19 Apr 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1978
Page
1
A Franklin Junior High student sits listening intently as a special speaker addresses the class on an unspecified topic. The report appears on page 9C.
A roundup from Iowa papers includes a senator pressing the Carter White House for swift action. Other items note government funding at a South American brothel, a First Brother denial of head injury rumors, and aging health seminars.
Sister Mary Lawrence Hallagan, longtime Mercy Hospital administrator in Cedar Rapids, submitted her resignation effective June 30. She began her assignment in 1965 and asked the board to allow a quiet departure. The Mercy Board will begin a search for a new CEO to be named before July 1.
An 18 month probe by the Iowa attorney general finds feeder cattle fraud costs Iowa farmers about 10 million dollars annually. The report details five deception areas including added weight, misrepresented origin, health misrepresentations, auction fraud, and other tricks. Investigator Charles Rutenbeck notes add-on weights can reach 8 to 12 percent over actual weights.
final edition of eastern iowa daily newspaper noting price and status as leading daily with current metro coverage and local headlines across regions.
President Carter hailed ratification as a day to be proud of while critics warned of long term regret. Torrijos warned the canal could be destroyed if the United States intervened, and pledged to disable the canal if necessary. Iowa senators Clark and Culver supported ratification saying grain shipments would face only minor cost increases. Carter said he would confront any mob if the treaty failed and invited Torrijos to Panama to deliver ratification instruments.
The Commerce Department said the first quarter of 1978 saw a 0.6 percent annual drop in gross national product, the first decline since 1975. Severe winter weather and a coal strike cut output, with economists noting unemployment near 6.2 percent and potential recovery in spring.
Linn County Clerk of Court Ken Perry has paused handling of delinquent city parking tickets for court action after multiple errors. A meeting with county and Cedar Rapids officials is set for Thursday to resolve the issues. Officials urge not to ignore tickets as processing will resume.
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