Mental health reform urged as Iowa moves to split DSS
A House vote shifts mental health resources from the Department of Social Services to a new state agency. Officials cite failures at Clarinda Mental Health Institute and Cherokee Institute as examples of neglect, with history of patient harm and missed oversight raising calls for independent mental health governance.
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Iowa
Department of Social Services
Lyle Krewson
House
DSS
Iowa Health Department
Clarinda Mental Health Institute
Clarinda
Cherokee Mental Health Institute
Virgil Weist
Cherokee
Virgil Weists
Expansion of Lake Macbride Park Faces Senate Hurdles
The 640 acre expansion proposal for Lake Macbride Park stalls in a Senate subcommittee amid questions of the Iowa Conservation Commission’s 1978 authority. Local residents fear loss of property but acknowledge the park’s overcrowding and the need for growth to serve 225000 nearby residents within 30 miles and 200000 within 60 miles. A new $1 million bond for Squaw Creek Lake may offer relief but won’t fully solve land needs.
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Lake Macbride Park
Senate
Iowa Conservation Commission
Squaw Creek Park
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Linn County
Macbride
The
Conservation Commission
Public Broadcasting Secrecy and Nixon Records Revelation
A report on the Carnegie Commission FOIA request about White House influence on public broadcasting. It details Nixon era memos released by Commerce and a withheld Carter Ford material, highlighting a perceived double standard and calls to expose presidential advisers.
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Washington
White House
Carnegie Commission On the Future of Public Broadcasting
Commerce Department
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Stuart Eizenstadt
Carter
Geller
Nixon
Commerce
Ai OK
Carnegie
New York Times
Eizenstadt
Ejizenstadt
Barry Goldwater
Senate Commerce Committee
Layoffs Questioned As School Board Cuts Teachers
A reader criticizes the school board for laying off several teachers next year on seniority grounds and asks why any layoffs are necessary at all. The letter argues students are the primary focus of education and urges reconsideration of contract terminations.
Community Letters Express School Budget and Abortion Concerns
A reader questions the school district’s 1:25 teacher student ratio and urges board visits to identify the best teachers. The letter condemns an abortion case involving a 244 pound infant and stresses the sanctity of life from conception, sharing personal motherhood reflections.
Price controls and past aims on fuel costs
The piece recalls 1954 Congress energy controls on natural gas described as ensuring abundant supplies at low prices. It notes current pushes to extend oil price controls and mocks harshly the idea of punishing criminals, joking that the U.S. elects its criminals to public office.
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Congress
Out of Washington
NEA
The
Gazette
U.S
Israel shifts to embrace peace with Egypt and Palestinian reality
In Jerusalem amid Passover, Israelis weigh the historic shift toward peace with Egypt and a growing legitimacy of Palestinian nationality. Begin concedes Sinai withdrawal and 1967 borders while maintaining security and eventual West Bank settlement debates.
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Begin
Egypt
Israel
Sinai
West Bank
Golda Meir
Camp David
Volved
Land of Israel
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J. F. Hladky
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Turner
National Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Weist
Johnson County
Coralville Reservoir
Lake Macbride
Palisades-Kepler State Park
Cedar River
Mount Vernon
Henry Geller
Commerce Broadcasting
Margaret McKenna
White
Griffin Bell
Goldwater
National Public Radio
Edward Elson
Atlanta
Bert Lance
C&s Bank
Stephen Aug
Washington Star
Elson
Joseph Gwathmey
New York Times Service
William Ellery Channing
Miss Weaver
June Schuller
Valley Park
Carl Ribiet Jr
Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Pyramids
Middle East
Moshe Sharon
Hebrew University
Ismailia
Sharon
United States
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