16 Feb 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1978
Page
1
Cedar Rapids city pages note a potential quick resolution to the logjam in towing abandoned vehicles. The paper also teases features on kitchen flood basics, a new energy conservation program, and firefighters facing some discomfort in recent pages.
Linn and Johnson county officials demand a clarification from the Iowa Department of Social Services. The note appears among brief items on page 11 and is part of an aggregated local news page.
Brief notes from readers discuss Panama issues deferred drunk-driver sentencing rising education costs and concerns over infant drug care. Mention a feature on microwave cookery and page references for further reading across pages 9 16 22.
A Page 16 item questions the legitimacy of fundraising coupon books sold by a nonprofit. The report notes concerns about profits and transparency, urging readers to verify organizations and distributions before contributing or purchasing.
A distressed jogger suffers lifelong paralysis, generating a complex medical case. The article outlines the sequence from incident to its enduring consequences and the medical and legal implications for involved parties.
John Ingram president of the Rock Island Railroad says larger grain elevators spaced widely apart offer a limited fix for low density Midwest rail lines He urges efficiency reforms within railroads and promotes FarmRail a pooling plan among Midwest shippers to cut costs at a two day DOT conference in Chicago The Milwaukee Road bankruptcy and Rock Island bankruptcy are noted as context
The Iowa House passed a bill to raise hunting and fishing license fees. An amendment to place the legendary Canis Lupus Lycaon under game management failed amid humor and debate.
Cedar Rapids students in Bill Williamson language arts class welcomed Gabe Kaplan with autograph requests and photos after inviting him by letter. The 23 Van Buren elementary sixth graders attended a pre show visit at the Paramount Theater before Kaplan’s performance and many signed a sheet addressed to him.
Haldeman, in a new book, argues Nixon caused the break in and later erased incriminating material from secret White House tapes. The claim centers on an 18 1 4 minute gap in an Oval Office recording later subpoenaed during Watergate trials. Rose Mary Woods admits a possible erasure of four to five minutes amid the remaining gap.
Labor Secretary Ray Marshall set a two day deadline for miners and soft coal operators to settle the 73 day long coal strike and ordered around the clock negotiations. President Carter declared an energy emergency for Indiana and Ohio to permit lower quality coal amid growing outages. Government warned of possible blackouts as TVA and American Electric Power urge voluntary cuts and threaten mandatory reductions if coal supplies fail.
Postmaster General Benjamin Bailar resigns after three years leading the financially troubled Postal Service. He departs as Congress debates ending Saturday mail delivery and as critics target rural post office closures. During his tenure stamp prices rose from eight to 13 cents and the agency faced a $688 million deficit in fiscal 1977.
The Gazette corrects a Wednesday report misidentifying Mrs. Gerald Edleman as former administrator of Hallmark Nursing Home in Mount Vernon. Edleman and husband had planned to sell the home in September and notified state officials before the December revocation hearing. A state official later named Mrs. Marge Conway of Lisbon as the former administrator. Conway declined comment on investigations into licenses she holds as nursing home administrator and nurse.
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