Weekend Cold Snap With Partial Clouds
Colder air settles with partial clouds through the weekend. Highs in the mid 30s and overnight lows in the teens. Sunday_EXPECTED partly cloudy with continued chilly conditions.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1977
Page
1
Iowa co ops grow as consumer food choice expands
Cont Miss Food co-ops gain popularity in Iowa with about 20 co ops or buying clubs statewide. Growth continues but questions on future possibilities arise as residents seek natural and organic options. Heat tapes cause several Cedar Rapids fires this winter prompting safety tips for homeowners. Network, a film nominated for 10 Academy Awards, opens in Cedar Rapids with Suzanne Barnes calling it excellent satire of TV industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Network
Gazette Entertainment
Suzanne Barnes
Amin says archbishop ministers killed as punishment of God
President Idi Amin claims the Anglican archbishop and two ministers were killed as divine punishment. Uganda produced autopsies to support a car crash tale while Tanzania dismissed the claim as lunacy. Reports from northern Uganda allege massacres of civilians as fears rise of a pogrom against Christians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
Uganda
Tanzania
Amin
Sadlowski challenges legality of Steelworkers election
Ed Sadlowski formally challenged the February 8 election for United Steelworkers president, arguing the process was illegal. The move, announced just before the deadline, signals a likely protracted legal battle as the post will be vacant next June when I W Abel retires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Ed Sadlowski
Organization
Lloyd McBride
United Steelworkers
Sadlowski
I. W. Abel
Solar power may reach developing nations within a decade
An international panel from 11 nations, meeting under UNIDO, says solar energy could be economically viable in developing countries within 10 years if mass produced with Western know how. The sun’s energy is free inexhaustible and non-polluting, the scientists said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIDO
Carter plan boosts funding for urban blight program
The Carter administration announced a major restructuring of the federal program fighting urban blight. It aims to channel more money to the poorest cities and expand the program with a proposed $4 billion in the next fiscal year, up from $3.2 billion this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Candlemakers Weigh Soft Job Against Wick End Duties
A concise note contrasts candlemakers temperament with the practical task of trimming wick ends. The remark highlights the paradox of a gentle trade facing a precise, hands on chore within craft work.
Cedar Rapids Crime Study Urges Tougher Action
Cedar Rapids residents voice demands for tougher crime measures including more police, stricter enforcement, higher convictions and longer sentences. A January student survey of 410 locals found 77 percent distrust reporting crime and 30 percent were victims in the last year. Professor Sweeney proposes targeting career criminals, boosting accountability of law enforcers, and citizen oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cee College
Thomas Sweeney
Sweeney
Keeping Fide Warm With Straw Mink Coat
In Cedar Rapids, dogs get coats from $5 to $8 with woolens and denims common, while some owners opt for luxe options like a mink collar on a $125 coat. Veterinarians warn about frostbite and illness, advising south-facing shelters, straw bedding, increased winter food, and professional care for persistent symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Terry Moore
Moore
Kenneth Paulson
Cedar Rapids City Council rejects railroads compromise
The Cedar Rapids City Council rejects a railroads compromise amid a TRB hearing on enforcing a 1974 street crossing ordinance. The proposal would have kept city rules at major downtown crossings while applying the state law elsewhere and removing current time limits. The hearing resumes in Des Moines with the council seeking to keep Cedar Rapids restrictions in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
State Department of Transportation
Transportation Regulation Board
TRB
Canney
Fourth Street
Chauvin Defends Record Amid School District Allegations
Harvey Chauvin, superintendent of Shellsburg Community Schools, testified before the Iowa Professional Teaching Practices commission Friday defending his handling of teacher evaluations and district purchases for his personal car. He described classroom observations, a student incident with Leona Barry, and admitted buying spark plugs, a muffler, and a battery with district funds, offset by mileage owed to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Chauvin
Shellsburg
Iowa Professional Teaching Practices Commission
Chauvin
Leona Barry
Penick Reveals Out In Waste Plant Use
Public Improvements Commissioner receives Penick and Ford revised capacity requests for the Cedar Rapids waste water plant. The plans cut flow to 675000 gallons per day and reduce BOD to 28000 pounds daily, suspended solids to 8500 pounds, and TEN to 100 pounds daily. Plant cost exceeds 60 million with 75 percent federal funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penick
Penick and
Ford
Cedar Rapids
Richard Phillips
Phillips
George Milligan
Penick and Ford
Secret Manuscript Details Hussein CIA Payments
A partially released manuscript names Jordan's King Hussein and other leaders as recipients of CIA payments. The CIA won a court order to redact portions from The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence. A Carter administration spokesman did not confirm a report of a long paid secret sum to Hussein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jordan
Hussein
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Joseph Mobutu
Zaire
Forbes Burnham
Guyana
Willy Brandt
West Germany
CIA
Victor Marchetti
John Marks
United States
Carter
State Department
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