09 Mar 1979
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1979
Page
1
Today passengers on a Cedar Rapids bus tour visited two southeast side neighborhoods amid local discontent and controversy. The day's page notes cover various regional items including a Salem resident’s birthday and upcoming magazine publication stirring government concerns.
Columnist William Safire argues that suspicions about President Carter's family business ethics should no longer be brushed aside as he questions the integrity and transparency of the dealings in question.
Page 5B notes that Kotter, once a hit, is no longer welcome on the ABC network. The piece lists Mark, Mindy, Carol, Burt and Olivia as among those sharing a common show business tie.
A Cedar Rapids area fisherman who lives in Hiawatha used a Marine trained skill to entertain others, delivering laughs at a personal cost. The spring catch of a big fish revealed more about his public persona than the catch itself.
Cloudy and colder with a chance of flurries tonight. Lows in the mid teens. Becoming partly cloudy Saturday. Cold with highs in the low to mid 20s.
A humorous quip appears in a newspaper column noting taste changes with postal rate increases. The line suggests regulation on glue flavor as rates rise, reflecting light political commentary rather than a policy proposal.
The Labor Department reports February unemployment at 5.7 percent, the lowest since August 1974, with total employment up 345,000 to 96.6 million and a record 59.4 percent of the population employed. Whites fell to 4.9 percent joblessness while blacks and other minorities rose. Wholesale prices climbed 1 percent, triggering inflation controls.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat stated he believes Egypt and Israel are on the verge of a peace treaty with only a few words left to settle. President Carter cautioned that there are still problems to resolve before predicting an outcome as Cyrus Vance plans to remain in the Middle East to explain or finalize terms.
Cedar Rapids police arrest and charge a 14-year-old boy with one count of sexual abuse involving a 7-year-old girl and two counts of assault tied to reports by two other girls. The youth is in Linn County Detention Center awaiting juvenile authorities review after a gun search found him following a bus stop sighting and foot chase.
A Cedar Rapids dog owned by Shelly Van Hamme appears poised to pull from a parking spot, though the van actually belongs to her friend Dan O Connor, also of Cedar Rapids.
The Iowa House passed a $1.145 billion education funding bill with a cushion provision to guarantee aid based on one third of enrollment as a base and two-thirds funding from selected previous years. Sen. Willard Hansen opposes the cushion while Rep. Delwyn Stromer praises the bill.
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