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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1977
Page
2
A Cedar Rapids area program aims to improve health awareness and access to care. Community groups organize activities and solicit donations to bolster the camp initiative.
William H. Harrison served the shortest term as U.S. president dying 30 days after inauguration. He caught cold at inauguration and was the first president to die in office.
National Geographic reports a surge in computing. About 325000 computers exist in the United States today, bar mini calculators, up from ten in 1951. Some 700000 people are involved in making selling repairing and working with these electronic brains.
W. T. Yivisaker of Gould, Inc. projects electric cars could reach 5 percent of vehicles by the late 1980s and 25 to 40 percent by 2000. Prototypes now run 25 to 60 mph with 25 to 75 mile ranges. A nickel zinc battery due next year may push speed to 60 mph and range to 100–125 miles.
Virgil Powell of 3231 Carlisle Street NE says his memoir From the Slave Cabin of Yani will be published in March and available in local bookstores. After a Gazette feature, Powell 85 has received hundreds of letters and calls from readers seeking order details and a firm publication date. He compares his tracing of ancestry to Alex Haley's Roots.
Mount Mercy college in Cedar Rapids offers a four part seminar titled Project What Now on February 9 16 March 2 and 9. Free and open to area college juniors and seniors the 45 minute sessions cover resume writing job search success assertiveness and employment opportunities for 1977 graduates. On February 16 four Mt Mercy graduates will share their job hunting experiences including Robert Duff Lynn Griswold Mark Powers and Sue Menzel.
Survey of Col lege Community school district parents will be presented to the school board at Prairie high school little theater Tuesday night. Ben Isselhardt will present results from more than 1,500 replies. The survey asks about satisfaction with the individualized instruction program and other items.
North Dakota uses windmills to oxygenate aging lakes reducing fish kills. Five impoundments including Crown Butte and Spiritwood tested, with wind driven pumps recirculating water to lift oxygen to the surface. Maintenance costs are low, but funding limits expansion.
A 1966 to 1980 review shows taxes on cigarettes rising nationwide. Connecticut increased from eight to 21 cents per pack, Massachusetts reached 21 cents by mid 1980, while North Carolina remained as low as two cents with Virginia at 2.5 and Kentucky at three cents.
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