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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1977
Page
6
Congress misses a comprehensive energy bill in 1977 leaving the president with postponed trips and the nation facing potential economic peril. Despite warnings from industry and memories of the 1973 74 crisis, lawmakers stall on energy tax plans and gas pricing while splitting conferees. The result is a harsh verdict on energy legislation and a grim holiday gift for voters.
The Iowa article notes threats of suspension for overweight public safety employees, with 20 facing payless suspensions and seven exempted for weight loss or large frames. It argues to drop weight rules, citing humane reasons, medical exemptions, and earlier flexible norms in policing.
Mark Russell humorously notes nearly a year in Washington changes officials who head to Georgia for holidays. A junior Cabinet member and a White House staffer share lines about security, biscuits, dialogue, and a clever “bilateral configuration of Christmas and New Year.”
The piece analyzes militant farmers pressing for 100 percent parity with cost of production, the political feasibility in Congress, and the administration’s limited response. It notes rising sympathy but limited impact from demonstrations, plus the shrinking political weight of farmers as their share of the population falls.
A Harris Survey of 1,200 adults shows President Carter with 50 percent positive and 48 percent negative overall, rebounding from a November low. Public praise rises to 63 percent on Middle East peace efforts, aided by Anwar Sadat's Cairo visit and renewed confidence in the White House.
In a Gazette letter dated November 9, the Gallup Youth Survey is cited on teens and religion. The writer warns that Satan and occult phenomena can mimic true miracles and urges discernment to avoid deception by counterfeit signs and “lying wonders.”
A Cedar Rapids reader criticizes the Cedar Rapids Board of Education for proposing certified staff reductions aimed at junior high levels for 1978-79, arguing it harms education. The writer likens store owners to Scrooge, calls for preserving the teacher student relationship, and urges better solutions than cutting staff.
In a December front page story from Northern Ireland the Gazette covered Santa’s death by bomb. A reader laments alarming children by featuring Santa on the front and urges inside placement to protect belief in Santa.
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