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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1977
Page
5
Hunger Walk sponsored by Linn County CROP will be held Oct 9 at 1 30 PM starting points WMT Broadcast Park United Methodist Church Central City and Springville United Methodist Church For walking papers call Churches United at 3667163.
Labor Secretary Ray Marshall addressed the Iowa AFL-CIO urging tougher trade measures to shield American workers. He linked unemployment to social ills, warned of illegal aliens and cheap foreign labor harming the domestic market, and urged tougher penalties and union protections under the National Labor Relations Act. He defended the push to raise the federal minimum wage.
Publication data for the Cedar Rapids Gazette notes its establishment in 1882 by the Gazette Company, daily and Sunday edition at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa, pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions, and AP republication rights.
An American owned oil rig overturned off East Kalimantan near Borneo. A Filipino worker died and three men were injured. Pertamina, Indonesia’s state oil company, confirmed the incident and that the rig belonged to Dolphin International Inc. of Houston, Texas.
Independence People's Memorial Hospital lost power for about an hour Friday afternoon after a suspected lightning strike. Administrator Robert J. Richard said the outage occurred as the emergency system began, but power was fully restored by 5:45 p.m. Fire officials and the electric company were notified, with no fire reported despite sparking.
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