General Singlaub to retire after second public Carter criticism
Maj. Gen. John Singlaub agreed to retire following his second public rebuke of President Carter's defense policies. The retirement was recommended by Gen. Frederick Croesen after Singlaub met with Army Secretary Clifford Alexander and Gen. Bernard Rogers, with Singlaub filing papers but an exact date undecided. He had criticized arms talks, the B 1 bomber, the neutron warhead, and Panama Canal treaties while asserting U.S. military readiness.
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UPI
John Singlaub
Carter
Army
Robert Solomon
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Frederick Croesen
Clifford Alexander
Bernard Rogers
Solomon
Georgia Tech
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Rogers
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Forces Command
Atlanta University
Defense
Harold Brown
White House
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Republic of Panama
Weather snapshot with temperatures and wind data
Highs Thursday in upper 60s to 70s with overnight lows in the 40s. Precipitation near zero. At 11 a.m. SE wind of 18 mph. Sunrise 5 06, sunset 7 03. Extended outlook clear to partly cloudy Sunday through Tuesday with similar temperatures. One year ago highs around 69 and lows near 46 with no precipitation.
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River stages and births and marriages in Cedar Rapids area
River stage readings for several Iowa locations listed with flood brackets show LaCrosse Lansing and others at fall levels. Birth announcements include multiple Cedar Rapids area families and out of town births in Vestal New York. Marriage licenses announced for Cedar Rapids residents along with numerous dissolutions of marriages in the region.
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McGregor
Guttenberg
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Keokuk
Clinton
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C.R
Vestal
N.Y
Dennis Alvarez
Alvarez
Wesley Kopecky
Hayes St
David E. Daniels
Diane W. Gibson
Robert M. Moore
Jeanne M. Sherer
Michael A. Jennings
Catherine A. Wilmarth
Cedar Rapids
Steven G. Sadderis
Hiawatha
Julie R. Luse
Marion
Michael D. Fossum
Patricia M. Doubek
Joyce Anne
Charles Alvin Farley
Jeanett Marie
Ronald Edward Patterson
Wayne William
Ruth Ann White
Cynthia Yvonne
Robert Allen Cole Jr
Janet F
Edward J. Prochaska
Mark Addison
Jeri Ricklefs
Joanne M
Jerry A. Driscoll
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Patricia Ann Gardner
Janet
John Lee White
Phyllis J
Charles P. Hubble
Clarence W
Sally Rae Breuer
Nancy L
Michael R. Broadie
Diane
Robert B. Early
Lori A
Leonard D. Hughes
Norman Edwin
Linda Dean Johnston
Robert Joseph
Patricia Ann Ballard
Marcia K
Randall R. Olson
Kathleen Ann
Greg Morris
Major fire devastates east Bay Street district Nassau
A pre-dawn fire destroyed about half a square mile of Nassau's east Bay Street area, engulfing a furniture store and spreading to four apartment houses a four story office building and more than 20 homes. Firefighters fought another New Providence blaze and containment was limited to Dowdeswell Street by dawn with no deaths or injuries reported.
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Nassau, Bahamas
UPI
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Nassau
New Providence
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Victoria Avenue
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Dowdeswell
Hospital costs rise. January daily rate $183.36
The American Hospital Association reports January patient costs averaged 183.36 dollars per day, up 10.5 percent from 1977, with slower rise than last year due to a voluntary cost containment program. FTC moves toward hearings to curb child TV ads, proposing bans on ads to very young children and some sugary foods for under 12.
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New York
American Hospital Association
Association
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Register
Bergland to Propose Free Food Stamps for Needy
Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland plans a proposed rule change to provide free food stamps to qualified needy people. He says the reforms will streamline the program and aim for operation by July 1, though other sources doubt the date and expect January or later due to rulemaking and coordination with states and welfare offices.
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Washington
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Rationing plan eyed by Carter administration
Congressional sources say a standby gasoline rationing plan could base coupons on the number of cars a business or family owns in a national emergency. The plan is not yet being pushed, but a 1975 law requires readiness and car fuel economy could influence allotments.
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Washington
Carter expands consumer role after agency defeat
President Carter strengthens consumer policy by bringing adviser Esther Peterson into domestic planning. Peterson will upgrade consumer offices across several federal agencies as Congress blocked a consumer protection agency. She said the administration would have preferred a new agency but will proceed without new legislation.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Esther Peterson
Peterson
House panel to vote on $38 billion weapons bill backing fifth carrier
The House Armed Services Committee plans a Friday vote on a $38 billion weapons authorization bill to resume funding for a fifth nuclear aircraft carrier. The measure would add about $2.5 billion to Carter's request, with most funds for ship construction and all but $300 million allocated to build.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Congress
Carter
India to Buy U.S. Uranium for Tarapur Plant
President Carter approved a sale of 16 803 pounds of low enriched uranium to India for Tarapur atomic power station unless Congress blocks within 60 days. NRC deadlocked on the issue last week and Carter said the fuel would be used only at Tarapur and not for weapons.
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Congress
India
United States
Tarapur
Carter
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
U.S
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