13 Jan 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1978
Page
1
Education notes mention Squaw Creek parents worried about potential student reassignment. The report lists related items across pages including labor talks in Cedar Rapids, abortion funding stance, and other unrelated topics. The item focuses on parental concerns over school changes.
An uptick in Cedar Rapids police staffing appears unlikely despite discussions of needed personnel. Officials suggest the proposal may stall on the City Council agenda, with no clear timetable for action.
Farmers plan to converge in Des Moines for a demonstration aligning with a Washington rally. The event reflects coordinated activism across states as organizers call for support and policy action.
Officials in Iowa consider a seven day duck season in September amid local farm operator meetings at eastern Iowa auction barns. A Linn County outreach group grows around the First Christian Church. Debates arise over women’s ordination and Episcopal Church influence in the United States. Wool union suit reformulates as thermal underwear.
Occasional light snow is expected tonight and Saturday with temperatures dipping to around zero tonight and highs near 5 to 10 on Saturday. The forecast covers local sections including Comics, Marion, Movies, Sports and Legals with pages and sections listed for reader reference.
Linn County will stop selling abandoned cars for the City of Cedar Rapids as of March. Sheriff Orlie Workman says the county will not conduct further sales, citing annual costs of about 9000 dollars and unfair state guidelines. The move leaves a surplus of unneeded vehicles and unsettled disposal plans.
Forecasters warned that snow would continue through Saturday. Cedar Rapids hospitals treated at least 12 people in the last 24 hours for injuries from falls.
UPI reports Korean millionaire Tongsun Park provided U.S. investigators with a wide list of congressmen and senators linked to the payoff scandal. Rep. Bruce Caputo said Park offered various names and some denied links, while prosecutors pressed questions as the Seoul interview spans about 10 days.
Senate leader Robert Byrd voiced qualified support for the Panama Canal treaty and urged added guarantees the United States may defend the canal and secure priority passage after 2000. He noted talks with Howard Baker and signaled possible changes to win broader backing.
The city of Cedar Rapids owns a car nicknamed 21856 Official City that has received 24 parking tickets since last November in the underground lot on May's Island. Twenty-two tickets have been excused, and the vehicle has recently parked at the first space north of the exit ramp in the facility.
President Carter acknowledged a Pennsylvania congressman asked to speed Marston’s removal but said he had no knowledge the lawmaker was a target of the Marston investigation. Bell had decided to replace Marston before the call, Carter said at a national news conference.
A Cedar Rapids six year old will be admitted to Squaw Creek Elementary Monday without immunization if a religious exemption is properly filed. The exemption hinges on membership in a denomination opposed to vaccination. Linn County Judge William Eads ruled the statute defines exemption by denomination tenets, not individual belief.
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