11 Jan 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1978
Page
1
A list of items from today’s pages shows community concerns as parents react to the proposed closure of Eisenhower Elementary, while other features include a visit by a presidential relative, planning for a Super Bowl party, fashion notes, and local notices.
Weather notes forecast snow and cold with 1 to 3 inches expected tonight into Thursday. The page also lists sections such as Comics Movies Sports Deaths Editorial and Legals and includes an ironic weather and safety note about hitchhikers.
Gov. Robert Ray outlines 1978 legislative recommendations in Des Moines. He opposes sales and income tax increases while backing a 3 cent gas tax rise to fund roads and bridges. The plan includes redirecting road funds to aid cities and calls for a no smoking policy in state buildings with limited designated areas.
Des Moines Gov. Robert Ray signals a tight budget with no plan for new general taxes. A renters credit and aid for school districts are cited as priorities, while Ray endorses increases in agricultural and residential property assessments at the same rate to align with a spring law.
A compact dispatch from Cedar Rapids Iowa dated January 11 1978 covers local events and notices with concise factual summaries suitable for a newspaper card. The item highlights community happenings and official notices in brief form.
The nations jobless rate falls from 6.9 to 6.4 percent in December marking the lowest level in more than three years. About 480000 people left unemployment, total employment rose 410000 to 92.6 million, as Carter outlines a roughly 25 billion tax cut plan and job creation programs.
Linn District Judge William Eads ruled that David Cretsinger six year old son of a Cedar Rapids chiropractor does not qualify for a religious exemption from Iowa s new immunization law Cretsinger challenged the law to keep his son enrolled at Squaw Creek Elementary School without vaccinations The ruling focused on Cretsinger s beliefs and ties to religious organizations but concluded the law allows exemptions only under specific religious grounds.
Federal judge orders Allegheny Airlines to pay consumer advocate Ralph Nader 15010 for being bumped from his reserved seat on a Washington to Hartford flight. The ruling is the fourth major step in a case dating to 1972 that reached the Supreme Court, with earlier awards totaling 50510 in damages.
HEW Secretary Joseph Califano declares smoking public health enemy number one and unveils a broad campaign with a $23 million 1979 budget, new labels on birth control pills for smokers, a study on raising the 8 cent per pack tax, a ban on smoking on commercial flights, and expanded government smoking restrictions. He creates an Office on Smoking and Health to oversee the effort.
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