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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1977
Page
1
Residents of an apartment building discuss the Hillside Strangler case with police and news reporters after the killer claimed his 11th victim. Page references indicate ongoing public interest and local reactions.
A dense list shows Iowa high school boys and girls results with scores for numerous teams including Muscatine, Marion, Keota, Montezuma, Belle Plaine, Williamsburg and West Central. The weather section notes quite windy conditions with rain likely changing to snow before Sunday. Highs in the 30s and northeast winds 15 to 30 mph.
Gov Robert Ray announced Victor Preisser will replace Kevin Burns as head of the Iowa Department of Social Services with Burns reassigned to mental health resources. Preisser named acting commissioner effective year’s start. Preisser praised for management while Burns sought new direction amid a $350 million budget.
Linn County allocates Title XX funds to six of ten social service programs for the coming fiscal year. The District 10 Title XX Task Force and Linn County Board of Welfare prioritized services including alternate living, day care, family day care, home management, sheltered workshops, and special day care for low income clients. Remaining services will lose eligibility after July 1, 1978, but officials vow to seek funds elsewhere, with mobile meals highlighted as a priority.
The essay contrasts ideal Norman Rockwell holiday cheer with a harsher reality. A chaotic table with a fallen tree, a frustrated mother, quarrelsome relatives, and disappointed children illustrate holiday stress and lingering loneliness.
One man, B. Skip Elson 43 of Des Moines, was found dead in a single engine plane on Iron Mine Hill at Gordon Kaeser farm about a mile north of Waukon. The plane was rented, logbook shows a takeoff at 12 16 a m Friday, crash likely occurred at night. Des Moines Flying Service could not confirm rental.
Regis High School students created four by three foot greeting cards for peer metro high schools. Each card bears nearly 700 signatures from students and staff. Washington Principal Don Nan, Regis student Mike Blaser, and Jim Rossie are shown with the card as peers pose behind them.
A House panel finished work on most of President Carter's 30.2 billion welfare package and delayed until January a decision on creating 1.4 million public service jobs for able bodied poor recipients. The committee backed work requirements but did not resolve how to fund or implement new jobs.
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