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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1977
Page
4
In Des Moines a columnist notes Idaho lawmakers passed a bill banning concealed weapons unless in plain view. The piece recalls a Kansas train wreck prevention law and quotes State Sen. Cliff Burroughs calling the 1977 session dull.
Des Moines AP reports a panel at Drake University discusses media pressures with Eugene Patterson and Patrick Buchanan. The group cites economic legal and reader pressures as checks on national media while defending free press responsibilities and accountability.
Democratic leaders Kinley and Fitzgerald praised a unanimous 49 to 0 Senate approval of the education bill, part of a plan for early adjournment. The bill heads to the House, which plans debate, as the session aims for a May 1 adjournment and earlier committee work.
North Linn high school will stage its annual Celebrate variety show Friday and Saturday at 7 30 pm between Coggan and Troy Mills directed by Rose McMillin and Alan Finger Tickets cost 125 for adults and 75 cents for students Deb Kuhn and Jeanne Merritt rehearse a Laverne and Shirley routine as part of the preparations The week also covers Iowa senate budget moves with education funding and amendments affecting Kirkwood Community College and other programs.
Decorah North Winneshiek school board approved the district’s 1977 78 budget totaling 931135 with a general fund of 894213 and required tax askings of 442355. No objectors appeared at the budget hearing.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1683 by The Gazette Co. is published daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with prices for various editions and regions.
Congressional Quarterly summarizes week ending March 18 votes in Congress. In the House an amendment to a 27.9 billion supplemental appropriations bill passed 220 to 187 to bar using funds to finance Vietnam amnesty. Senators also approve a Rhodesian chrome ban 66 to 26, aligning with UN sanctions.
On this date in 1968 President Lyndon Johnson named General William Westmoreland as commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam and elevated him to Army chief of staff. General Creighton Abrams succeeded Westmoreland in Saigon.
The amendment failing 37 to 11 leaves no money for the Iowa Braille and Sight-Saving School at Vinton or the Iowa School for the Deaf at Council Bluffs in the regent budget. Funding may move to a state school foundation program, possibly shifting control to area education agencies under DPI.
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