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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1979
Page
4
A Linn County resident recalls how the 1970s energy crisis shifted priorities from the environment to energy. Rising oil prices and the Arab embargo of 1973 pushed Americans to conserve, wait in gas lines, and reconsider future power sources while questioning nuclear, solar, and coal use.
Iowa residents face higher fuel and utility bills as the 1980s approach. Pat Beuter and Ann Rowe describe colder homes, slower travel, and smaller cars while Cedar Rapids City Mayor Don Canney outlines budget cuts, transit changes, and potential rationing. Energy policy was created in 1974 to guide statewide action.
Robert Carson, Cedar Rapids labor leader, lists seven 1970s developments from hostages in Iran to the Vietnam War’s end and Humphrey’s death. He links right wing PACs, energy shortages, inflation, and Nixon’s resignation to national division and policy debates. The piece also notes Iowa energy policy efforts and nuclear power debates surrounding Palo plant.
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