30 Jun 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1978
Page
1
The Cedar Rapids edition highlights candidates for the 2nd Congressional District with appearances by national figures. It covers local business views on a higher drinking age, trial dates for criminal charges, Gov. Ray backing labor on directory aid, and legislative focus on money and taxes.
A Gazette editorial critiques rising hospital costs nationwide. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources voices concern over chemical content in fish. The Spokesman outlines bicycle tire patching. An Iowa City family on bicycles shares their belief in togetherness. St Mark's Lutheran Church highlights religious education for mentally retarded persons.
The forecast calls for continued warmth and humidity with a chance of thunderstorms tonight and through Saturday. A few severe storms are possible tonight. Tonight’s low will be in the low 70s, with Saturday highs around 90.
May consumer prices rose 0.9 percent led by food and housing costs keeping inflation at a double digit level. Over two months prices climbed at an annual rate of 10.8 percent. Purchasing power fell 1.3 percent as taxes and Social Security deductions trimmed wages.
Former Cedar Rapids resident Air Force Captain Larry Showalter 33 died after parachuting from a Phantom F 4 over the Gulf of Mexico during a routine fighter pilot training mission about 45 miles south west of Sarasota Florida Captain Steven Church co pilot also parachuted their plane did not explode body recovered Showalter stationed at McDill AFB Tampa an 11 year veteran now serving with the Air Force?
Gov Robert Ray signed legislation raising Iowa's legal drinking age from 18 to 19 after weighing public sentiment and statistics on fatal crashes involving 18 year old drinking drivers. He noted the change conflicts with neighboring states Wisconsin and South Dakota but argued the life and responsibility implications justify the move.
University of Iowa senior Barb Hansen from New Hampton enjoys a sunny day along the Iowa River behind the Memorial Union. She aims to improve her suntan as bystanders relax nearby.
Iowa raises the legal drinking age from 18 to 19 but students and educators see little impact. Des Moines North High principal Rolland Brownell notes no difference when 18 was lowered in 1973, while Des Moines Roosevelt and East High officials offer mixed views on enforcement and school policies.
A General Electric Co employee at the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo was treated at Mercy Hospital for heat exhaustion and radiation contamination after collapsing in the reactor area. Larry A. Prichard, 32, of Pleasanton, Calif., was exposed while studying pipe repair in the cooling system. He received on site aid, then was transported to Mercy for decontamination and monitoring of head and respiratory exposure.
Three major soft drink makers authorize bottlers to raise fructose levels, boosting usage at ADM Corn Sweeteners Cedar Rapids plant which now processes up to 80,000 bushels of corn daily. Expansion in Decatur, Illinois, may follow as demand grows.
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