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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1977
Page
1
An analysis of claims shows six tonsillectomies paid for under one person and 120 pills daily for 204 days attributed to another, illustrating Medicaid fraud investigations. Other items note falling wholesale coffee prices as Folger cuts prices, and several local campus and legal news items.
Gazette staffers explore a growing stamp collecting trend and its link to genealogy. Steve Helle notes the hobby's rise and safety concerns while Lynda Halbert highlights local resources for researching family histories and tracing personal origins in Cedar Rapids.
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of rain tonight and Saturday. Lows by tonight around 60s and highs Saturday in the mid 80s. The text also includes a joke about a man who sent his mother birthday cards.
Sixth grader Larry Berndt from 123 Seventeenth Street NE heard his teacher’s final words as the wall clock neared summer vacation. Cedar Rapids public and parochial schools closed for the year this week.
U S inflation signals ease as unemployment falls below 7 percent for the first time since 1974 and May wholesale prices rise a modest 0.4 percent. Farm prices drop 2.3 percent, offsetting increases in fuels, livestock, and processed foods, with overall wholesale and consumer prices up from a year ago.
Iowa's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 3.1 percent in May from 2.9 percent in April, while the number of unemployed fell from 40 000 to 36 800. Layoffs rose over the month with over 1 000 workers losing jobs for lack of work, and about 1 200 layoffs were recorded in May.
The House approved a new Cabinet department of energy by a 310 to 20 vote and set a five year limit unless renewed by Congress. An amendment to end the department on December 31, 1982 passed 202 to 126. Carter sought broad powers for the energy secretary, but the House and Senate versions trim those powers. A conference committee will reconcile differences.
Vietnam and the United States closed a two day round of talks with Hanoi announcing the return of 20 more missing American remains. Total remains sent since March numbers 22, with returns scheduled to a future meeting.
A Cedar Rapids delegation including Bob Walkup and Hiawatha Mayor Dale Guthridge will meet IDOT on June 14 in Ames to press extending Collins Road NE to Edgewood Road. Walkup cites traffic chaos if the Forty-second Street interchange opens first. Guthridge says Hiawatha would drop objections if Collins extension opens concurrently.
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