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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1978
Page
2
Louie Steven Witt, a private man, was once drawn into a political protest that now becomes part of the Kennedy assassination inquiry. The JFK panel clarified Witt’s role and the infamous umbrella, reframing a fragment of the long investigation.
The Senate tax writers advance a roughly twenty billion dollar plan cutting corporate taxes for business owners and boosting credits for seniors while expanding a new minimum tax to ensure high earners pay. The Finance Committee aims to finish midweek as House leaders already approved sixteen point three billion in cuts.
Government regulators told a Senate committee it will take 12 to 15 months to issue final rules on removing sodium nitrite from meats as a potential cancer link is studied. FDA and Agriculture Department officials said a tentative decision is needed first before final orders. Seattle teachers strike escalates as judge orders 3500 back to class. 55000 students idle.
A divided advisory panel voted 14 1 to recommend clinical trials of Laetrile for cancer patients unresponsive to standard treatments. The decision now goes to NCI Director Dr. Arthur Upton who is expected to authorize tests this week.
Bret Morrison, famed voice of The Shadow in the 1930s and 1940s, died of a heart attack at 66 in Hollywood. He was found slumped behind the wheel of his car as Southern California endured a 107 degree heat wave.
The FAA said new rules will extend maintenance and operation standards to commuter rail lines, aligning them with trunk carriers and taking effect later this year. Millions exposed to ethylene dichloride face animal cancer risk findings, with human risk undetermined.
Congressman Charles Diggs of Michigan goes on trial in U S District Court charged with padding his payroll with fictitious employees and taking kickbacks from staff. Prosecutors say he defrauded the government of 101000 dollars in the scheme.
Rhodesian troops killed hundreds of black nationalist guerrillas during a four day operation against 25 bases in Mozambique. The Rhodesian military command reported two own soldiers killed and two slightly wounded. Casualties among guerrillas were not precisely known but believed to be in the hundreds.
Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s and mostly 50s for lows with a warm, partly cloudy extended outlook Thursday to Saturday. Coralville Lake and Mississippi River gauges show current levels with several towns reporting falls in brackets and Cedar at Cedar Rapids near 4.40.
Washington AP An arrangement allowing Bill Milliken a family friend of President Carter to use a government office adjacent to the White House for private work has been discontinued. White House spokesman Jody Powell said an internal inquiry found no wrongdoing and called the matter a lapse in judgement. The inquiry followed a Washington Post report that Milliken intervened for George Zamias of Johnston PA seeking a federal grant and that Zamias donated 10000 to Milliken led charitable groups. Milliken’s Institution Development Corp was involved in pilot urban programs approved by Carter and Milliken earned about 13000 as a federal consultant, with work done from Executive Office Building offices. Powell said the office use has ended and no further action is planned.
Birth announcements list multiple families with names and addresses including Stuckenschneider Williams Kruse Sanders Shuman Plotz Kargin Bigler Stigers Er enberger Porter Argotsinger Bruce Sloan Marion Dahlhauser Wessels Makinen Sammons. Separate notes report spontaneous combustion at O Avenue Daniels Street NE and several incidents on Center Point Road J Avenue NE Beard Park. later times record grass disposal a child playing with matches 2541 Glen Elm Drive NE and other minor incidents</analysis>
President Anastasio Somoza accepted a U S offer to help negotiate with opponents to end the Nicaragua crisis. U S ambassador William Jorden delivered the offer after a 90 minute meeting. The Broad Opposition Front did not immediately respond to mediation appeals.
The National Council of Senior Citizens awarded its 1978 award of merit to U S senator Dick Clark D Iowa for a distinguished record of advocacy for senior citizens. Presentation was made by Council President William Hutton in Clark's Capitol Hill office. The organization claims 3 5 million members in 3 800 clubs nationwide.
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