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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1974
Page
2
The government reported that in November the cost of living rose 0.9 percent, while workers’ real earnings fell to their lowest since 1967 and real spendable earnings declined 1.7 percent. The CPI stood at 154.3 versus 1987 baseline, with food costs up 1.9 percent and gasoline easing for the fourth month.
Nels son Rockefeller begins his first day as vice president by presiding over the Senate and pledging to be quiet and helpful to President Ford. He avoids specific policy ideas, plans to meet Ford Saturday, and was confirmed in a 287-128 House vote after prior Senate approval.
ASCS director Dale Awtry ordered county farm program staff to survey foreign ownership in Iowa farmland. The probe follows Gazette disclosures that West German and Malian investors may be using tax land laws to mask ownership. inquiries will contact bankers and Realtors to assess movements and inform policy considerations.
City of Cedar Thapids approves a new salary schedule granting at least a 12 percent raise for all municipal employees. The plan, developed after a study by Public Service Institute, requires five annual 5 percent steps with a sixth merit step. Mayor Don Canney aims to finalize before New Year’s Day. charts listing present and proposed salaries were circulated to department heads.
The House approved a major international trade bill 323 to 36, heading toward adjournment as it awaits Senate approval and a presidential signature. Debates focused on whether Soviet emigration would earn favorable trade treatment, with supporters citing conditional policy tied to freer emigration. The package included tax, welfare, and child-support measures, plus bills on antidiscrimination exemptions for service organizations and education records access restrictions, and foreign aid and energy project provisions.
Israeli Prime Minister Vilc Rabin urged Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to meet directly for peace. Rabin said Egypt must decide within weeks whether to pursue progress toward a peace settlement or revert to prior conditions for talks and preparation for war.
Washington AP reports U S Steel Corp the nations largest steel producer filed written documentation Friday to justify its controversial price increases on many steel products. President Ford had demanded an explanation and a spokesman for the Council Wage and Price Stability declined to reveal contents saying it was up to the company.
John Lee White, 30, formerly of Cedar Tapids, was indicted by the Linn County grand jury on a murder charge in the February shooting death of Cedar Rapids auctioneer Donald Van Steenis. White is jailed on a Tama County larceny sentence and authorities debated release of his name until arrest warrants were served. The case involves a 38 caliber weapon and about $250 found with the victim, who disappeared Feb. 12 and was later found downstream.
In Richfield Minnesota police report a Holdup at a Minneapolis suburb supermarket where four armed masked men held about 30 hostages. After a six hour standoff the gunmen surrendered and 16 hostages were freed. two gunmen were captured and several civilians injured lightly. Governor Wendell Anderson coordinated negotiations.
A fragmented humorous line shows Neald tinien imagining vacation plans and wanting Worle on hand to loat fraari, with quirky spelling and unclear names suggesting a playful leisure moment from a cartoon or joke page.
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