Drivers' ed fails to cut teen crash rates study says
A preliminary study presented at the American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association conference finds driver education does not reduce teen traffic accidents. The 1977-1980 project tracked 18,000 high school students in DeKalb County Georgia and links to reduced violations but not fewer accidents.
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Baltimore
Jack Weaver
Safe Performance Associates
Atlanta
American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association
William Cushman
Association
Weaver
DeKalb County
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
State of
Georgia
Weaver’s Group
Association of Safety Experts
Iowa doctors urged to self evaluate surgery and admissions
Iowa health care panel urges hospitals to review physician practices and educate doctors who perform certain surgeries far more often than peers. The Iowa Voluntary Cost Containment Committee studied admissions across 112 regions and 131 hospitals, finding wide variation in total admissions and in 10 common procedures.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Franklin found innocent in Jordan civil rights case
An all white federal jury in South Bend deliberated about eight hours before acquitting Joseph Paul Franklin 32 of violating Vernon Jordan Jr. civil rights. Franklin, a Mobile Alabama native, had faced charges tied to the May 29 1980 ambush shooting of Jordan outside a Fort Wayne Indiana motel.
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South Bend, Ind
Joseph Paul Franklin
National Urban League
Vernon Jordan Jr
Franklin
Mobile
Ala
Jordan
Fort Wayne
Ind
Salt Lake City
U.S
Allen Sharp
Immigration bill clears Senate in major overhaul
The Senate approved 81 to 18 a sweeping immigration reform setting employer penalties for hiring illegal aliens and offering amnesty to many in the country. It caps yearly arrivals at 425000 with nation limits, while 800000 immigrants entered in 1980. Senator Simpson leads the measure amid House action and White House interest. Kennedy denounces the plan as immigration restriction.
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Washington
Senate
William French Smith
Canada
Mexico
Rodino
Reagan
Simpson
Edward Kennedy
Massachusettes
Four Urban Development Grants Target Health Housing and Growth
The five grants total operations along Fourth Street and Hawthorne Drive SW and fund a bank health care project 15.4 million, a 100 bed nursing home 1.75 million, Borden Building renovation 0.9 million, and Lattner Building expansion 0.735 million. Jobs created or retained range from 2 to 81 across projects.
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Fourth Street
First
Second Avenues
Hawthorne Drive
Borden
Fourth Ave
Lattner
Cedar Rapids submits four UDAG grant proposals
Four preliminary UDAG applications were filed with Cedar Rapids by the Tuesday 5 p.m. deadline. Proposals include a new bank headquarters and elderly housing, renovations near the Ground Transportation Center, and a new Hawthorne Drive SW nursing home. A public hearing is set for Sept. 1 at City Council.
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UDAG
Cedar Rapids
Bank
Ground Transportation Center
Hawthorne Drive
Don Salyer
Pri
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Marion
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Iowa State
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Pleasant Shade
Tenn
Tennessee
Haiti
Cuba
Alan K. Simpson
R-Wyo
House
Judiciary Committee
Peter Rodino
Dn.j
Alan Simpson
C.R
Dick Hogan
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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