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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1976
Page
2
Patty Hearst, serving seven years for a Symbionese Liberation Army bank robbery, testified before a grand jury about her kidnapping years ago. Other items note Saudi embargo warnings, Bell Telephone involvement with FBI wiretaps, TV viewership of Ford Carter debate, and currency and trade data.
An eastbound Marth Western Railroad freight derailed after 9 30 Sunday night about 9 1 2 miles west of Blairstown. Two dozen cars derailed, three quarters of a mile of track ripped up and the eastbound line closed for an undetermined period while westbound service expected to resume Monday afternoon. No injuries reported and refrigerated cars carried perishables. Heavy equipment rushed to the scene. no immediate cause found.
Washington reports a hopeful U S read on the Lasaka declaration. Five black African presidents rejected a white chair state council but backed a two year transition toward a black dominated interim government and a constitutional conference. Britain to convene talks. Smith criticizes the move as potentially liberal to communists.
Safety Commissioner Ed Coltan recommended two police officers take eight weeks off with pay to plan the annual policemen’s ball. The council took no action while the mayor asked Colton to check with police departments in other cities. Police insist Colton promised the time off and warned the ball will be canceled if not granted. the event funds widows and orphans charities.
Carter charged that U S poverty statistics show a 10.7 percent rise last year, 2.5 million Americans below the poverty line, bringing total families to 25 9 million as he campaigned in the Northwest. Ford pledged early anti crime legislation if elected. Brown campaigned with Carter in California. Page 3.
Iowa Supreme Court denied a request for a temporary injunction blocking a planned medium security prison at Mt. Pleasant Mental Health Institute. It fast tracked appeal briefing while allowing conversion of a hospital building into a prison to proceed to relieve overcrowding.
The Cedar Rapids police hosted 20 Washington high students after a bus driver made them exit the city bus at the police station to discipline unruly riders. Transit authorities say one student was banned from riding, three more cautioned, amid ongoing concerns of vulgarity and abuse on recent trips.
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