17 Oct 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1978
Page
1
A Cedar Rapids area rezoning clash involving Cargill Inc and nearby property owners is described. The page notes include local business concerns, a voter aging into participation, and civic discourse across editorials and community notes.
Mount Vernon voters reject a rezoning request amid fears a highway relocation could be triggered. The debate centers on future infrastructure and local land use and ends with the proposal's defeat.
Polish Pope John Paul II opened his reign by pledging to carry out Second Vatican Council reforms while upholding core church teachings on artificial contraception divorce and married priests. He urged loyalty to council guidelines yet defended doctrinal truths and emphasized ecumenism collegiality with bishops and restraint in political conflicts.
U S duo Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson of Bell Labs share half the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Soviet Piotr Kapitsa for cosmic microwave radiation work supporting the big bang theory. English chemist Peter Mitchell wins chemistry for chemiosmotic theory of cellular energy transfer.
Congress approved a $1.5 billion expansion through the Middle Income Student Assistance Act to cover students with family incomes up to $26,000. Grants rise to $200 to $1,800 with formulas based on family income and assets, while new guaranteed student loans begin with government interest paid in school.
Iowa House majority leader Jerry Fitzgerald announced a plan to freeze property taxes for homeowners 65 and older or surviving spouses 55 and older and disabled, with household incomes of 5000 or less. The package includes renter credits and a revised assessment growth ceiling to boost relief for low and middle valued homes. The plan was unveiled in Sioux City and Des Moines with further meetings planned in Cedar Rapids and Davenport.
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