Cedar Rapids Faces Slow Gains in Affirmative Action
Five years into mandatory programs to boost minority and women employment Cedar Rapids shows little change since 1971. Women remain in clerical roles while minorities remain underrepresented in professional positions. Mayor Canney plans a council meeting to discuss differences and reaffirm positive action for police and city staffing.
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Carter names Andrus as interior secretary amid CIA change talk
President elect Jimmy Carter announced Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus as his interior secretary and said he was studying whether the CIA chief should also be the White House intelligence chief. He noted frustration over finding women for his cabinet and outlined ongoing personnel deliberations.
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Walter Mondale
James Schlesinger
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Theodore Sorensen
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Schlesinger
Energy
Unseasonably Warm Iowa Today With Record Lows Ahead
Iowa cities posted records and near records as mild temperatures swept the state. Cedar Rapids reached 51, Sioux City 60, Lamont 61, Des Moines 64, and Council Bluffs 69 before a cold front aimed to end the warmth with light snow possible in the northeast. Sunday highs ranged from the 30s to around 50, with lows from five above north to near 20 south, and Monday highs from the teens to the 20s. Simultaneously national coverage notes Carter's comments on CIA leadership, potential restructuring, and talks with Sorensen and Schlesinger about future posts.
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Section A 27 Sports 1-8 Want Ads 15-26 Crossword 21 Movies 9-12D
Section listing sports want ads crossword and movie pages from a historic newspaper. Highlights indicate sections A 27 sports and 1 8 want ads and 21 crossword and 9 12D movies.
Pre Kindergarten Program a Hit in Cedar Rapids Schools
The Cedar Rapids Community School District launched a federally funded early childhood project, Dict I, in Title I. The program targets four year olds in designated areas, screening for cognitive and language skills to admit those in the bottom third, and has been unanimously endorsed as an exemplary Title I project by the Joint Dissemination Review panel.
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Harrison
van Buren
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State Department of Public Instruction
DPI
Oliver Himley
Dpesea
Christmas sales boom in Cedar Rapids stores this season
Cedar Rapids retailers report the best holiday shopping season in history with November solid and December days leading to record gift wrapping and catalog sales up 30 to 40 percent. Weather helps. Christmas Day falling on Saturday extends shopping. The national economy appears stabilizing while local unemployment stays low.
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Killian
Dick Scherling
Paperwork Corp
Pittsburgh
Eugene Yohe
Ken Reining
Wards
Younkers
Everett Lyons
Allan Peremsky
Armstrong's
Iowa Looks to Appeal Ruling on Corporate Tax
Iowa revenue director Gerald Bair signaled a likely appeal of a district court ruling that the states corporate income tax is unconstitutional. Representative Lowell Norland urged immediate legislative action as the legislature convenes next month. The case challenges the single factor tax method used by Iowa, with officials noting the ruling could affect all corporate law.
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