23 Feb 1979
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1979
Page
1
Grain haulers protest the wasted hours waiting to unload at Cedar Rapids processing facilities. The notice highlights delays impacting transport and supply chains, with page references to ongoing coverage and related local developments.
Saturday A Gazette warns of sinister implications in the outspoken Christianity of a U S senator and representative from Iowa. Eastern Iowans will gain a new fishing spot as Pleasant Creek Lake near Palo grows with bass and muskies. Forest and Streams reports progress on the recreation area's development.
Weather outlook shows a clear to partly cloudy night with temperatures 5 to 10 above. Saturday turns partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid 20s.
A lighthearted jab notes progress in medicine yet laments reliance on foreign flu strains each season, imagining an American variant to end annual import dependence.
NRC approves pre-operational testing at the 550 MW Palo plant as Iowa Electric prepares to restart within about two weeks. Final NRC decision on seven welds, found faulty by inspectors, will determine if power can be restored.
Reports from Bangkok say Chinese warplanes bombed near Haiphong where Soviet ships unload missiles and radar for Vietnamese allies. Ha Giang may have fallen. Lang Son defenders under siege as ground troops advance. Ustinov denounces Beijing as provocations rise, while Blumenthal heads to China with Carter’s views.
The Labor Department reports a 0.9 percent rise in the Consumer Price Index led by higher costs for food gasoline and medical care. Food up 1.4 percent amid sharp gains in beef poultry fish fruit and vegetables while housing and hotel rates also climbed.
Iowa Senate approves an amend ment backing a constitutional convention if Congress does not balance the budget by 1980 while concerns arise over interpretation and exact wording. California Republicans block similar calls as Iowa economists warn the plan could be bad politics or harmful economics.
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