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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1977
Page
1
The Jefferson J-Hawks rely on speed and power this fall as a key football preview appears on page 3D. The article highlights new approach and expectations for the season with emphasis on athletic depth and readiness ahead of games.
The countrywide tennis surge appears set to persist, according to today's youth poll reported on Page 1B. A twelfth staff exit occurs at the Citizens Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse while its financial troubles persist, noted on Page 6A.
The note compares rump types described as leather like or tender. The Center for Auto Safety criticizes Volares while Chrysler defends itself as irresponsible. Weather predicts showers and thunderstorms tonight through Thursday with lows in the upper 60s and highs around 80.
Hurricane Anita built to 95 mph winds as it moved west toward Texas. Oil workers and coastal residents fled Louisiana and the upper Texas coast with evacuations mirrored by Cameron Parish as residents recall 1957 Audrey damage and prepare for possible landfall around Labor Day weekend.
The Gazette reports a loud clash over an Iowa conservation commission probe. Chairs deny authorization for the investigator, while commissioners call the probe a witch hunt and express confusion about its purpose. Jim Riordan states he is making the effort public.
Riordan faces accusations of a politically driven probe tied to Senate Majority Leader George Kinley. Officials say Riordan pressures staff, bypasses channels, and probes use of commission-owned houses, dorms, and a Lansing boat, amid denials and questions about scope. The dispute erupts at a commission meeting with statements from Chairman Thompson and other commissioners.
Rep. Parren Mitchell after meeting President Carter said there has been neglect of blacks by the administration. He announced a Sept. 7 session with all caucus members to air concerns and urged a major, costless look in up to three cities to test federal jobs programs. Mitchell pressed for stronger moral leadership on affirmative action amid urban unemployment and recent criticism from black leaders and the NYC blackout aftermath.
Honolulu dispatch notes Dr. Stanley Lesse at the World Congress of Psychiatry predicts that by 2000 the group will dominate social life as populations double and space shrinks. Automation ends wage labor, leisure rises, and gender roles shift while personal status symbols vanish.
Washington AP Carter administration studies new measures to curb inflation possibly via voluntary wage and price standards. April program may not cut inflation much below 6 to 7 percent. work on standards could start within a month and be ready within six months, varying by industry with a goal near 4 percent by 1981. Officials say it is only an option so far and not yet advanced.
Marion residents defeated a measure to place the water department under council control by a 1 962 to 368 unofficial count out of 2 330 votes cast. The three member board will retain control with mayoral appointments and council approval for six year terms.
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