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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1972
Page
8
The article notes a drop in new home construction in Cedar Rapids and a decline in building permit values for 1971 versus four to five years earlier. It questions whether the slump is due to the general business downturn or a sociological shift toward smaller households and homeownership.
In Cedar Rapids Marion area a debate on home ownership shifts as apartment and condo growth rises. Builders cite strong 1972 sales yet warn taxes and costs push young buyers toward rentals while some see lasting desire to own and a changing permanence in society.
A Linn county parole program named Project Opportunity seeks volunteers to mentor parolees and those on work release. Led by Jack Harker and Gary Hedrick, it aims to recruit volunteers from industry and professions to aid employment, housing and reintegration, with an advisory panel including John McQuillen and Donnelly.
A corps of more than 50 judges is being recruited to evaluate 159 entries for the 13th annual Eastern Iowa Science Fair at Coe College. Dr. Paul Garvin of Cornell College chairs the committee, with volunteers from Upper Iowa University, University of Iowa, Kirkwood, Clarke, Cornell and Coe. The event runs March 25–26, with judging to select two projects for the International Science and Engineering Fair in New Orleans.
In Fort Victoria Rhodesia African leaders question the Heath settlement as Prime Minister Edward Heath, noted bachelor, is seen as a key partner in the Rhodesian independence accord. Officials warn the agreement faces skepticism amid concerns about male wisdom linked to bachelor status.
A farmer near Tres Zapotes Veracruz unearthed a fragment of an Olmec monument bearing a 31 BC date that matches a stela found by Matthew W. Stirling during a 1939 National Geographic Smithsonian expedition. Stirling confirms the fragment solidifies the prepaid Mayan calendar claim and asserts Olmecs predated Maya dating.
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