Iowa utilities overcharge windfall $41.3 million report
An Ames based research group accuses six investor owned utilities of tax overcharges that netted $41.3 million at customers expense. Police demand for 20 percent gain in Cedar Rapids force heads to City Council meeting Tuesday. An educator cites language skills as key to black children's future success. The American dream of reward for hard work is linked to advice from retired executives for two small businesses.
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Gareth Clift
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Bergen
Farmers devise paper grain crop to boost prices
As the American Farm Bureau opens its national convention, president Allan Grant condemns using food as a weapon to raise farm prices as unethical and impractical. Gazette farm editor Al Swegle reports from Houston while farmers experiment with a sensational harvest of a “paper” grain crop.
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Credit system under threat from debt dodgers says columnist
Column by Sylvia Porter argues that a few consumers who cannot or will not handle debts shift the burden to others, warning the overall credit system is endangered. Also notes FTC anger at a nationwide grocer over in store prices higher than advertised and references a disputed NFL officiating call in a Denver versus Oakland playoff game.
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Gazette editorial ranks Nixon in ninth place among admired men
A Gazette editorial compares survey methods to Gallup poll techniques in a feature on Richard Nixon tying with Pope Paul VI for ninth place in a list of most admired men. Also notes a young woman fretting over potential consequences when a man she likes discloses he has epilepsy.
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Disreputable Traveler Pats His Portfolios Across States
A shabby itinerant, traveling by bus, pleads to be named in the newspaper while carrying a portfolio of moldy clippings. Weather underlines a cold stretch with lows 15 to 20 below tonight and Tuesday highs near zero.
Fuel costs may cut sales in coming year
Washington AP reports the Commerce Department predicts higher energy costs will trim consumer spending with apparel and auto sales most affected. Clothing budgets rise modestly while auto demand slows. 1978 clothing costs up six percent and total retail gains near ten percent.
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Arctic cold grips Iowa with dangerous wind chills
Bitter arctic air blankets Iowa with subzero readings across cities from Tripp to Dubuque. Forecasters warn of continued frigid conditions through Monday night and Tuesday with gusty northwest winds and wind chills near 70 below in exposed areas. Four suspected cases of
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Cedar Rapids hearing weighs immunization exemption rules
A Cedar Rapids school official testified that state law permits exemptions via notarized applications for religions opposing vaccination. W. Gene Cretsinger, challenging the law, questioned exemptions while noting his Lutheran Church Missouri Synod affiliation and his family’s health care choices for his six year old son. He described a plan to avoid pharmaceuticals and said one doctor gave oral polio vaccine against that understanding.
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Kathryn Crosby to Rejoin Stage in Same Time Next Year
Kathryn Crosby widow of Bing Crosby tests a costume in New York for Bernard Slade comedy Same Time Next Year which opens January 13 in Greensboro. The production with Mrs Crosby also comes to the Paramount in Cedar Rapids February 23 as she resumes acting after two decades away.
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Legislature opens with prison plea in Iowa
Lt. Gov. Arthur Neu urged prompt action to ease overcrowded Iowa prisons as the 67th General Assembly began the second half. He warned the new criminal code will lift inmate numbers and noted a federal judge order on cell size may worsen conditions.
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Court to Rule on FTC Ban of Filthy Words
The Supreme Court agreed to review a Federal Communications Commission order barring seven words from broadcasts during hours children may hear them. The case stems from a 1973 WBAI program featuring George Carlin’s Filthy Words and a father’s complaint claiming the material was obscene.
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Gazette announces redesigned Page 2 with World News
The Gazette introduces a new Page 2 featuring U S and world news plus weather and vital statistics. It emphasizes Eastern Iowa and local news on designated pages while obituaries remain on Page 3.
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Evel Knievel charged with escape after work release lapse
Evel Knievel, 39, was booked on a felony escape charge after failing to return to the Hall of Justice jail Friday night under a work release program. A sheriff spokesman said the grace period does not excuse nonreturn, and Knievel could face arraignment. He told his probation officer he was leaving the country amid TV news of President Carter's trip abroad.
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