Land vs highways debated for Iowa farmland reform
State Senator Hansen and Senator Gallagher spar over highway expansion. Vic Preisser of IDOT argues farming should be protected by closing unused roads. Preisser backs a plan for an incentive fund to shutter little used routes and return land to farming amid 20 000 miles of underused roads.
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Hansen
Cedar Falls
Joint Transportation Budget Subcommittee
Iowa
Vic Preisser
Iowa Department of Transportation
Preisser
Gallagher
Jesup
IDOT
Preisser and Hansen
Carter fireside chats push past Roosevelts image
White House aides fear the term chat for Jimm y Carter talks would echo FDR and the old fireside image. The piece argues Carter’s broadcasts are one way and lack dialogue, calling them monologues despite any name.
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Carter
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Death-penalty poll shows vivid racial split
A Harris Survey of 1 459 adults nationwide finds 67 percent favor capital punishment, up from 1973 and 1965 levels, with whites strongly pro death penalty while blacks oppose it or favor case by case discretion. The poll highlights support for mandatory sentences for killing a police officer and strong views on first-degree murder and deterrence.
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Harris
Viewer letter reflects on Mary Hartman controversy and TV censorship
Iowa City readers react to WMT TV removing Mary Hartman Mary Hartman citing standards and NAB code while some plan to watch on rival channels. Letters critique abortion debates sparked by Roots and discuss bank checking fees and social fairness as debated in forum pages.
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Iowa City
Wmt-Tv
Mary Hartman
National Association of Broadcasters
Great physician Dr Harry Miller remembered for six decades of service
The Gazette recalls Dr Harry Miller who died Jan 1 at 97 after a 70 year medical career. He helped establish 20 hospitals in the Far East including one in Vietnam where a last American soldier died. Known as the China doctor he pioneered nutrition and soybean milk production for malnourished children. He treated leaders in China before 1949 and his final hospital was in Hong Kong. His patients included Alexander Graham Bell and William Jennings Bryan.
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Far East
Vietnam
China
The
Orient
Hong Kong
Roots Impact Reaches Viewers and Public TV
Norman Cousins lauds Alex Haley’s Roots for its dramatic power and educational value. He credits ABC for prime time exposure and public television for lifting the nation’s cultural life showing how liberation themes can reform network thinking.
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National Educational Television
NET
Alex Haley
ABC
Newton Minnow
Federal Communications Commission
Isn’t it the truth? A quip on shopping and men
A brief humorous reflection by Cori Riblet comparing men and women in pursuit and expectation, noting both seek a secret payoff even if no catch is made.
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Cedar Rapids
General Assembly
Jimmy Carter Show
Roosevelt
Tine
Jimmy Carter
O.K
Louis Harris
Harris Survey
Ccsseresees
Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate
People’s Forum
Robert French
U.S
Kojak
Evel Knievel
Ously
Brian Hill
KCRG
Supreme Court
Chaison
Washington
Arthur Godfrey
U.S. Supreme Court
Earth
Harry Miller
Gazette
Alexander Graham Bell
William Jennings Bryan
Christ
Norman Cousins
Haley
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Cori Riblet
InterOcean Press Syndicate
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