Energy reform clears House as Carter winning bid in energy push
The House passed a broad energy package aimed at reducing oil dependence and boosting conservation in a 244 to 177 vote. It shifts policy, ignores some White House tax aims, and faces Senate opposition over new crude oil and natural gas taxes. Iowa lawmakers split along party lines on the vote.
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Washington
House
Carter
Senate
Congressional
White House
Carter Energy Program
U.S
Iowa
Berkley Bedell
Michael Blouin
Tom Harkin
Neal Smith
Charles Grassley
James Leach
History Stop Highlights Fort Dodge Grotto and Spirit Lake Site
Gazette staffer Judy Daubenmier tours the Fort museum at Fort Dodge featuring a replica stockade to protect settlers from unfriendly Indians then visits the world’s largest grotto at West Bend and the Spirit Lake massacre site. July and August see peak family reunions with Cedar Rapids park pavilion bookings urged.
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Iowa
Gazette
Judy Daubenmier
Fort Dodge
West Bend
Spirit Lake
Cedar Rapids
Vance Considers Shuttle Diplomacy for Arab-Israeli Settlement
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance aims for a necessary consensus on Arab-Israeli peace with aides noting a possible shuttle diplomacy approach after meetings with King Hussein. President Carter reiterated hope for a Geneva peace conference this year in Washington.
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Jordan
Cyrus Vance
Vance
Hussein
Carter
Washington
Geneva
Weather Outlook With Showers Through Sunday
Weather continues with a chance of showers or thundershowers through Sunday. Highs today and Sunday around 80 degrees with lows in the mid to upper 60s.
The Bashful Young Man Notices A Beach Shell Signal
A bashful young man misreads luck at the shore as he tries a shell to hear the sea. His self doubt shifts to a burst of confidence after a tiny comic miscue. The scene plays out with a light, humorous tone.
Memo Reveals Secret Bank Memo In Lance Loan
Budget Director Bert Lance said investigators found a memo tying his Georgia bank to an interest free account at a New York bank in exchange for a 2.6 million personal loan from Manufacturers Hanover Trust in 1975. He denied any sweetheart loan and said the development won’t force resignation.
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Washington
Bert Lance
Georgia
New York
Lance
National Bank of Georgia
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
No Strike For Ozark Ends With Tentative Union Approval
Ozark Air Lines mechanics and technicians voted to accept a new 32 month contract retroactive to October 1976. Local 24 spokesman John Miller said enough votes in St Louis and Chicago support approval while full results from other locals are pending. The union, representing about 600 workers, avoided a strike that could have halted Cedar Rapids flights.
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Ozark Air Lines, Inc
John Miller
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association Local 24
Chicago
Miller
Ozark
Cedar Rapids
Excavation Reveals Hidden Cedar Rapids Brewery Caves
Workers uncover stone walled caves north of Eighth Street NE while laying a culvert. The tunnels belonged to the Eagle Brewery, which closed before 1915 prohibition. Magnus, a German born master brewer, built Cedar Rapids and other breweries before returning to partner Wetzel in 1868.
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Eagle
Christian Magnus
Eighth Street
Iowa
Eagle Brewery
The
Gazette
Magnus
Germany
United States
Jacob Wetzel
Kankakee
Ill
Wetzel
Mediators Enter Bell Strike Talks to Avert Walkout
Federal mediators joined Bell system wage talks as 700,000 telephone workers threaten a midnight Saturday strike. CWA and two smaller unions call the offer inadequate while pledging round the clock bargaining as talks resume with a 11:01 a.m. CDT Sunday deadline.
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Bell System
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Ments
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Communications Workers’ Union
Communications Workers
Glenn Watts
Iowa Girls Lead Big Ten Feature in Playboy
Playboy’s September issue highlights seven Iowa coeds in a Big Ten pictorial, more than any other conference school. Photographer David Chan interviewed over 1,000 coeds across the nine Big Ten campuses, with final Iowa images shot in April for a May deadline.
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University of Iowa
Playboy Magazine
Iowa
University of Indiana
Indiana
University of Michigan
Ohio State
Michael Ann Sullivan
Playboy
Sullivan
Midwest
David Chan
DeSciose
University
No Room at the Inn for Iowa Football Weekend
Iowa City motels report full bookings for the September 17 Iowa vs Iowa State game weekend with many suggesting alternate nearby towns. Managers describe two night minimum stays and widespread demand making rooms scarce even a year ahead.
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Iowa City
Larry Wood
Interstate 80
Wood
Coralville
Paul McCully
Muscatine
Blair
Ramada Inns
Cedar Rapids
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