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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1978
Page
15
City officials received an Iowa Department of Environmental Quality analysis outlining particulate pollution in Cedar Rapids. The report details the specific pollutant type and its potential health implications for residents.
A well-known young woman, currently incarcerated, faces a highly anticipated Valentine’s Day wedding. Details remain scarce as authorities confirm plans, with page 7B expected to reveal more context about the couple and ceremony.
A Cedar Rapids minister challenges the notion that stealing goods harms only property, not persons, arguing in Outlooks that moral injury accompanies theft and urging readers to consider the wider consequences. The page also notes a Dodger Don Sutton critique on a competing urge to win and a mean streak.
A weather announcer jokes on air about a forecast saying partly cloudy with scattered showers followed by a hurricane. The quip plays on dramatic phrasing and radio timing, reflecting broadcast humor amid severe weather chatter.
Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla, 58, chosen after two days of voting by 111 cardinals in the Vatican, becomes the first non Italian pope in 455 years and takes the name John Paul II. The crowd in St Peter’s Square erupts as white smoke signals the conclave result.
Final Edition notes the newspaper's 20 cent price and status as the region's top daily in Eastern Iowa, with emphasis on its comprehensive coverage and local impact.
The 95th Congress, praised by President Carter as courageous, completed the $18.7 billion tax cut package in its final hours. Blumenthal called the bill close to targets while Ejizenstat urged analysis before signing. Carter, at Camp David, hailed the Congress as one of the most courageous and constructive in history.
R. C. Neil Montgomery reports his 1976 Malibu Classic lost all four doors overnight at his Cottage Grove address. A second car in the driveway was untouched. Montgomery says nothing else was stolen and police investigate the door theft.
The measure, approved by Congress, lowers individual tax rates and increases exemptions and deductions. It repeals per person credits and expands the earned income credit while changing state and local gasoline tax deductions. Corporate taxes are cut and a permanent investment credit is created with targeted employer credits.
Herbert A. Simon of Carnegie Mellon University won the Nobel Prize in economics, the fourth American honored that year. The Swedish Academy cited his pioneering research into decision making within economic organizations, noting his work changed views on information, computation, and bounded rationality. The award carries 165000 dollars.
A quick summary of the energy bill shows gas price controls easing by 1985 with later removal, tax credits for home insulation and solar energy, and new automobile and appliance standards. It directs shifts toward coal use, expands energy efficiency measures, and speeds Alaska to lower 48 pipelines and West Coast oil lines.
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