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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1977
Page
1
Government figures show consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in December, lifting the 1976 inflation rate to 4.8 percent the lowest in four years. The report notes wage earners gained 0.2 percent in real terms and that food, gasoline, and services contributed to the year’s shifts.
CDC researchers link a slow growing gram negative bacillus to 29 fatalities from Legionnaires disease and 151 survivors, while noting transmission remains unclear and not person to person. The organism may explain past outbreaks including St Elizabeths hospital cases and Pontiac fever.
Armco Steel Corp. announced a 15 percent price reduction on some structural steel to meet foreign competition. A United States Steel Corp. spokesman said U S Steel has not decided on price cuts but will be competitive where necessary and commercially advisable.
A Spanish cargo ship Akola, 410 feet, capsized and sank 200 miles off Key West after sending a 6 am distress call. Coast Guard aircraft and two tankers searched for survivors as the incident prompted a maritime response. A Cedar Rapids woman later reports carbon monoxide poisoning from furnace fumes.
President elect Jimmy Carter's aides propose a mid March national tour to boost support for his domestic agenda. The plan also includes meetings with Canadian and Mexican leaders and discussions with Congress and the United Nations. The note appears in Washington coverage with related Panama Canal treaty talks highlighted by Cyrus Vance.
A short reflective line questions the meaning of home without the presence of children, suggesting warmth and life hinge on their absence or presence. The phrase implies that home is defined by family and growth, evoking a tender, universal sentiment.
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the Cedar Rapids district court and civil service commission rulings upholding the suspension and demotion of Cedar Rapids police officer Kenneth Millsap. The case traces to a 1973 incident in a northeast Cedar Rapids shopping center where Millsap was involved in a scuffle with two officers and faced intoxication and resisting arrest charges that were not formally filed. The civil service commission reduced the indefinite suspension to 60 days without pay and demoted Millsap from lieutenant to detective. Millsap returned to duty as a detective pending further appeals efforts.
Linn County officials withheld Ferris overtime pay citing 11/12 sheriff salary rule. The board approved 80 percent of pay despite Ferris’s eleven month work year. Ferris and supporters argue fairness. Ferris plans to seek further action to obtain owed funds.
Linn District Judge Harold Vietor ruled Cedar Rapids cannot enact a noise ordinance for motor vehicles citing state law. Heiderscheid challenged the ordinance adopted May 19 1976 and fined up to 100 dollars or 30 days in jail for excessive noise.
President Ford ruled out blanket amnesty for Vietnam era deserters and draft evaders but said veterans with other than honorable discharges who were wounded or decorated would have their status upgraded to honorable conditions if no compelling reason exists. He asked Congress to end federal price controls on gasoline, signaling higher fuel costs. White House aides say up to 700 veterans could benefit. The move followed Mrs. Hart's urging for earned clemency and comes days before Ford's departure from office.
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