Iowa House Approves City Crossing Regulation Ease
The Iowa house approved a proposal to help cities set grade crossing rules exceeding state standards. A Cedar Rapids clash sparked the debate though the measure does not affect that incident. Four police cars responded to a lounge dispute with no charges filed.
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Hawkeye Area
Squaw Creek
Linn County Board of Supervisors
The
Conservation Board
Recognize him in 1950s cast reunion TV movie
A 90 minute television movie brings back the original cast of a popular 1950s series. The article notes a photo of the family today, with a reference to Bob Greene's story on page 14. It mentions the old fighter’s comments on Rocky and reflects on his boxing and restaurant days, now aged 81.
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Rocky
Bob Greene
First girl named president of North Fayette Future Farmers of America
The first girl to hold the office of president of the North Fayette county Future Farmers of America chapter was installed Monday night. She was treasurer of the chapter last year. Low tonight around 20 with a chance of snow flurries and a high in the upper 30s Wednesday. As April 15 nears, some make clever deductions. Copyright.
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North Fayette County
Future Farmers of America
Carter Proposes Food Stamp Plan Shift and Savings
President Carter asks Congress to hold benefits at current levels for most recipients while ending cash purchases. The plan would disqualify about 600,000 families, reduce or raise some payments, and bring 880,000 new households into the program, aiming to curb fraud and cut administrative costs.
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Carter
Congress
Bob Bergland
House Agriculture Committee
USDA
Lawmakers clash on Lindquist Center funding plan
Rep Wally Horn proposes a 5.5 million appropriation to fund Lindquist Center phase II at the University of Iowa. Gov Robert Ray and President Willard Boyd oppose using buildings as leverage, citing needs for athletics and campus facilities while warning funding delays could hurt private fundraising.
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Wally Horn
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Robert Ray
Willard Boyd
University
Ray
The
Gazette
Lindquist Center
College of Education
Boyd
Law School
Lindquist II
Horn
Jefferson High
House
Missent Social Security Checks Delay East Iowa Residents
Up to 5000 social security checks bound for 522 ZIP towns in Eastern Iowa were misrouted to California. Kansas City office reportedly labeled Iowa mail with a California tag, sending many Iowa checks to San Bernardino. Postal and social security officials expect some checks to be returned and delivered by midweek, affecting towns including Iowa City and Coralville.
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Kansas City
California
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
San Bernadino
Calif
Alburnett
Amana
Atkins
Belle Plaine
Blairstown
Brooklyn
Center Point
Coggan
Conroy
Coralville
Clutter
Chelsea
Central City
Deep River
Dysart
Elberon
Ely
Fairfax
Garrison
Hartwick
Hiawatha
High Amana
Hills
Iowa City
Homestead
Keystone
Ladora
Luzerne
Jim Woods
Storms Leave Trail of Death and Damage Across South
A spring storm sweeping from the Mississippi gulf across the Southeast killed at least 27 people and left scores injured or missing and thousands homeless. Birmingham area hit hardest with 19 dead, including 17 in Smithfield Estates. Tornadoes, floods, and downed trees disrupted Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia with mass evacuations and emergency sheltering.
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Birmingham
Ala
Smithfield Estates
Ohio River Valley
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Kentucky
Julian Carroll
Landing on Road Fails, 67 Killed in Georgia Crash
A Southern Airways DC-9 bound for Atlanta from Huntsville crashed near New Hope Georgia after engines failed and the windshield shattered. The wreckage killed 67 on the plane and at least one person on the ground, with 59 passengers and 26 survivors reported by officials. Federal investigators began analyzing cockpit tapes and the flight data recorder to determine the cause. Capt. William McKenzie and First Officer Lyman Keele died in the crash. ground victims included local residents and a grocery store family.
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Southern Airways
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Huntsville
Ala
Georgia
Southern
Home
William McKenzie
la Place
Lyman Keele
College Park, Ga
Charles Newman
Paulding County
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D-Ga
Bert Lance
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Ashville
Floyd County
Tom Little
State Division of Disaster and Emergency Services
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Everett Jones
Harlan County Civil Defense
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Mills Godwin
West Virginia
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Marietta
Don Foster
Decatur
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