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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1977
Page
1
The Ga zette reviews a smooth running 27th annual barbershop parade at the Paramount Theater for the Performing Arts Saturday, noting families and patients participated in the diabetes education program and learned that diabetes isn’t the end of the world.
Iowa Senate energy committee members say the house passed ban the can and mandatory deposit legislation is too complex to act on in the legislature’s closing two weeks. Page 10.
Federal legislation clarifies what is covered by product warranties aiding shoppers in understanding protection. The guidance aims to eliminate confusion between warranties and guarantees for consumers.
A renowned agricultural economist doubts farmers consumers and organized labor can unite now. He says several fundamental political trades must be made first before any broad coalition forms. Page 21.
Cedar Rapids Giants short stop Mark Kuecker drove in the winning run for the second straight game as they came from behind to beat Waterloo. The victory strengthens their three game edge in the Midwest League Southern division standings as Sunday night action at El lis park featured new orange uniforms and fresh names. Modern Piping, in its opener as the league favorite, also won.
CBS-TV Sunday reveals a sweeping fall schedule revision canceling one third of prime time programs and replacing them with 10 new weekly shows for next fall amid broader programming changes.
Read that Nixon back in the spotlight 1,000 days after resignation as Watergate tapes and scandal recirculate. In New Hampshire, about 1,200 demonstrators were jailed after a peaceful Sea Brook sit-in at the nuclear plant site. Weather partly cloudy with cooler nights and near 70 daytime highs.
Cedar Rapids市 council approved a one year Teamsters police bargaining unit contract granting a 7.6 percent wage increase as advised by an arbitrator while keeping the 5 percent budgeted raise. The move includes a study of arbitrator authority and possible litigation to constrain future budget transfers.
Senators McClellan and Kennedy with Attorney General Bell propose a simplified federal criminal code to consolidate laws, allow federal prosecution of Watergate style tricks, aid victims with up to 50000 dollars, and ease testimony for women. The plan drops death penalty reinstatement and limits on classified information disclosures.
President Carter said the current welfare system should be scrapped but postponed concrete recommendations until August. He criticized the mix of programs as wasteful and unfair, noting they are capricious and prone to fraud and do not form a rational, coherent safety net.
Des Moines report says Iowa taxpayers have until midnight Monday to file state income tax returns without penalty. The official due date normally is April 30, but Saturday fell on this year, extending the deadline to Monday.
The Cedar Rapids city council approved a policy governing use of city owned cars and pickups by a 3 to 2 vote cutting commuter car usage by nearly two thirds. Safety Commissioner Ed Colton and Public Improvements Commissioner Richard Phillips opposed the action.
In Cedar Rapids at St. Luke's Methodist Hospital, Chuck Swore writes a late night note to his unborn baby outlining family dynamics, his hopes for the child, and a salute to conserving energy as President Carter speaks on television. The intimate moment captures the era's values and parental anticipation.
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