06 Oct 1977
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1977
Page
1
A pharmacist promotes a plan to build muscle and improve stamina or circulation without leaving the sofa. The feature notes a birth containment program in China and an American doctor born there calling it a miracle, with pages 8B and 9B referenced.
State Conservation Commission approves several Eastern Iowa recreational construction projects. The long list mentions related funding and timelines, reflecting broader regional conservation planning. The clashing topics include defense budgets, local dining notes, celebrity remarks, legal debates, unemployment analyses, and weather forecasts, illustrating a typical multi-section page.
Stockholm notes Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish surrealist poet, wins the 1977 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy cites his poetry as illuminating human condition amid cosmos and society, despite his relative renown inside Spain. Prize includes 145000 dollars.
In Decorah, Mr and Mrs Sessions asked the school board to exempt their seven year old Erik from state compulsory attendance so they can continue home teaching him. They claim they provide an equivalent or superior education and want diverse experiences beyond public school. The board tabled the motion to Nov 8 to assess local authority and legal provisions for private instruction outside a regularly conducted school.
The Senate Finance Committee voted 13 to 4 to kill the industrial users tax in Carter's energy plan. Democrats back a conference strategy to rewrite the bill later. Republican Bob Packwood warned of a fragile compromise as the move accelerates passage by bypassing a full tax overhaul.
Wholesale prices rose half a percent in September led by industrial commodities and lumber amid easing food declines. Farm products edged down two tenths, while finished consumer goods climbed four tenths, marking the largest wholesale gain since April and paring demand-driven inflation concerns.
Police probe a stabbing death of Susan Rosenthal 29 in New Hope Minnesota. Messages spray painted on two houses warned “You Are Next” and “There Are More” as neighbors reel from the crime. Husband Allen Rosenthal was away on a trip.
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