Yoga boom in Cedar Rapids area expands self help reach
Local interest in yoga rises as classes multiply in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Barb Welch, a New Yorker and experienced instructor near completing a PhD, describes hatha yoga as freedom through body experience and urges practitioners to locate their edge and stay there.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Saturday Gazette
Barb Welch
New Yorker
Welch
University of Iowa
World Yoga Center
New York City
Hunter College
New York
Oilman Denies Tie to Kennedy Killing Conspiracy
Dallas oilman dismisses Dutch journalist Oltmans conspiracy claims linking Texas business leaders to President Kennedy’s 1963 Dallas assassination. He and Hunt estate deny any involvement by H L Hunt with Oswald or de Mohrenschildt, citing distorted imagination. The FBI probes a letter allegedly from Oswald seeking a meeting with a Mr Hunt.
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Texas
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H.L. Hunt
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Warren Commission
Oswald
Willem Oltmans
House
Loran Hall
Lester Logue
Oltmans
Only President Can Save Rebate From Defeat
UPI reports Senator Russell Long says the $50 per person tax rebate depends on personal lobbying by President Carter. Long warns the bill faces defeat if Carter does not engage directly, and notes the finance committee will act April 18. He expects a close vote and urges Carter to personally rally supporters.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Russell Long
Senate Finance Committee
Long
Finance Committee
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Lightning Strikes Home and Substation in Iowa Storm
A Friday night lightning storm interrupted power for Collins Radio Nash Finch and Lehigh Portland Cement for 48 minutes on the northeast side. At 7 44 p m a strike hit a Robins road substation in Hiawatha and another strike hit Florence Driscoll’s home on Center Point road NE at 8 25 p m, shaking the neighborhood and damaging gutters windows roof siding and plaster with Cedar Rapids firefighters called to the scene.
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Driscoll
Cedar Rapids
GM Chairman denounces gas-guzzler tax risk to car market
Thomas Murphy of General Motors warned at the Sales Executive club that a gas-guzzler tax could backfire by curbing the shift to smaller, fuel efficient cars. He argued government edicts won't solve energy issues and warned against harming low income car buyers. He criticized energy measures that threaten the free market.
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New York
UPI
General Motors Corp
Thomas Murphy
Carter
Murphy
Douglas Fraser
United Auto Workers
Potomac
Congress Considers Saccharin Review In Diabetes Fight
Sarasota AP reports American Cancer Society president Dr. R Lee Clark says no human cancer evidence exists for saccharin yet the society will study potential links and urge independent research. He backs special congressional review to possibly exempt saccharin from the Delaney Clause given medical uses for diabetics and obesity. FDA is moving toward a ban after Canadian studies tied high doses to bladder cancer in rats.
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Sarasota, Fla
American Cancer Society
R. Lee Clark
The
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Miracle berry could alter taste buds to mimic sugar
A West African berry, miraculin, may replace sugar and saccharin by making sour foods taste sweet. FDA classifies miraculin as a drug, possibly delaying approval after testing. Dr. Robert Henkin of Georgetown notes the extract creates an angelic sweetness and can sweeten sour foods when eaten or mixed.
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Washington
West Africa
Food and Drug Administration
Robert Henkin
Georgetown University
Henkin
April cultural events spotlight and art buying tips
The Gazette highlights April in Eastern Iowa with a calendar of art exhibits horse shows and other activities. Cedar Rapids artists and dealers offer guidance to buyers asking if a painting is worth the price. Chuckles the clown Charles Stuelke is now a professional clown in Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Charles Stuelke
Chuckles
Carter to sell presidential yacht Sequoia
President Carter plans to sell the Sequoia yacht after spokesman says it costs taxpayers about 800000 dollars annually and he has never used it. Officials estimate the sale could bring 200000 to 400000 dollars.
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Jimmy Carter
Sequoia
Carter
White House
Rex Granum
Granum
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