Professor argues auto safety rules may raise pedestrian deaths
DETROIT AP Professor Sam Peltzman of the University of Chicago argues stiffer auto safety standards encourage riskier driving, neutralizing safety gains. He cites Motor Vehicle Safety Act 1966 as linked to higher accident totals and says pedestrian deaths rise while in-car safety improves. He notes overall death rates stay near what they would be without regulations.
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Detroit
API
Sam Peltzman
Peltzman
University of Chicago
Probe links Dead Iowans to Salina nightclub sighting
Salina police said two Iowa women possibly visited a Salina nightclub about six weeks before their bodies were found. Investigators note Cheryl Lynn Young, 21, and Diane Lynn Lovette, 19, may have been in Salina on or about November 28 as a potential lead in the shotgun slayings of Young’s son and the two women near Hill City, Kansas.
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Salina
Kan
Iowa
Kansas
Cheryl Lynn Young
Diane Lynn Lovette
Darrell Wilson
Guy William Young
Hill City
Chief Wilson
Fort Madison
Denver
Wilson
Labels Harm Children From Society's Quick Labels
A UPI report for HEW from Vanderbilt University experts argues labels like handicapped or delinquent often harm more than help. It cites cases where records mask real needs and suggest labeling can both aid services and blight a child’s life, self-esteem, and social integration.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Jane
Cancer Crusade Special Gifts Division Opens in Linn County
About 50 businessvolunteer leaders joined Linn County Cancer Crusade at a kickoff in Peoples Bank Community Room. David Cohn stressed no arm twisting and urged commitment to conquer cancer with progress seen and a goal to wipe out cancer in our lifetime. Cassabaum, division chairman, urged increased gifts to keep research funded amid inflation, naming six team captains and a Feb 21 completion target.
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David Cohn
Linn County Cancer Crusade
Special Gifts
First Division
Richard D. Cassabaum
Special Gifts Division
Cancer Crusade
Cassabaum
Donald Harrelson
David M. Clark
Jack Stuhr
Russ Jensen
Harold Schaefer
John Naber
J. Bernard Rehnstrom
Rome area soldiers convicted over rabbit hunting blast
In Verona a military court convicted 18 army officers and soldiers for neglecting sentry duty to hunt rabbits. Gunfire sparked an explosion at the ammunition depot causing $130,000 damage. One lieutenant was acquitted of starting the blast. Sentences ranged from 50 days to 14 months with several demotions.
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Verona
Italy
UPI
Iowa DOT members barred from public office plan
A bill in the Iowa Senate would bar DOT commissioners from holding other public offices. It targets at least two current DOT appointees, Donald Gardner of Cedar Rapids and Allan Thoms of Dubuque, who hold or have held other local posts. The measure accompanies ethics-committee reform bills and DOT activation set for July 1.
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Des Moines
State Department of Transportation
Iowa Senate
DOT
Donald Gardner
Cedar Rapids
Allan Thoms
Dubuque
Gardner
Robert Ray
Senate
Thoms
Embryo Dot Commission
James Redmond
William Gluba
Davenport
Redmond
Minnette Doderer
D-Iown City
House
C. Edwin Moore
Iowa Supreme Court
Pay rise linked to budget surplus proposed for Congress
Rep James Collins proposes a pay system where Congress would gain 1 percent for every 2 billion dollar budget surplus and face a 10 percent cut during deficits. He also suggests a 10 percent pay cut for President Ford, Vice President Rockefeller, and cabinet members.
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Washington
Congress
James Collins
Texas
Collins
Ford
Rockefeller
Anamosa Reformatory Fires Employee Over Supervision
Howard O'Brien, medical technician at Anamosa Reformatory, was discharged for poor supervision of escapee Ronald Brewer. Warden Calvin Auger noted O'Brien escorted Brewer outside the facility at least eight times in four months and once took him to the wrong location. The firing follows an internal probe. it is unrelated to the BCI case or Pennock gun- and ID-related matters. The termination took effect immediately.
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Anamosa
Howard O’brien
Ronald Brewer
Calvin Auger
the Gazette
O’brien
Reformatory
Brewer
Auger
O'Brien
Herbert Pennock
BCI
Judge Faces Familiar Face
In Sulphur Louisiana Municipal Judge E W Thompson apologized for arriving late to court after being cited for driving 42 mph in a 30 mph zone A later his own case came up He stepped down from the bench and pled guilty He sentenced himself to pay a 17 50 fine
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Sulphur
E. W. Thompson
Suit challenges Iowa City's use of Denver boot
University of Iowa graduate student John W. Baker sues Johnson county district court claiming the Denver boot placed on his car in a city lot without prior notice or hearing was illegal. He seeks 4000 dollars in damages. City officials offered no direct comment.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
University of Iowa
John W. Baker
Baker
Joseph Pugh
Convicts Help Blind Children In Vacaville Factory Project
Vacaville volunteers, a group of convicts at the state medical facility, work two shifts daily to produce beep balls for sightless children. Inmates repair and assemble about 57 balls a week, each with an audio system that beeps to aid detection and withstand repeated bat hits.
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Vacaville, Calif
UPI
Vacaville
Minor Damage In Two Fires Reported In Marion
Marion firemen were called to the Richard Stevens residence at 905 Orchard Drive where an upholstered chair burned in the basement. Damage was confined to the chair and nearby shelves with smoke in the rest of the house. Another call came from an apartment building at 1250 Ninth Avenue for a furnace motor overheated, with damage limited to the motor. The page also lists area church services and a HUD housing aid announcement plus a 30 years ago note on Allied advances in World War II.
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Marion
Richard Stevens
Orchard Drive
Ninth Avenue
Ash Wednesday Services Listed at Two Marion Churches
Ash Wednesday services are listed for two Marion churches. Rev. Denny J. Brake will speak at 7 30 p.m. at Ascension Lutheran on His Cup of Sor row. A Lenten study on Rath er Die Than Live is based on Jonah, with a 6 p.m. potluck before the hour. YMCA Marion schedule shows family activities at the gym and pool 1 4 p.m.
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Marion
Denny J. Brake
Ascension Lutheran Church
First United Methodist Church
Marion churches and sermons on Sunday schedule
Marion Churches lists multiple congregations with service times and sermon topics. Antioch Church of Christ hosts Sunday school 9 30 worship 10 30 sermon The Bread of Life. Bethel Baptist at 1000 Eighth Avenue features Sunday school Saved by Works and evening service 7 30 with sermon What Is Prayer by Rev Carroll VanAnda. First Baptist at 2895 Fourteenth Avenue offers worship 9 30 and Sunday school 10 30. Grace Baptist at 440 South completes the short notice with service details.
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Fifteenth Street
Don R. Martin
Squaw Creek
Thomas J. Kisting
Fourteenth Street
Marion Christian
McGowan Boulevard
Peter .M. Morgan
Robins Church of the Brethren
Second Street
Gene Barry
Church of Christ
Eighteenth Street
William Cain
Ascension Lutheran
Grand Avenue
Denny J. Brake
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Eighteenth Avenue
Otto A. Zwanziger
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Missouri Synod
Twenty Seventh Street
John D. Huber
First United Methodist
Eighth Avenue
Glen W. Lamb
Gene Crossett, Jr
J. M. Steffen
Antioch Church of Christ Marion Ymca
Lawrence W. Merritt
Bread of Life
Bethel Baptist
Calvin Thorpe
Carroll VanAnda
First Baptist
Fourteenth Avenue
Lyle W. Lee
Grace Baptist
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