Carter pledges jobs amid hecklers at Urban League
President Carter addressing the National Urban League convention promised a forthcoming economic renewal plan to modernize U S industry and create millions of jobs. He faced communist hecklers and a hostile audience while outlining aims to boost research, energy, exports, weatherization, mass transit, and distressed areas. He avoided specifics, noting details to come after the Democratic National Convention.
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Vernon Jordan
Fort Wayne
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Outdoor privy gift echoes boyhood days
Local shopper eyes a commemorative outdoor privy described as “just like the one Jimmy used when he was a boy” on page 15A.
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Lillian
Jimmy
Marion farmer loves fructose explore on Acres page
A Marion farmer is described as fond of fructose in a brief item on the Acres page 14A. The note highlights the subject’s preference in a light local feature.
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Marion
Mathias pushes bill to end marriage tax penalty
Sen. Charles Mathias urges approval of a bill to eliminate the so called marriage tax penalty. The proposal seeks tax relief for married couples by removing a biased financial burden. The article appears on page 15A.
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Charles Mathias
Women's clothing gets practical each summer
A lighthearted note from the era jokes that practical wear improves with the seasons as fashion trivialities shift toward durable fabrics and sensible layers. The quip ends with a playful line about skin as the ultimate wear.
Air Force B 52s Fly Low Across Iowa in Year‑Long Runs
Residents watched as U S Air Force bombers conducted a year long series of low level practice flights over much of Iowa. A B 52 was seen over an Iowa County farm near the intersection of F 52 and V 52 north of Millersburg as part of the exercise.
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Truman
Stabbing tragedy spans generations in Iowa City
In Iowa City, Daniel Treiber received a 10 year prison sentence for fatally stabbing Randy Seydel during an unwitnessed bar fight. Seydel’s father, S.J. Seydel, speaks of bitterness and alleged bias in the justice system, recalling past encounters with Treiber and the University of Iowa Athletic Department as he mourns his son.
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Sy” Seydel
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Daniel Treiber
University of Iowa
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St. Seydel
University of Iowa Athletic Department
Violence at Cuban refugee camp in Pennsylvania
An Army spokesman said order was restored after a riot at the Cuban refugee center at Fort Indiantown Gap. Police detained 10 ringleaders as refugees protested delays, injuring more than two dozen military police and about 60 refugees.
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Flocke
Flecke
Arthur Brill
U.S
Fidel Castro
Cuba
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Post Detention
Hiroshima anniversary stirs wartime memories
The 35th anniversary of Hiroshima’s atomic bombing is observed quietly with no observances in Eastern Iowa. Veterans recall the day, including Max Hall, a Cedar Rapids minister and former Army infantryman, who served in the Pacific and later in Kure, Japan.
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