01 Dec 1977
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1977
Page
1
A strange vapor from Claus’ purse affects village children in an odd holiday tale. The page 22 item hints at magical or mysterious happenings surrounding Christmas.
A brief feature notes the Cedel Supper Club located five miles west of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30 offering all American fare. The page teaser asks readers if they are a non smoker troubled by cigarette odors and promises a solution requiring courage.
A couple who married a month ago face a dispute over dividing wedding gifts. The article outlines how property and gifts are treated in early marriages and potential legal approaches for fairness.
Readers are invited to build a simple bird feeder using few materials and a quick assembly time under 15 minutes. The item appears in a feature that includes page references and notes on other topics such as safety, drivers, and civic life.
A GAO study warns a cost of living adjustment quirk raises federal pensions for retirees who left just before an increase. For 92,000 expected to retire next year the cost could reach 800 million over 40 years, as CPI raises apply to all pensions including those of workers who had not yet retired.
Anthony Riley and his wife Sue faced a devastating blaze that tore through their roof on the second floor after insulation workers spotted flames. Neighbors spoke of prior misfortunes including a break in and a burn injury, while Riley, unemployed, suspected possible fuel oil spillage but offered no definite cause. Marion and Springville fire departments battled the fast-moving fire, with insurance limitations easing the family’s loss.
In Pittsburgh area, 82 year old Sophia Easer died after her gas was shut off for a $72 bill. Her estate, valued at $292000 in cash stocks bonds real estate insurance and gold coins, was divided among six cousins after $85945 in taxes. Her body was found January 19 1976 wrapped in a rug in Munhall. The death marked the first from service shut off in Equitable Gas history.
The Cedar Rapids police recruitment drive draws applicants from more than 100 people outside Iowa including 19 from New York and 23 from Illinois. About 450 to 500 total applications have been filed with a December 22 deadline. Some critics blame the process for continuing discrimination concerns raised by NAACP activist George Colbert.
HEW Secretary Joseph Califano said about 16 colleges and 280 school districts had not signed pledges denying discrimination against women. He warned that failure to sign within a week could trigger loss of federal funds. names of noncompliant institutions were to be released but were postponed.
Egypt postponed Sadat’s Cairo peace conference to mid December to woo hardliners who met in Tripoli to oppose the talks. The move drew reactions from Israel, the United States, and the Soviet Union with plans for a counter conference by Iraq Syria Algeria and South Yemen.
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