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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1976
Page
3
Washington AP reports the unemployment rate fell from 8.4 to 7.8 percent in January, the largest monthly decline in over 16 years. Employment rose by 800,000, with 86.2 million employed, as gains spread across sectors except teen unemployment. Labor force grew by 360,000, led by adult women and teens.
DES MOINES AP reports Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rose to 5.3 percent in January with 92 000 people jobless. The unadjusted rate climbed due to post holiday retail layoffs and construction slowdowns. Officials caution the figure is an early estimate pending payroll data later in January.
The Iowa House approved a conscience clause bill 92 to 3, aiming to shield those who refuse abortion on religious or moral grounds. A key amendment by Rep. Robert Anderson changed the Senate language to seek emergency life-saving care for the mother, sending the bill back to the Senate with uncertain prospects.
DES MOINES AP reports that action to limit increases in county and city budgets was delayed until next Wednesday after the Iowa Senate defeated a proposal to set a 7 percent property tax increase guideline for local governments. The vote paused a heated debate on imposing tax limits and protecting those opposed to abortions, with lawmakers weighing approaches and potential reconsiderations for next week.
Washington reports the House approved a Smith bill extending federal price controls to in state gas sales by large producers while freeing about 3600 small producers. The measure aims to lift prices for small firms and spur exploration, though consumer impact remains uncertain and a conference with the Senate is pending.
Former President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat will undertake a strictly private visit to China beginning February 21. The trip is at China's request, with all costs borne by Nixon. Nixon will not have an official or diplomatic role, traveling as a private citizen after a call with President Ford and Henry Kissinger.
Residents of San Pedro Sacatapeque march with coffins to a hilltop cemetery as the Guatemala earthquake tolls rise. UNDRO estimated nearly 6,000 dead and 40,000 injured, while Guatemala's National Emergency Committee cited 2,500 to 3,000 dead.
In Washington AP reports Congress and the Senate Commerce Committee discuss extending DST to eight months from March through November this year and next. Support cites reduced crime energy use and traffic injuries with hearings planned to decide final details.
Defense attorney F Lee Bailey pressed James Norton a hospital recreation therapist who testified Hearst confronted him at Hibernia Bank ordering him to lie down and describing her with foul language Norton struggled to repeat the obscenity used The testimony followed a juried clip showing Hearst and four men robbing the Sunset district bank in San Francisco ten weeks after her kidnapping
Mediators report Linn County and AFSCME remain at impasse after 12 hour mediation. AFSCME seeks a 6 cent per hour cost of living adjustment and 1/2 day more paid sick leave, while the county offers 4 20 cent increases, seeks to keep extended eligibility and 12 paid holidays, with seven issues split. County observers warn of time pressures for the next fiscal year.
An Indiana man, Gregory James Behrens, 21, was indicted by a Cedar Rapids federal grand jury for a Dec 26 holdup of a Tipton Uniltex Federal Savings and Loan where $903 was taken. He was arrested after a car crash four miles south of Tipton. cash was found. Behrens faces four counts for armed robbery with a handgun. Also indicted is Ronald Heubrock of Sioux City for a separate bank robbery at First National Bank in Sioux City on July 21, with four counts. Heubrock is undergoing tests at a Missouri facility.
A humorous note riffs on home repair as a man’s tools tame a dripping faucet turning a minor nuisance into a runny serenade of leaks with comic flair.
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