Energy Doctrine Hopes Solar Power Will Meet World Need
A Worldwatch Institute study projects solar power could provide 40 percent of global energy in 25 years and 75 percent in 50 years if development accelerates, outpacing ERDA estimates and challenging skeptics. Wind power could equal current total U.S. electricity by 2000 with active programs. Congress funded solar projects in the mid 1970s, but long-term investment remains vast and costly.
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Worldwatch Institute
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
U.S
Rainbow
National Science Foundation
NASA
Carter frees 25.6 percent raises for White House aides
President Carter approved a 25.6 percent raise for top White House officials totaling 166 000 dollars a year in savings cited by the press secretary. Critics argue the staff gains are upgrades not thrift and could cost taxpayers 396 700 extra annually for a novice staff.
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Carter
White House
Congress
Jody Powell
Appreciation for Patrolman Sawyer Law Enforcement Class
Lincoln Learning Center students and staff thank Patrolman Sawyer of the Cedar Rapids police for an informative law enforcement class. His teaching improved student attitudes toward officers, and the school looks forward to another class in 1977 78.
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Lincoln Learning Center
Sawyer
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln
Editor questions Linowitz ties to school magazines and politics
A critical column accuses Sol Linowitz of shaping school publications to promote world government ideas. It cites 1969 issues praising Mao and advising draft evaders, links Linowitz to Xerox sponsorships and a Panama Canal pact effort, and alleges influence over textbooks and magazine content with Cuba and Chile connections.
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Mao Tse-tung
United States
Canada
Sweden
Linowitz
Xerox
U.S. Panama Canal
Sol Linowitz
Chile
Allende
Panama
Marine Midland Bank
United Nations
Wesleyan University
Humane debate on trapping and zoo ethics sparks local votes
The piece argues trapping may be as humane as predation, questions anti trap propaganda, and links wildlife suffering to Bever Park Zoo conditions. It calls for zoo closure, urges critique of public exhibits, and discusses a proposed state separate credit union agency with Iowa’s 380000 members uniting to influence policy.
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Bever Park Zoo
Conservatives Score Big Win in Common Site Picketing Battle
James J. Kilpatrick notes a March 23 victory where conservatives halted the common site picketing bill 217 to 205. He cites leadership from business groups and political tacticians like John Ashbrook as turning back Big Labor efforts, warning against overconfidence and urging continued cautious strategy.
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Washington
Gerald Ford
Organized Labor
Labor
House
Associated General Contractors
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Business Roundtable
The
Home Builders Assn
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Credit unions urged to engage in Iowa legislation
Members urged to lobby as Senate State Government Committee reviews a bill to create a separate state agency for credit unions. Currently, state-chartered unions fall under the Department of Banking which also handles charters and legal interpretations.
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Iowa
Senate
Department of Banking
Cedar Rapids family alleges police harassment over arrest
A Cedar Rapids family alleges local police framed their son in a gun case. They say officers fabricated connections and arrested him while sick, then released him after a lawyer’s intervention. They reported the incident to pursue legal action against the officers involved.
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Fort Dix
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Bever Zoo
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Big Labor
Iown Department of Banking Credit Union Examiners
Starchy
Smudge
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