14 Jan 1977
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1977
Page
1
Gov. Robert Ray unveiled a conservative budget calling for no tax increase and limited spending growth. The plan seeks to cap residential and agricultural assessment increases at five percent annually and introduces local option taxes for property tax relief, plus a guest tax on lodging.
President elect Jimmy Carter names an eight member core group to set policy agendas with daily meetings. Hamilton Jordan Jody Powell and Stuart Eizenstat are among aides. Margaret Costanza to join as special presidential assistant at 44000 a year.
Cedar Rapids police reported a rash of fender benders on Thursday and Friday due to slick roads. A westbound van hit a utility pole near Johnson Avenue and Edgewood Road NW, and Friday morning a car lost control at Brentwood Drive and C Avenue NE, ending in a yard fence.
The state climatologist Paul Waite predicts a continued deep freeze despite a brief warming, with the winter to date the coldest of the Twentieth century in Iowa. Meteorologist Paul Dailey cautions against long range forecasts and notes the cold dry air and lack of Gulf moisture explain why storms have stayed south and why the pattern could rival the 1935 1936 winter.
The Justice Department will not prosecute CIA workers over a secret mail-opening program from 1953 to 1973. President Ford proposes pay raises for top officials and judges, with the vice president slated at 75000. IRS withdraws a proposal taxing free tuition for dependents. Carter rejects a congressionaI plea to pardon Vietnam draft evaders. A New York AP item cites a multimillion dollar child pornography industry harming thousands of children. details on page 8.
Forecast calls for snow showers tonight and Saturday with low temperatures 5 to 10 below. Saturday highs projected at 5 to 10 above.
A light quip notes a man with a torn coat and two vest buttons should either marry or divorce to fix his fashion mishap.
Anthony Eden, Britain’s former prime minister and long time foreign secretary, died at 79 after a progressive liver failure. He had fought fascism in the 1930s and resigned over the Suez crisis, having served in Parliament 34 years and seen war service in 1914 18.
Dr. Robert Hansen urged the Iowa State University institute before the state board of regents to seek two more years of funding for coal beneficiation research. The project aims to extend coal supply, improve extraction and restoration, and curb energy prices for Iowa families amid feared increases from fossil energy costs.
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