08 May 1977
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1977
Page
1
Gary Peterson reports on the stalled push for hospital budget bids or rate regulation amid strong debate in the legislature. Cedar Rapids businessman Robert Armstrong urged state price controls in a ten page memo citing St Luke's and Mercy hospitals and alleging uncontrolled spending.
State Senator Robert Rush and Linn County legislators review a ten page memo from Robert Armstrong detailing hospital cost surges and a proposed state hospital regulation commission. The memo includes St Luke's 1977 financials, prompting responses from Mercy Hospital administrator Sister Mary Lawrence Hallagan and St Luke's executive director Albert Curtis.
The seven major industrial democracies agreed on broad aims to curb unemployment and oppose tariff barriers but split in the afternoon over nuclear proliferation. Leaders also pledged to address world indebtedness to oil nations and to pursue growth to boost jobs and trade.
The Carter administration plans major Social Security tax changes to shore up the system. Proposals include taxing the full wages base for employers, raising the initial taxed portion by the mid 1980s, diverting general tax revenue to SSBenefits when unemployment exceeds six percent, and accelerating automatic tax-rate increases.
An emergency appeal ruling restored a three million bushel limit on soybeans for seven Hunt family members and their Dallas firm, reversing a lower court decision that allowed delivery on seven million bushels. The case, brought by the CFTC, centered on allegations the Hunts attempted to corner the market on Chicago Board of Trade futures.
Tome Freedman of KCRG-TV enters a two week series detailing her Hodgkin's disease treatment and recovery. The 24 year old journalist aims to raise awareness among young adults about cancer warning signs and urges early medical evaluation.
A gang stormed into Maynard using plastic guns and pistols but victims resisted. the incident unfolds amid a sequence of local news items including a Bonnie and Clyde filming project and a widening look at youth law involvement in Family Focus.
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