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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1980
Page
7
Coralville and Iowa City report a small, secretive Klan restoration with a post office box as contact. Grand Dragon speaker says members number unknown, robes and cross lightings exist, and recruitment is ongoing across southeast and northern Iowa.
Iowa officials contest a federal shift to the Current Population Survey CPS for unemployment calculations. January rates would be 4.7 or 6.7 percent depending on method, with a large jump tied to the Midwest downturn and revenue sharing. Job Service will publish its own 4.7 percent figure while CPS data also appears for federal funding purposes.
A brief note references a Sunday Parade item titled Highway Robbery Is Our Own Fault. The piece hints at public sentiment or critique without detailing specific events or individuals.
Six people died in Iowa traffic crashes over the weekend. An 8 year old boy from Denver died after a bicycle car collision near Denver Iowa. Jimmie Ward 32 of Le Claire died when his car left a gravel road near Woodward. Two 17 year olds were killed in Grand Junction attempting to beat a train. Eugene Galbraith 57 and his wife Frances 50 of Burlington died in a head on collision with a semitrailer on U.S. 34 east of Burlington. The Illinois state police reported a separate fatality nearby involving a driver not injured.
The Iowa Small Business Employers Committee based in Mason City says it opposes Attorney General Tom Miller’s opinion that public aid to strikers is legal. It plans legislative or court action to reverse the decision, arguing public funds should not subsidize labor-management disputes. The group, with 1,700 members, says most Iowa workers do not belong to unions.
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