09 Feb 1979
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1979
Page
1
In Cedar Rapids metro two Marion school districts clinched teacher contract agreements doubling as a local derby. The campus pages note broader shifts in staffing due to financial pressure and city staff debates shape policy outcomes. The package spans multiple pages with related regional stories.
The winning coach commends the effort of the players after a crucial Thursday game at the Iowa Fieldhouse. Sectional results are on pages 1 3B and page references note coverage in 5B 12B.
The Saturday Gazette previews a feature on toe counting and swimming. The piece notes Waukon's favorite winter sport is practiced indoors on Tuesday nights in Allamakee County, with a cloudier forecast and cold lows.
Wholesale prices jumped 1.3 percent in January the largest monthly gain in four years led by beef and veal. The Labor Department noted broad increases across gasoline fuel oil cosmetics tobacco autos tires and machinery signaling higher grocery and retail prices ahead.
Linn County authorities say a missing dime shaped strontium 90 disc used to calibrate radiation monitors at the Duane Arnold Energy Center was placed back by pranksters. A dosimeter was taped to the case as part of the prank. two workers showed abnormal readings. No charges filed yet.
A New Orleans motorcycle patrolman shouts to fellow officers as police vote to strike after the mayor refuses to recognize their union. About half of the 1,460 officers walk off, threatening Mardi Gras operations next Friday.
A Linn District Court jury found Isaac Pledge Jr. guilty of first degree theft and involuntary manslaughter in the May 28 purse snatching that led to Jessie Belle De La Mater's death from pneumonia at Mercy Hospital. The state linked the death to the crime. the defense argued drugs and a hospital bed fall could be causes.
The Iowa Senate approved a banking bill 47 to 0, adding a floating usury cap and allowing credit unions to issue share drafts and lenders to charge a one point loan fee. It reserves an amendment barring rate increases when a buyer assumes a mortgage unless the new buyer is a substantially greater risk. House action postponed pending motions to reconsider.
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