26 Jan 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1978
Page
1
A list of varied local items appears across the issue. Topics range from a controversial school board meeting discussion to sheriff deputies switching to Buicks and a Laetrile hearing by a House subcommittee. The paper notes legislative measures, labor legal debates, and regional interests.
Decreasing cloudiness with blowing snow tonight. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Very cold with a low of 10 to 15 below zero. Friday will be clear and cold with highs around 5 above. Sign in a laundry window advertising hand washing. Copyright.
Senate leaders agree to present the Panama Canal treaty with amendments asserting U S right to intervene to keep the canal open and priority access for U S vessels in emergencies. Byrd and Baker will co sponsor the amendment as committee marks up the pact with Carter administration backing.
The GAO reports a serious storm quake or terrorist attack could rupture liquefied energy gas storage facilities causing vast releases of explosive gas into sewers and subways. It compares potential energy to WWII bombing raids and warns failures could occur within 50 years in densely populated areas, risking mass casualties.
A winter storm battered the eastern United States and struck Iowa with heavy snows and high winds. Temperatures dropped to 3 below in Cedar Rapids with wind chills from 60 below to 35 below, prompting travel advisories as highways closures and limited passability increased. An elderly Clare woman died in the storm and others faced exposure and stranding as accidents rose and officials urged nonessential travel.
The government announced federal health care funds may pay for abortions for rape or incest victims if reported within 60 days. HEW Secretary Califano and Attorney General Bell supported this interpretation of the new law, allowing Medicaid and other federal programs to cover such procedures when reporting meets the criteria. Meanwhile severe weather raged across the eastern U.S. with floods and wind, disrupting life from Indiana to Ohio and New York suburbs including the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Iowa officials seek to curb utility late penalties after a Marshall County case found a LeGrand water department charged 10 percent for delays beyond 10 days. The state usury law caps penalties at 0.75 percent per month, prompting appeals in Altoona and attention from utilities statewide.
The Liberian freighter Eva Maria, 492 feet long and carrying 6000 pounds of explosives, reported sinking in the Gulf of Mexico after an onboard hatch exploded. The Coast Guard launched air and sea searches from four locations, but no debris or survivors were found.
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