02 Mar 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1978
Page
1
A summary from a newspaper page notes concerns over aid for poor women failing in the Iowa Senate amid wider coverage of policy debates. The item references page 8 for compassion pleas and includes a list of other page references to unrelated stories.
Local brief notes highlight Vinton youth basketball and school sports with focus on teamwork. Mentions Preps of the Week and Aegis High basketball learning fast, with other items on pages 18 and 21.
Weather advisory warns of windy and colder conditions with snow ending tonight. Lows reach 5 to 10 degrees and Friday will be partly cloudy with highs in the teens. A Fort Worth showroom window banner proclaims Last Cadillac dealer for 3 blocks.
In Monticello a long simmering dispute over education pits the school administration against the Concerned Parents group. The conflict centers on open spaces and innovative teaching methods introduced in 1971 and wider course offerings, with opponents accusing irregular testing and pressure on staff.
President Carter proposed a sweeping Civil Service reform to ease firing of incompetent workers, end automatic pay raises, and curb veterans’ job preferences, calling to abolish the Civil Service Commission. He also touted economic stabilizers for the dollar and urged Soviet cooperation, Israel Egypt talks, and CIA pledge for handling classified info.
A major winter storm sweeps the Great Plains and Midwest causing heavy snow in Iowa with four to six inches in Cedar Rapids and more than six inches in southern counties. Winds 15 to 25 mph raise blowing and drifting hazards, while travel pauses spread from Kansas City to Omaha as airports report delays.
The Iowa Transportation Regulation Board ruled the IDOT acted improperly in 1975 approving a diagonal two lane road from I 80 to the Amana colonies. The decision directs the route choice back to the highway division amid farmer opposition and delays to the Amana highway project.
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