10 Dec 1977
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1977
Page
1
A feature explores why jogging feels enjoyable to pedestrians on snow packed streets. A separate story offers ideas on where volunteers can help during the season, with details on potential opportunities and organizations seeking assistance. A convention mention notes the bride’s father may be late for a church ceremony.
In Pennsylvania striking UMW members stopped a coal train for hours while talks with BC Operators Association continued in Washington. In Virginia an $180000 mining machine was damaged in a blast investigated by authorities in Lee County. Non-union miners were ferried to Utah jobs by chartered helicopters amid vandalism reports. Mondale warned AFL-CIO delegates that protectionism threatens exports and jobs. Carter hosted Humphrey at Camp David for a casual visit, while Rosalynn prepared to join Saturday. Weather: mostly cloudy with light snow, highs near zero to 5 below, then 10 to 15 Sunday.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors approved about 40 miles of marked snowmobile routes in the county road system. West route from Center Point to Cedar Rapids and a south route to Ely will use diamond signs. cost for west trail posts estimated at 2400 dollars. Safety concerns noted. clubs will install signs under county supervision.
A snowmobile, ambulance, snow plow, pickup and railroad locomotive teamed to transport Carl Williams to Mercy Hospital in Walford after chest pains. Williams, 51, remained stable at 9 p.m. as Iowa endured subzero temps and 45 mph winds.
U S House and Senate conferees failed to reach a final agreement on a Social Security funding bill after a dispute over a Senate tuition tax credit rider. They had already agreed to payroll tax increases that would raise the maximum social security tax to 3046 for high earners in 1987, with no new increases next year.
A Friday afternoon financial report shows Floyd Bergen spent 2765.56 during Oct 29 to Nov 28 for his Cedar Rapids Safety Commissioner bid. Contributions of 2611.99 included 200 gifts from W T Fandel and 300 from David M Hogan.
Secretary of State Vance arrived in Cairo after NATO talks to push Egyptian Israeli peace efforts and bring more Arab states to negotiations. He cited Sadat’s planned Cairo talks and noted US and Soviet positions diverge on how to move the process forward.
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