29 Sep 1978
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1978
Page
1
Today’s paper highlights a Scrabble game on page 14A and reports a legislative visitation committee criticizing Iowa Commission for the Blind policies on page 6B. The Amana Society land and label use policies draw strong defense from the general manager on page 4A.
A high tension intercity game produced a double overtime thriller with a winner and a loser. The match sparked late drama and left fans buzzing about the decisive period.
The Gazette columns on page 6A discuss the rights of people with intellectual disabilities, examining advocacy, policy implications, and social attitudes in Cedar Rapids. The piece frames debates over inclusion, protection, and autonomy with local context and remarks from community voices.
The Gazette’s Saturday edition features a state wide hunting preview including ducks pheasant and quail with a chart of seasons. It also offers bowhunting tips and safety notes along with a religion page on a prayer workshop Jewish New Year services a CROP walk and a missionary who packs a pistol. A London hostel with Iowa flavor is noted.
Partly cloudy tonight with a chance of showers or thunderstorms and a low in the upper 40s. Saturday will be partly cloudy and cooler with a high around 70. Rain chances are about 20 percent tonight. Copyright notice appears at the end.
Pope John Paul I died of a heart attack in Vatican City at about 11 p.m. while reading The Imitation of Christ. The body lay in state in Clementine Hall as world leaders and pilgrims mourned. Cardinal Villot led the interregnum and cardinals prepared for the papal conclave.
Striking BRAC clerks defy President Carter as a judge blocks a return-to-work order. Picketing intensifies nationwide, threatening grain shipments and industry as railroads face a broad shutdown. BRAC calls for congressional action and potential federal seizure of lines. In San Francisco 4,500 commuters diverted as 95 percent of SP employees join the walkout.
Rail car shortages from a nationwide strike cripple Quaker Oars in Cedar Rapids. About 500 employees are laid off as production runs at 25 to 30 percent with shifts two and three ending. aim to recall as progress ends the strike. Other Cedar Rapids shippers report normal operations. Illinois Central Gulf remains the sole local line with workers on strike.
Rosalynn Carter arrives in Cedar Rapids to support Mike Blouin in a tight race and fundraise for Iowa Democrats. She flies in aboard a DC-9 to Rockwell Collins hangar then proceeds to Ames for the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. Local reporters are barred from the landing area while Blouin greets the First Lady.
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