06 Apr 1977
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1977
Page
1
A reader note surveys tornado travel directions with new statistics and warns of spring dangers. The piece touches door to door home improvement schemes and other seasonal topics across multiple pages, including advice on tax planning for pork producers and consumer product liability concerns.
The forecast calls for sunny skies in Cedar Rapids with 34 degrees on Wednesday afternoon. Partly cloudy conditions are expected with warmer temps, lows in the low 30s and highs in the low 50s, and a light editorial page with various sections listed.
Iowa lawmakers clash over a 7.33 million dollar plan for state regents funding. Representative Wall Horn, chair of the House education budget subcommittee, omits the 5.5 million Lindquist II UI funding and pushes private funds for a fieldhouse while critics call the tactic misused for athletic recruitment. Sen. Bass Van Gilston warns against using Lindquist II as a hostage over other priorities.
The piece notes Lindquist II construction plans ready with Phase I privately funded and Phase II state obligated. A Senate bill with a publication clause would fund $5.5 million upon publication after passing the House and signing by the governor, aiming to finish the building before winter.
Dr. Ted Tsai of the CDC said the Legionnaires disease organism may be widespread and has appeared in three cases since the Philadelphia outbreak. He noted recent Detroit Vermont Indiana and California cases are related or identical to the Philadelphia strain, with pneumonia varying in severity.
Cedar Rapids postal and social security officials still cannot trace 2000 to 3000 checks totaling about 600000 dollars missing from 30 Eastern Iowa communities. Earlier figures suggested up to 5000 missing, but Iowa City deliveries were confirmed and Anamosa may have been overlooked. California misrouting theory dismissed. officials expect misrouted items would return to Cedar Rapids if any.
Des Moines Iowa Conservation Commission discut ed May meeting date as commissioners weighed golf schedules and a wedding anniversary. The 3 3 tie was broken after Reed changed his vote, allowing May 2 to proceed despite Pike and Lumbard objections.
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