City Planning Commission considers major zoning change
Controversial zoning change on the planning commission agenda with a late meeting forecast. No other details provided.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1978
Page
1
Residents clash over Boyson Road extension plan
Marion residents voiced concerns at a Monday night meeting about extending Boyson Road. Page 7A. A Des Moines Statehouse building may be replaced or remodeled with a study planned. Page 12A. RAG BRAI drew thousands as the annual Trans-Iowa bicycle tour kicked off. Page 12A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyson Road
Marion
Statehouse
Des Moines
Ragbrai
Cyrus Vance Holds Firm in Shuttle Diplomacy
The article notes Cyrus Vance’s stance in ongoing shuttle diplomacy efforts with no sign of backing down. Page 2A emphasizes continued negotiation movements and persistent U.S. engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Vance
New Farmers Organization Emerges in Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa sees the development of a new farmer organization as part of agricultural outreach. The report notes a farm commodities price update issued by the Crop Reporting Board of the Agriculture Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Crop Reporting Board
The
Agriculture Department
Gazette editorials on tax breaks and species extinction
The page 6A editorials discuss a pending homeowner tax break and the extinction risks facing animal and plant species. The piece critiques policy implications and urges consideration of conservation and resident relief in upcoming decisions.
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Gazette
Dollar Slides and Gold Hits New High
Dollar declines as gold opens at a fresh peak signaling shifts in market sentiment. Congress weighs aid to developing nations to address trade deficits, aiming to bolster economic stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jefferson J-Hawks End Season In Struggling Run
The Cedar Rapids Jefferson J-Hawks conclude a tough season after 21 losses in 26 games. The article notes exhausting times for the baseball coach amid the challenging stretch across the season, with brief page references.
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Cedar Rapids Jefferson J-Hawks
Page
Showers and Thunderstorms Possible Through Wednesday
Forecast calls for a chance of showers and thunderstorms through Wednesday with some severe tonight. Lows mid 60s tonight and highs in the low 80s on Wednesday. Rain chances about 50 percent tonight and 40 percent Wednesday.
Middle Income Straddles Food Stamps and Postage Costs
The piece notes that many Americans fall into a middle income bracket where earnings disqualify them from food stamps yet are insufficient to cover postage stamp costs. The report frames the policy gap and its impact on households.
Layton murder suspect faces U S court martial inquiry
Dorothy Layton and her husband Lee, both former Cornell and Coe teachers, faced international legal wrangles after her murder in Rabat Morocco. The Marine guard Jerry Rousseau was brought to Quantico for an Article 32 inquiry to decide if a court martial is warranted. The dispute involves Vienna Convention immunity and Moroccan jurisdiction amid calls for Moroccan trials or U S military proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Layton
Coe
Cornell
United States
Morocco
Jerry Rousseau
Farmington
N.M
Quantico
Layton
Lee
Cedar Rapids
Rabat
Douglas Bennet Jr
U.S
West Germany
Rousseau
Freedom floater weeps at glimpse of U S flag
A Cuban handyman pulled from the sea near the Florida Keys recounts a seven day voyage aboard a burlap covered inner tube raft propelled by pingpong paddles. He dodged Cuban navy patrols, fought sharks, and cried at sight of the American flag after rescue five miles off Key Largo. He reunited with his foster sister Sonia Batista in Miami. He planned his escape for a year leaving Havana suburb on July 23. The voyage tested hunger and fear of sharks as helpers rescued him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Florida Keys
Freedom
Ramon Estevez Cordova
Key Largo
Cordova
Habana de Este
Havana
Jernigan Denies All Charges In Loan Silence Plot
Kenneth Jernigan former Iowa Commission for the Blind director tells AP the accusations that he and Roger Jepsen arranged a bank loan to silence a former employee are untrue. Ray Raymond 46 of St Charles alleges Jernigan kept weapons and sought Jepsen cosign a loan for a truck. Jepsen admits cosigning and placing a 5000 CD as security but says he forgot to report it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des McInes
Kenneth Jernigan
Iowa Commission For the Blind
U.S. Senate
Roger Jepsen
Commission
Ray Raymond
St. Charles
Jernigan
Raymond
Jepsen
Christina Onassis Weds Russian Aide in Moscow Ceremony
Christina Onassis, heiress and widow, married Russian Communist Sergei Kauzov in a 10 minute civil ceremony in Moscow. Eleven guests and Soviet photographers attended as Kauzov, 37, took Christina, 27, for a new life with uncertain name changes amid rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Onassis
Moscow
Sergei Kauzov
Onassis
Aristotle Onassis
Kauzov
Christina
Switcheroo leads to stolen car mix up in Iowa lot
Rebecca Thompson unintentionally drove off in Gary Willie’s 1972 Dodge Monaco after mistaking it for her own. The pair were in the Kmart West parking lot when the wrong car started and left Willie and his grandmother stranded. The mix up began after Thompson’s father bought her the Monaco earlier that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Thompson
Kmart West
Gary L. Willie
South Amana
K Mart
Thompson
Fairfax
Willie
Robert Craig
van Horne
Amana
Marengo Motors
Kmart
Deregulation critics clash over Carter gas plan
Liberal senators Abourezk and Metzenbaum accused President Carter of surrendering to oil and gas interests as a House Senate conference backs a price compromise. They vow extended debate to block the deal, arguing it raises residential gas costs and delays deregulation until 1985 despite six months of talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Carter
James Abourezk
South Dakota
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
House
Abourezk
Metzenbaum
House-Senate
No perjury charges planned against Brooke
Suffolk County District Attorney Garrett Byrne will not bring perjury charges against Senator Edward Brooke over misstatements in a 1977 divorce deposition in Middlesex Probate Court. A report from special counsel Jacob Spiegel concluded the misstatements are not material to the inquiry into his financial liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Suffolk County
Garrett Byrne
Byrne
Supreme Judicial Court
Jacob Spiegel
Brooke
Middlesex Probate Court
Linn space panel nixes Penick choice
A Linn County Citizens Space Advisory subcommittee recommends remodeling the Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May's Island for county and city office space to relieve courthouse crowding. The panel unanimously favors the coliseum option over buying the Penick and Ford Ltd. building, citing location facilities and tax considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Space Panel
Penick Choice
Citizens
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Penick and Ford Ltd
Veterans Memorial Building
May’s Island
Five Seasons Community Center
Ommendation
Citizens’ Space Advisory Committee
Penick
Coliseum
Steve Bucksbaum
Linn
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Valeria Niemi
Rockwell-Mgd Graphic Systems
State Depart
Ment
Marine Corps
Steelville
President Carter
State Department
Sonia Batista
New York
Associated Press
NEW York Times
NUM
Jer
Cedar Rapi
By Tom Alex
Gary Willie
St. George
Laurie Jensen
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