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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1979
Page
1
Mostly cloudy today with a chance of thunderstorms. highs reach 80 to 85 degrees. Tonight and Sunday will be clear to partly cloudy and less humid with lows near the 60s and Sunday highs again 80 to 85. Details on page 3A.
Cedar Rapids hosts a downtown parade at 7 PM led by the American Legion. Other notes list opinions on the oil crisis and a feature on Carlene turning 16 this Sunday in Picture Page. Page references include 6A 8A 14A.
A lighthearted note on buying topsoil noting that some things are cheap yet dirt itself costs more as a humorous observation about pricing and value.
Energy Secretary James Schlesinger deflected questions about a possible ouster, saying President Carter has supported him and that he plans to stay as long as useful. Congress members urged his retention while others pushed for his resignation amid energy policy disputes and internal department complaints.
President Carter appears relaxed and confident after weekend back porch meetings with rural Virginians and West Virginia residents. Press secretary Jody Powell denied resignation or nonre election plans and said misinterpretations were wrong. Carter’s Martinsburg visit featured candid dialogue about local concerns and a broader Sunday night TV address is expected to be philosophical rather than issue specific.
Clint Roberts 16 of Marion scrubs a shirt after boiling it in a kettle over a campfire while Monica 12 and Mandy Werling 6 of Mount Vernon watch. They note that in frontier days girls did washing while boys hunted and chopped wood.
President Richard Nixon spent 12 hours with deposed Iranian Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi at a luxury villa in Cuernavaca before boarding a jet to Mexico City. Nixon said he shared views on China the Soviet Union Europe and Latin America and found the Shah not depressed despite his exile. security tightened as Nixon departed from Benito Juarez Airport.
Storms swept northern Iowa with heavy thunderstorms and possible tornado activity causing property damage and power outages. Cedar Rapids saw gusty winds and hail while fires sparked near Iowa Falls. No injuries were reported.
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