27 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1977
Page
1
In select hospitals a modern maternity option challenges the classic delivery room setup. The article contrasts new methods with the familiar scene of bright lights chrome equipment and an aura of medical mystery.
Gazette staffer Vanessa Shelton examines diabetes in Cedar Rapids noting misconceptions and its physical and mental impacts. Information and referral service fields widespread calls about needs and services.
Doug Nemec of Fairfax, a 10 year old first time exhibitor at Linn county fair, headlines with his 90 pound lamb named grand champion. He plans to eat a lot of popcorn as part of fair festivities on page 6B.
In a 30 minute span at St Luke's hospital the Marion high basketball player Don Walton avoided a life threatening event and is now out of the hospital and on the road to recovery.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with a chance of scattered thundershowers. Low tonight in the upper 50s. High Thursday around 80.
A humorous quip argues that America remains rich in untold wealth despite critics. It suggests the Internal Revenue Service holds the truth about hidden riches.
U S District Judge Edward J McManus dismissed a criminal indictment citing a surfeit of bad faith by the government. Assistant U S Attorney Alan Kirshen faced criticism as the case involved Reinbeck man Jack Day accused of false statements on a bank loan application in 1975.
In Taverner Florida Keys a family fears a large hairy creature living near their home. Charles Stoeckman says the thing stinks and has driven them to consider moving. Sheriff’s deputies report no tangible evidence but acknowledge the family is terrified by the encounter.
A brush fire in Santa Barbara, likely incendiary, destroyed about 200 homes and damaged 40 more in the upscale Coyote Canyon Mountain Drive and Eucalyptus Hill areas. Between 2,000 and 3,000 residents fled, some living on yachts or with relatives while a few were injured and one person arrested for looting.
Iowa residents face high pressure commodity options sales from firms with glossy promises of profit in a market soon legal in the United States. Regulators report widespread fraud and unknown losses, with victims like Sandra and Lauren Wolcott detailing inflated commissions and misleading guarantees.
Washington officials defend Vietnam's UN entry as a step forward. Richard Holbrooke says the US gained data on MIAs and expects more remains to be returned, while a hearing hears rumors of Americans held in Vietnamese jails amid about 1,800 MIAs still listed.
The Senate Finance Committee rejected President Carter's plan to use income tax revenues to prop up Social Security. In an 11-3 vote the panel ended the proposal to substitute 14 billion dollars from income taxes for Social Security payroll tax revenue lost during the recession.
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