04 Mar 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1978
Page
1
A roundup of leisure items includes new high end recreational vehicles and how rollers aid serious bicyclists stay in shape. A humane society offers pet loss services, while regional coverage reviews Moonie activities in Iowa and ratings on elderly issues. A derailed Florida train is blamed on sabotage and a Texas protest leads to bond. A Cedar Rapids hobbyist shares how shortwave radio connects the world.
Weather section offers local forecast details and outdoor outlooks. Calendar items cover events from Marion and surrounding areas including religious, sports, and community notices.
Kitty Glitter formerly Polly and owner Jane Gilmor pose in an Iowa City home. Gilmor, an art professor at Mount Mercy College, uses cat imagery in her art and has lectured on human attachment to pets. Kitty wears a gown with gold corncobs along the hem.
After three months of gridlock, Senate energy negotiators announce a tentative accord on deregulating natural gas prices by 1984. The plan, drawn with Energy Secretary Schlesinger, would lift the price ceiling from 1.47 to 1.84 per 1000 cu ft, with later increases and presidential emergency powers to move gas as needed.
Cedar Rapids prices rose 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter, outpacing the 1.3 percent national gain and lifting the local index to 182.0 while the U.S. index stood at 186.9. The year saw a 7.1 percent price increase locally, with housing and food driving the rise. Public transport costs jumped 12.8 percent, and wages also increased, though the article notes continued purchasing power declines.
In a near two to one rejection, 1 554 of 794 locals voting in the United Mine Workers fields opposed a tentative 88 day coal strike settlement. Most major fields will vote today and Sunday as officials say 132 000 to 150 000 miners could participate.
A fire at the Allen Berg home in Oxford Junction killed three Berg children after a small child threw flammable liquid into a wood stove. Babysitter Marcella Koontz was stoking the stove when the incident occurred. investigators say a child tossed the liquid, not the babysitter. Four children and one man were injured.
Newly released 3,000 pages of Justice Department memos reveal prosecutors debated informing President Nixon about the Agnew corruption case. Officials argued transparency while others feared leaks. the story notes Elliott Richardson proposed a nolo contendere plea and resignation to avoid a lengthy trial.
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