24 Jul 1979
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1979
Page
1
Obituary notices for Sophie Barbara Paulsen and Wayne W. Hahn, with survivors in multiple states, service details, and burial plans. Includes additional listings for Mrs. Martha Metela and several local figures, with funeral times, locations, and affiliated churches and cemeteries.
Exxon reports $830 million in the June quarter as domestic oil gains offset higher U.S. costs. Jixxon’s six month profit climbs to $1.78 billion with sales of $38.41 billion. Foreign and Alaskan exploration lift results, while U.S. refining profits sag. Standard Oil of Indiana posts strong first half earnings driven by foreign operations.
The debate centers on letting federal interference in education expand at state and local expense. Mott would accept Rep. Holt's tighter four one proposal, which would end busing for desegregation while removing a government power to ensure equal educational opportunities for all students.
Busing Mottl used a discharge petition to move a proposed amendment into debate after the Judiciary Committee balked. He gathered 218 signatures, a House majority, as opponents warn the measure is improper for a constitutional topic and would erase two decades of race progress. The Carter administration and leaders oppose it, joined by civil rights, labor, education, and women groups led by the Congressional Black Caucus.
White House aides anticipate a clash as President Carter seeks to protect windfall profits tax revenues. Officials estimate exemptions for independent producers and newly discovered oil could slash a combined 55 billion dollars over ten years, versus a projected 142 billion in the first decade. Carter planned a national address from the East Room at 8 p.m. CDT Wednesday.
Rescue workers extricated a woman from a compact car after a noon hour crash at First Avenue and 15th Street SE. Police and witnesses withheld details of the collision. An older model car required the door pried open. Ambulances transported the woman to St Luke's Hospital where she was listed in treatment tonight.
Rep. Tom Tauke of Iowa sponsors H R 4773 to remove postage for all absentee ballots in local, state and federal elections. He argues postage fees deter voting by poor and elderly citizens unable to reach polls, aiming to curb the poll tax stigma attached to mail ballots. Also notes Apollo 11 splashdown and Nixon’s watch from the Hornet in 1969.
A Parade preview promises an in depth interview with Fred Astaire this Sunday. The feature explores his career, dance philosophy, and upcoming projects in a poised profile.
At 1 a.m. wind from the south at 21 mph. Sunrise 5 53, sunset 8 33. Yesterday high 78, low 56, no precipitation. Extended forecast cooler and less humid Thursday through Saturday with possible thundershowers Thursday. Highs 75 to 85, lows 55 to 65. River and lake readings show LaCrosse 5.9, Lansing 8.4, Dam 9 15.5, McGregor 8.2, Guttenberg 6.7, Dubuque 9.0, Davenport 6.3, Keithsburg 7.1, Keokuk 4.0, Clinton 8.3, Cedar at C R 4.11.
Travel and transportation brief notes a Smoky Mountains Fall Foliage Tour slated October 26 to November 4 with contact 393-8747. Other items advertise free ear piercing with purchases, birthstone jewelry, Wednesday games at St. Joseph's Church Hall Marion and Montrose, and prize updates. Also listed are decorative gifts from Skandia, rubber stamp service, gas can sales, a costly tarp replacement for a semitrailer in Dysart, and Carly Blahnik Petersen earning a doctorate in education from the University of Minnesota.
Juvenile crime and arrests were up slightly in Cedar Rapids during the fiscal year ending June 30. The report notes small increases in offenses and detentions, reflecting broader community safety trends. Names of agencies or individuals are not provided in the available text.
A four engine Prinair Airlines plane carrying 19 passengers and a two man crew crashed after takeoff on St. Croix in the U S Virgin Islands. At least nine people were dead and officials noted 12 of the passengers may have been on a Baptist mission tour from Texas. The craft originated in San Juan Puerto Rico and was bound for St Kitts with eight passengers boarded in St. Croix.
Birth announcements list multiple newborns with parent names and addresses from Mercy July 23 and St. Luke's July 23, naming eight to ten families for daughters and sons. Following lines report police and emergency calls and incidents including a carburetor backfire, trash by river bank, a medical emergency, and an accident standby in Cedar Rapids area.
Relatives of former Oelwein resident Rev. Nickolas Strawn await news after a tidal wave struck Lamblen Island in Indonesia where he has worked for about 12 years. Allen Strawn of Cedar Rapids said the family asked Sen John Culver for help as Red Cross and other channels failed. state department has been asked to assist.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette details its origin in 1883 and daily plus Sunday publication at 500 Third Ave SE. It lists subscription rates including carrier at $1.20 weekly and Sunday editions at $5 for 7 issues, with rate terms for other regions and a note that AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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