Iowa Schools Clash Over Summer Unemployment Benefits
The Iowa Association of School Boards seeks law changes to bar substitute teachers and other summer-only workers from collecting jobless benefits. Congress extended SUA, with federal funding due to expire March 31 1977, while Iowa plans to require districts to cover costs. Executive director Ted Davidson warns against misusing funds and favors letters of intent to show guaranteed fall positions.
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Iowa Assn. of
Congress
Iowa
Davidson
Newell Lash
Cedar Rapids
Lash
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Reds Seize Lao Government Center in Vientiane
The Hsinhua news agency reports a people’s revolutionary administration has taken over the city and provincial government of Vientiane. More than 100000 people attended the rally marking the switch from the former conservative regime with Phoun Sipaseuth and Leuam Insisiengmay among the dignitaries present.
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Tokyo
People’s Revolutionary
Vientiane
China
Hsinhua
Pathet Lao
Phoun Sipaseuth
National Union
Leuam Insisiengmay
Russians Set Off Large Atomic Test
United States officials reported the Soviet Union conducted a multi megaton underground nuclear explosion Saturday at an Arctic site. The blast was described as fairly large and suspected to involve an intercontinental ballistic missile warhead.
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Washington
UPI
USS
Soviet Union
Arctic
Two Arrested After Chase Threats On Cedar Rapids Street
Paul H. Coty Jr. and Michael P. Coty were arrested after pursuing Greg Witwer along southeast Cedar Rapids streets and threatening occupants at 2117 Bever Avenue SE. Bonds set at 1500 for terrorizing and 125 each for disturbing the peace plus additional 125s for resisting an officer and intoxication.
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Cedar Rapids
Greg Witwer
Twenty-ninth Street
Cotys
Mt. Vernon Road
Fifteenth Street
Ralph Bell
Bever Avenue SE
Witwer
Michael Coty
Paul Coty
Coty
Mid-August Auto Sales Slip Amid Inflation Surge
The report notes a 9 percent drop in mid-August new car sales from a year earlier as inflation remains high. Economists say CPI spikes stem mainly from food fuel and used cars, with potential further price rises and a still improving but fragile economy.
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Washington
API
Asst
Commerce Sec
James Pate
Pate
Treasury
Sidney Jones
Labor Department
Jones
Russia May Favor Corn Over Wheat in Trade
Farm Journal editor Lane Palmer, after touring Soviet grain regions with an Agriculture Department official and state experts from North Dakota and Montana, said Russia could prefer corn or other livestock feed grains if the Ford administration relaxes voluntary export restraints. The group toured Soviet spring wheat areas from July 21 to August 8 and issued a formal report about crop prospects.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Lane Palmer
Farm Journal
Monday
Ford Administration
Palmer
Agriculture Department
North Dakota
Montana
Kissinger in Mid-East Talks Amid Israeli Protests
Prospects for a Sinai settlement appeared stronger as Kissinger reported progress to Israel Egypt talks. Demonstrators outside Rabin’s residence chanted Kissinger go home while police cleared traffic disruptions in Tel Aviv Haifa and Ramat Gan.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Sinai
Henry Kissinger
Syria
Egypt
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
Kissinger
Rabin
Haifa
Ramat Gan
Yigal Allon
Violence erupts in six Argentine cities after kidnap plot
In Buenos Aires and six cities violence surged on Saturday as police confirmed the body of kidnapped army major Julio Larrabure found in Rosario. A Cordoba street shootout left one policeman and a guerrilla dead amid ongoing chaos following a Marxist guerrilla communiqué claiming the major killed himself.
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Buenos Aires
Cordoba
Julio Larrabure
Rosario
Mother Treats Children Like Adults Aims 32 Year Old Aid
A mother enforces mature responsibilities at home with her children. The eldest, a 32 year old, shows notable progress in handling adult duties. The piece notes a shift toward accountability and self reliance within the family.
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Second Avenue
Michael P. Coty
Mason City
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