Family Focus and notices across Iowa papers
A collage of short items notes Iowa child abuse fatalities totaling 30 since 1974 and public awareness gaps. Other briefs cover raccoon skin fashion resurging among students, debunking of Old West myths, a professional horseman roaming the West, a theater review at Roosevelt Royal, dove hunting season controversy, gasoline rationing triggers from Carter allies, and a 4-H hog project champion at the county fair.
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Iowa
Iowa County Fair
Cedar Rapids Prep Sports See Key Absences This Fall
Two tall factors in Cedar Rapids girls sports will be missing this fall and a partial result will brighten sports in Vinton. The note appears on page 4D and 5A, referencing birth certificate issues and local athletics.
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Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Ring of Koreans Hid U S Army Computer Theft
A former provost marshal charges that with American help a group of South Koreans exploited a U S army computer to steal up to 17 million dollars yearly in various items during the early 1970s.
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U.S. Army
Aide Program Back On In Cedar Rapids
The police aide program is revived with two white women set to begin training Monday. Safety Commissioner Ed Colton supports it, while the human rights commission's executive secretary leads the push. The program, funded by CETA, aimed to diversify policing but faced strict eligibility rules and few applicants.
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Cedar Rapids
Ed Colton
The
City Human Rights Commission
CETA
Kirkwood Community College
Gareth Clift
Bomb threats and blasts push New York into terrorist hunt
Federal and city investigators stepped up efforts after FALN claimed two Wednesday blasts in Manhattan offices. One dead, seven injured, millions in damage as more than 200 hoax threats sparked evacuations of 100000 workers. Police arrest David Perez amid ties to FALN. roommate sought. FBI joins probe as Mayor Beame pledges intensified action.
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New York
Manhattan
FALN
Ous
Gulf & Western
Transportation
Lower Manhattan
David Perez
Perez
Roomate
Vincent Alba
FBI
Sam
Abraham Beame
Chicago
Beame
Eviction Standoff at San Francisco International Hotel
Police and sheriffs deputies moved in as more than 1,000 protesters tried to block the eviction of 65 elderly residents from the International hotel in San Francisco. Mounted officers advanced a barricade while residents were carried out as fire ladders were used to enter through windows. Four Seas Corp sought the eviction to clear the site for new construction.
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International Hotel
San Francisco
The
Four Seas Corp
House defeats nickel gasoline tax in energy bill push
Washington a House vote 339 to 82 defeats a nickel per gallon gasoline tax aimed at funding transit and highway projects as part of the energy package. Carter backs a standby 55 cent tax while another four cent proposal remains, and energy department plans advance with James Schlesinger named to lead it.
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Washington
House
Carter
New
Energy Department
James Schlesinger
Jim
Wright
Robert Bauman
Rmd
Carter plans place Turner in charge of intelligence network
President Carter's plan would give CIA Director Stansfield Turner overall responsibility for the intelligence community to improve coordination. A Senate intelligence member said the move aims to coordinate agency activities, curb abuse, and ensure usable intelligence products, while preserving checks through an interagency NSC committee.
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Washington
Carter
CIA
Stansfield Turner
Senate Intelligence Committee
Jake Garn
Utah
Garn
New York Times
Turner
Defense Department
National Security Agency
National Reconnaissance Office
National Security Council
Drake mallard learns to read words at Drake University
Lance the two year old mallard learns to read simple words like peck and turn under the guidance of Dr. Kenneth E. Lloyd at Drake University. Ruth Hurst and psychology students train him by associating words with colors and shapes in a controlled classroom setting.
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Des Moines
Lance
Drake University
Sir Lancelot
Kenneth E. Lloyd
Drake
Ruth Hurst
Department of Psychology
Francis Marion Drake
Hurst
Clemson
S.C
Catawba College
Ocean Survivors To Wed After Three Weeks Adrift
Robert Campbell and Sandra Corea announced their engagement after three weeks adrift in the Pacific in a disabled boat. Rescued near Costa Rica by the freighter American Lancer, Campbell said he aims to marry soon after legalities. The trio survived on scarce water and turtle meat.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Robert Campbell
Pacific Ocean
Sandra Corea
Nicaragua
Campbell
Chicago
Miss Corea
Joseph Almond
Managua
Ameri
Can Lancer
Almond
Costa Rica
Court OKs Abortion Ban and Medicaid Funds Limitation
A federal judge vacated an order that allowed Medicaid funded abortions for poor women while hearing arguments on the Hyde amendment. The ruling enables HEW to enforce a ban on federal funds for elective abortions unless necessary to save a life, with further arguments scheduled.
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New York
U.S
John Dooling
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Amin to Attend U.N. General Assembly in New York
Ugandan President Idi Amin will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York, criticizing President Carter and U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young, and denouncing British imperialism. He plans a stopover at Heathrow en route, marking his second U.S. visit since the 1971 coup.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Uganda
Amin
General Assembly
Carter
U.N
Andrew Young
London
Heathrow
Commonwealth
England
United States
Organization of African Unity
OAU
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