08 Nov 1975
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1975
Page
1
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed more than $1 billion from food stamp funding in a $7.9 billion, 15 month appropriation bill. The panel capped the food stamp allocation at 1.75 billion, citing potential savings via tighter regulations and enforcement by the Agriculture Department.
Sylvia Porter's column today explains how unit pricing lets shoppers compare value by measuring price per unit. It highlights practical examples and urges readers to use unit cost to choose cheaper options over flashy packaging or bulk claims.
A personnel manager denies a favor for two hour lunch breaks citing consistency among employees after learning a worker’s wife gave birth to quadruplets. The warning implies equal treatment for all staff.
Hiawatha Mayor Dale Guthridge sketches his days between city work and home sewing. He mows parks, plows snow, pits up sewers, and maintains city vehicles while earning a mayoral salary. His hands-on approach saves the city money and supports park construction and services.
Patricia Hearst was declared mentally competent to face bank robbery charges by U S District Judge Oliver Carter after evaluating psychiatrists reports. The judge noted no psychosis or serious mental illness while acknowledging her troubled history and emotional disturbances from her 19 months with the SLA. He allowed continued psychiatric therapy in jail and did not rule out a transfer to a private facility.
Ways and Means Committee backed a multibillion-dollar tax cut bill 21 to 16, extending temporary reductions and creating new credits while avoiding a spending ceiling. It preserves a large refund potential for high earners like H. Ross Perot and includes a new child care tax credit, higher minimum taxes on the rich, and continued investment tax credits for business through 1980. The panel also seeks authority to raise treasury revenues and notes a possible vote on amendments.
Government researchers note a 5.2 percent rise in cancer deaths in the first seven months of this year over the same period in 1974. Rep. L H Fountain calls the increase startling and disturbing and asks the National Cancer Institute for an explanation. The NCI says it is investigating but cannot yet explain the change. The National Center for Health Statistics records 176.3 deaths per 100,000 this year versus 167.6 last year for January through July.
Two Irish guerilla kidnapers Eddie Gallagher and Marian Coyle released Dutch industrialist Tiede Herrema after an 18 day siege in Monasterevin. Police said no deals were made and the pair surrendered after negotiations led by Police Supt. Larry Wrenn. Herrema, 53, was in good shape and taken to Curragh hospital for examination.
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