Drought Pressures Iowa as Rain Relieves Some Areas
The piece outlines how farmers cope with drought in Nebraska and Iowa with watering trenches, pivot irrigation, and legal disputes over wells. Gov. Ray seeks extended drought disaster proclamations into next year as officials warn water supplies remain fragile and conservation ethics are urged.
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Robert Ray
Iowa
Drouth
Gov. Ray
The
Gazette
Don Hinman
Dreuth Task Force
Carter proposes 34 billion welfare overhaul plan
President Carter urged Congress to replace the welfare system with a 34 billion plan aimed at moving able bodied recipients into jobs while offering cash assistance to those unable to work. He cited projected Iowa savings and set timelines for enactment by spring and full effect in the 1980 fiscal year.
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Plains
Carter
Congress
Iowa
Congressional Committee
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Cedar Rapids Czech groups and city projects featured
A reader guide notes Cedar Rapids Czech organizations and their history on page 14A. It highlights three major city projects with one ahead, one behind, and one midway on page 1B Trend. Also mentions a nostalgic old highway feature on page 10 Iowa Scene and women in real estate in Family Focus. Weather forecast predicts highs in upper 80s and a possible night shower.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mistrial in Retrial of Van Houten
LOS ANGELES A judge declared a mistrial in the retrial of Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower. The jury reported it was hopelessly deadlocked over first or second degree murder or manslaughter in the 1971 LaBianca killings.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Leslie van Houten
van Houten
Manson
Rosemary
Lena LaBianca
Ronald Hughes
Superior Court
Edward Hinz, Jr
Bill Albee
Maxwell Keith
Hughes
Keith
Bell System reaches three year wage deal averting nationwide strike
Washington reports a tentative three year contract costing about 3.3 billion with the Bell System and the Communications Workers of America. The agreement includes a 31 percent wage and benefit rise over three years and higher weekly pay for switchboard operators. Local unions react variably with some canceling strikes while others threaten action before the deadline.
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Washington
Bell System
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Glenn Watts
Man Hopkins
Des Moines
Bob Budreau
Northwestern Bell
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Telecommunications International Union
IBEW
Western Electric
Watts
No Deal Kills Senate Public Financing Bill
UPI reports Senator Dick Clark failed to secure 60 votes to end the filibuster on a public financing proposal for Senate elections. After seven days of dispute, Packwood delivered the fatal “No deal” moment, leaving Democrats short and the reform dead for the year.
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Washington
UPI
Bob Packwood
Dick Clark
Senate
Packwood
Oregon
Clark
Iowa
Treasury
Baker
Capitol
New York
Jacob Javits
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Nebraska
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Maine
William Cohen
Robert Stafford
Vermont
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
James Pearson
Kansas
Charles Mathias
Maryland
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