Iran Renegotiates Oil While Pro Shah Violence Rises
Iran seeks oil imports from Kuwait Saudi Arabia and Bahrain as protests and clashes intensify across Isfahan Arak and Mashad. Reports indicate 40 dead in Isfahan with gunfire and beatings while Shah's opponents and supporters clash. The regime pursues a civilian coalition and continues talks on oil supply amid refinery strikes and economic disruption.
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New FTC plan targets all private trade schools
The Federal Trade Commission prepares a nationwide regulation for about 7000 private vocational schools. It would require refunds for remaining course time after dropouts, a $25 enrollment cap, a cooling-off period, disclosure of dropout rates, and substantiation of employment claims. The staff notes ongoing consumer complaints and limited industrywide reform since 1972 guidelines.
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Amtrak could face nationalization amid funding crisis
Amtrak President Alan Boyd and board chair Donald Jacobs warned at a news conference that Congress may nationalize the rail passenger service if operations do not improve. They argued nationalization could fail to fix the troubled agency and questioned benefits of federal bureaucracy.
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Save Cleveland with taxes plea from Mayor Kucinich
Cleveland Mayor Dennis Kucinich appeals to voters to approve 38 million dollars in new taxes to avert a possible loan default by Friday. If approved, the plan would allow selling 90 million dollars in bonds in March to consolidate debts, extend payments, and fund capital projects, avoiding municipal layoffs and service cuts.
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SALT talks set for Geneva end game push
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will meet in Geneva next week to push the long negotiations toward a new strategic arms limitation treaty. Officials say most major issues are resolved, but players remain cautious about a swift agreement before any Carter Brezhnev summit. In Rhodesia, a massive fire at a major fuel depot rages for a third day as South African firefighters assist with resources and a C 130 lands with a fire truck loaned from Johannesburg.
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Troops Withdraw First U.S. Ground Combat Unit From Korea
A planeload of 213 American troops from the 2nd Battalion 2nd Division 9th Regiment departed South Korea for Fort Riley Kansas as part of President Carter’s plan to pull all American ground forces from Korea over four to five years. The remaining 260 will leave Friday, nearly finishing the year’s withdrawal of about 3,400 combat and support personnel.
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Weather outlook with cool highs and low temperatures
Tuesday will see high temperatures in the low to mid 30s with overnight lows in the teens. Precipitation is unlikely with a slight chance of rain or snow Friday and again Saturday night. Winds NW at 26 mph at 10 am. Sunrise Thursday 7 27 sunset 4 36. Year Ago Today highs 37 lows 34.
Coralville Lake river stages update today
Mississippi River stages across several gauges show current readings with changes noted. LaCrosse 5.3 and Dubuque 8.3 report no change or no report. Guttenberg 5.0 falls 0.1. Cedar at C.R. 3.44 rises 0.11. Keokuk 3.0 rises 0.2. Lansing 8.0 no change. Dam 9 13.9 no change. McGregor 7.6 no change. Davenport 6.0 no change. Clinton 5.0 no report. LaCrosse and others listed with respective gauges and changes.
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Christmas mail volume to top 14 billion pieces
United Press International reports the U.S. Postal Service expects more than 14 billion cards letters and packages to be mailed this Christmas season about 15 percent of the annual total of 98 billion pieces. Thirty years ago Alger Hiss offered to resign as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette unpaid subscription rates and info
The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday editions from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with rates set for carrier delivery. Afternoon editions and Sunday comprise seven issues for five dollars, four weeks for fifty six, and 52 weeks for eighty dollars. no mail subscriptions in Gazette carrier areas. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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