03 Feb 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1978
Page
1
The Cedar Rapids crime code will aid police in pursuing bad-check writers. Other items note Marion City Council approving Boyson Road extension, Kirkwood welding lab shutdown for ventilation, and Patty Hearst legal appeal.
Page 11 reports that most University of New Mexico students struggle to name the second highest ranking official at the university highlighting gaps in student knowledge.
Iowa residents pursue cold weather recreation as Saturday morning reports note ice fishing popularity in Wisconsin and local readers hear of license price hikes sparking dissent among sportsmen. A Sunday school opens at Galilee Baptist Church and Chestnut Mountain Lodge offers a winter weekend escape near Galena Illinois. Cloudy skies bring light snow chances tonight and Saturday with lows in the single digits to 20s.
The Labor Department reports the national unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in January, with 270,000 more jobs, lifting total employment to 92.9 million while unemployed held at 6.2 million. Black workers faced higher joblessness, with adult men at 9.8 percent and youths at 38.7 percent, though black adult women improved to 10.8 percent.
The United States ordered Dinh Ba Thi, Vietnam’s ambassador to the United Nations, to leave the country. Thi, named an unindicted co conspirator in a case involving CIA employee Ronald Humphrey and Truong Dinh Hung, allegedly participated in passing secret cables to Vietnam.
College Community School District classified employees voted 35 to 34 against forming a certified bargaining unit to be represented by Teamsters Local 238 in Cedar Rapids. With 99 eligible voters and about 170 classified staff, the result halted efforts amid concerns raised by district officials about staff reductions and wage effects. The article notes two school board members involved in a prior meeting and unresolved speculation about influence on the vote.
President Carter asks United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller to postpone a 24 hour session of the bargaining council amid a 60 day coal strike. Labor Secretary Ray Marshall reportedly called Miller on behalf of the White House as mediators pursue a settlement with industry negotiators. In Alabama, troopers used tear gas to free seven nonunion miners trapped at a Walker County strip mine after clashes with striking workers.
President Carter plans a quiet welcome for Egyptian President Sadat as he seeks U S support for talks with Israel. The visit will emphasize quiet diplomacy with a relaxed weekend at Camp David and brief public remarks, while stalled issues include Palestinian self-determination and Jewish settlements in Sinai and other territories.
The Iowa Senate delivered a 17 to 32 defeat to a substitute tax plan aimed at cans and litter relief, as Sen. John Scott predicted passage of the bottle deposit bill. Critics argued the substitute would create more government bureaucracy while failing to address waste and recycling.
City Council reviewed a budget showing a 43 cent per thousand increase in the property tax levy to 19.11 million for local taxes, with no new permanent hires planned. Requests for 14 additional staff totaling 138,575 were tabled for Feb 15. Police staffing remains pending pension fund decisions.
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