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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1979
Page
1
A concise scan notes Gov. Rob ert Ray faces a new hurdle as Richard Phillips presses his bid. Other items include a tax change on commercial property, a Gazette editorial on public education spending, and various entertainment, politics, and sports briefs across several pages.
A short note highlights how buying a used car yields practical lessons from real experience. It stresses practical insight over glossy claims and suggests buyers test performance, maintenance history, and owner reliability to gauge value.
AFL-CIO leaders and the Carter administration tentative agree on a liberalized set of wage guidelines for next year. The plan calls for labor to help operate a pay board with business and public members to oversee and revise guidelines. Formal AFL-CIO endorsement awaits Friday executive council action.
A pistol wielding student at Knoxville Business College held about 30 pupils for an hour in a third floor classroom. Negotiators talked with him. most hostages were released, four or five stayed, no shots were fired. The man, a student, threatened to shoot himself if anyone left. The gunman briefly considered surrender but postponed after seeing a TV cameraman.
Increasing optimism rose that Rock Island employees would return to work soon under Kansas City Terminal Co direction. Federal directives set operation terms for Rock Island and Milwaukee lines as ICC and government actions reshape the Midwest rail map amid ongoing clerical strikes and wage disputes.
President Carter tells Sen. Kennedy he did not reference Chappaquiddick in a crisis remark. Kennedy accepts the gesture but the dispute remains, as aides trade notes and fundraisers proceed. Carter sends a transcript and notes to Kennedy while both camps avoid direct attacks.
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