28 Nov 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1978
Page
1
Page 5A reports potential Cedar Rapids school competency testing as a factor in future plans. Also on Page 5A organized opposition forms against a proposed Marion bypass route, signaling local debate over infrastructure.
Columnist William Safire suggests a new job for Turner with hints of political maneuvering. Richard Turner criticized tax paid trips by departing officials. A Cedar Rapids Democrat voices sharp remarks about Iowa’s governor. Six Iowans are arrested in Marion Illinois. The Nation reports Republican governors in Virginia discuss welcoming new constituencies. The mystery of 36 missing elderly persons has been solved.
Report notes guns and money for leftist Nicaraguan guerrillas believed to come from a new source. Also mentions car owner notices about letters, a rising Iowa meat industry, and upcoming local weather details. The page also lists sections such as Deaths, Comics, and Farm.
October saw a 0.8 percent rise in consumer prices with food housing and fuel costs up, pushing the CPI above 200 for the first time. Prices increase since October 1977 total 8.9 percent, with a U.S. dollar purchasing power down 3.6 percent.
Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk lie in state beneath City Hall after they were assassinated. Former Supervisor Dan White, 32, is jailed for investigation as the city reels from the killings and related fallout.
A chaotic city haunted by killers and cults from the Zebra murders to Manson and the SLA. Citizens mourn Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk as thousands gather outside City Hall amid fear and reflection. The piece traces a thread from Haight Ashbury hippies to tragic violence infecting the city.
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