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A Cornell graduate painter recounts U S support for Brazil amid 17 days of detention. Utilities report few collection issues despite winter. Child abuse study notes mothers punish more. sons are often victims. CPS ban on children sleepwear with cancer-causing flame retardants. Iowa House rejects malpractice crisis claim and tightens suit procedures. Boundary disputes with Nebraska raise cross state headaches. Exxon cash discount test draws consumer interest. Bergland reverses policy on rapid grain sales to Russia and China. Soybean prices top $9 a bushel in Cedar Rapids elevators. Arnie Palmer’s fans fuel his golf fire. Palestinian guerrillas seize a Christian stronghold in southeast Lebanon. Call to replace food stamps with cash grants resurfaces. Cedar Rapids forecast: sunny and windy with highs 55-60.
Government forms debate echoes through season
A discussion frames the issue as two primary forms of government, the long form and the short form, highlighting differing approaches to governance and administration. The quote emphasizes the simplification of complex structures into two categories.
Wholesale prices rise 1.1 percent in March spurring inflation fears
The Labor Department reports a 1.1 percent March gain in wholesale prices, the second monthly surge in a row and the largest since 1975. Factory input costs climbed across metals textiles and transportation equipment, with farm products leading the overall rise.
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Carter halts plutonium program and breeder reactor plans
President Carter halted work on the fast breeder reactor and banned plutonium extraction from spent fuel to curb weaponizable material. He urged international adoption, promised higher enriched uranium output, and signaled continued experimental breeder research while delaying commercial deployment. The move jeopardizes Oak Ridge and Allied General projects, including a $2 billion breeder site and a Barnwell reprocessing plant.
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Iran hit by quakes kill and damage across regions
A sequence of earthquakes struck a wide area of Iran from Wednesday night into Thursday. Officials reported at least 36 confirmed dead from the quake near Isfahan and the Zagross mountains, with higher tolls reported by some outlets. A 6.5 quake was followed by a 5.5 aftershock near Bushehr and a 4.0 tremor south of Shiraz.
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Ministry of Information
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Missing Social Security Checks Found in Cedar Rapids
About 2 000 to 3 000 Eastern Iowa residents awaited missing April social security checks. The two bags, packed in Kansas City and sent on a plane to Cedar Rapids, were delivered to the post office by Wednesday afternoon. Officials expect replacements in about a week.
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Charles Seda
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Des Moines
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Dick Clark
Diowa
Washington
Northwestern Bell to Move Cedar Rapids Operator Jobs
Northwestern Bell plans to move all Cedar Rapids operator services to Des Moines over two phases. Phase one in November cuts 25 directory assistance jobs. phase two in two to three years removes long distance operators, trimming about 125 Cedar Rapids positions and over $1 million in payroll, while other Iowa offices consolidate.
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Cedar Rapids
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Davenport
Quick Action Saves Life Of C R Boy
Cedar Rapids workers at Central Concrete Co. rushed to rescue eight year old Richard Kremenak Jr. after he was buried in sand in a bin at 2127 North Towne Lane NE. Stan Richardson alerted others and, with Frank Willis Gary Hoyt and Bob Vik, pulled him to safety.
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Cedar Rapids
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Stan Richardson
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Gary Hoyt
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