notes subdued atmosphere despite high stakes. He cites extra police last year and a stalled ticket fight, while Ames shows slow sales for a closed circuit telecast costing about 16000 dollars with under 1500 tickets sold.
Ames students show a subdued attitude toward the Iowa State versus Iowa game. Fewer rally items sold, fewer fans in Hawks gear, and doubts about a win, yet strong optimism remains with the banner line It will be State in 78.
Former CIA chief Richard Helms testified before the House Assassinations Committee that it was a mistake not to tell the Warren Commission about CIA plots to kill Fidel Castro, though he refused to accept full responsibility. He argued no proven link to Kennedy’s assassination and said higher officials, not him, bore duty to disclose. The panel received comments on the Castro operation timed with Kennedy’s 1963 death and the Yuri Nosenko defector case.
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