Solar workshop attracts about 900 attendees at Kirkwood
About 900 people attended the Solar Successes workshop Saturday at Kirkwood Community College. The event was sponsored by Energy Sources '79, a coalition of 13 groups. Cedar Rapids residents David Brunius and Fred Feller demonstrated a 4 by 8 foot solar hot air collector in Jones Hall while Kirkwood instructor Larry Bean spoke with Barton French, a high school science teacher from Wapello, beside a greenhouse slide.
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Kirkwood Community College
Energy Sources
David Brunius
Fred Feller
Cedar Rapids
Jones Hall
Larry Bean
Kirkwood
Barton French
Wapello
Bean
Seattle Fire Favors Policy Change On Cat Rescues
Seattle Fire Department ends cat rescues after seven days of pleas from residents. A 90 foot tree perch left a frightened cat dangling as several youths attempted rescues and one rider slipped. Ladder 11 and Medic 1 finally retrieved the cat and handed it to a neighbor across the street.
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Seattle
UPI
Bob McGinty
Ladder 11
Medic 1
Bob Hall
Charles Nelson
U.S. Eyes Extra 100 Million Aid to Turkey in Cyprus Row
The Carter administration plans a further 100 million dollars in economic aid to Turkey amid Cyprus tensions. Congress weighs a 4.2 billion foreign aid bill granting Turkey 300 million in 1980. Cyprus accuses Turkey of stalling peace talks as U.N. mediation continues. Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Kurt Waldheim pursue renewed discussions.
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UPI
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Turkey
Cyprus
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United States
Britain
France
West Germany
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Mediterranean
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Switzerland
Warren Christopher
Waldheim
Teen Brenda Spencer Loses Bid To Be Tried Juvenile
The California Supreme Court refused to grant a writ to force a new fitness hearing to determine if Brenda Ann Spencer, 14, can be tried as a juvenile for the Jan 29 Cleveland Elementary shooting in San Diego that killed a principal and custodian and wounded eight students and a police officer. The judge already ruled she would be tried as an adult.
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Brenda Ann Spencer
California Supreme Court
San Diego
Spencer
Cleveland Elementary School
Brenda
California Youth Authority
High Court
Carter says government should stay out of prayer in schools
President Carter, speaking in an interview with out-of-town editors, argues public prayer has no place in classrooms and that the government ought to stay out of the prayer business. He cites the Supreme Court ruling on student prayer and endorses private prayer between a person and God.
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North Carolina
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Kentucky
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Anwar Sadat
Egypt
el Arish
Sinai Peninsula
Israel
Middle East
Egypt recalls ambassadors from seven Arab nations in reprisal
Egypt orders its ambassadors recalled from Saudi Arabia Kuwait United Arab Emirates Qatar Bahrain Tunisia and Morocco after governments failed to heed Arab solidarity. Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil aclarifies missions remain to safeguard Egyptian interests.
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UPI
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Zayed Ben Sultan al-Nahyan
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
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Syria
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Algeria
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Jordan
Hussein
Washington
Baghdad
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Sudan
Oman
Governor Brown and Linda Ronstadt visit Liberia
California Governor Edmund Brown Jr and Linda Ronstadt arrive in Monrovia for a two day rest before Kenya trip. They deny marriage rumors as 300 Liberian schoolchildren sing for Brown who turns 41.
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Liberia
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Linda Ronstadt
Kenya
Brown
New York
Miss Ronstadt
A.B. Tolbert
Liberian Congress
William Tolbert
Bernie Warner
Tolbert
United States
Sacramento
Calif
New York Post
Waddill on trial again in Mary Weaver abortion case
Dr. William Waddill resumes an abortion murder trial in Santa Ana California nearly a year after a hung jury. The case centers on the saline abortion of 18 year old Mary Weaver and the survival of her infant dubbed Baby Girl Weaver. The trial includes new judge Byron McMillan and the first public TV coverage while debates hinge on physician discretion in fetal life under Colautti v Franklin.
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William Waddill
Santa Ana
Calif
Waddill
Mary Weaver
Weaver
Miss Weaver
Ance
Superior Court
Byron McMillan
Janet Waddill
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Harry Blackmun
Weedman
Teamsters to Resume Talks Monday in Mediation
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service says Teamsters and trucking industry reps will reconvene at 2 p.m. Monday at the agency headquarters to break a weekend impasse. Mediation failed to make progress after talks ended Friday, with unions and carriers at odds over a semiannual cost-of-living adjustment and wage guideline compliance.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Wayne Horvitz
Mediation Service
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Curtis Counts
Carter
NAACP Leader Says Young Blacks Too Complacent
NAACP director Benjamin Hooks told University of Miami black students that young blacks risk losing gains their parents fought for because they are content and complacent. He cited Ivy League briefcases and token jobs as evidence of forgetfulness about origins.
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Coral Gables
Fla
NAACP
Benjamin Hooks
Hooks
University of Miami
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