Iowa speed fine eyed as too low by federal official
A Transportation Department official told Iowa lawmakers that a $10 speeding fine for under 10 mph over the 55 mph limit is a license to speed. He urged raising minimum penalties to $20 and automatic license suspensions for repeat offenders, arguing current penalties reflect lax enforcement.
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U.S. Transportation Department
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Benjamin O. Davis
Statehouse
State Public Safety Department
Soil budget cuts draw farm-state criticism from Iowa senator
Iowa Senator Clark and other farm-state lawmakers condemn President Carter's plan to trim soil conservation funding by 73 million annually. They urge restoring cuts as erosion prevention and conservation remain vital, noting the administration proposes 19.5 million for emergency work but no new water or resource projects.
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Congress
Carter Bell clash over president's electronic surveillance powers
The article reports Attorney General Bell citing inherent presidential power to authorize warrantless TV surveillance in national security cases, including the Ronald Humphrey case, and its clash with Congress over S 1566 which would require court orders for electronic surveillance. It notes mixed court rulings on inherent power and questions Carter's May order pending new legislation.
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Richard M. Nixon
Griffin Bell
Bell
House Intelligence
Justice Department
Ronald Louis Humphrey
U.S. Information Agency
Vietnam
Humphrey
Carter
Carter-Bell
Ronald Hum
Phrey
Congress
Senate
Executive Branch
United States
House
Mumphrey
Return of glaciers or weather cycles spark icy debate
The piece surveys theories of long term climate trends including a potential global cooling and a coming ice age. It outlines competing explanations from ocean atmosphere interactions to Milankovitch cycles and notes a 10 percent rise in atmospheric CO2 fueling a greenhouse effect that could delay any ice age briefly.
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CIA
Nigel Calder
Smithsonian Magazine
Carter campaign jitters as Democrats weigh presidential help
Democratic jitters rise over President Carter's vow to campaign for Congress. Some lawmakers fear his visits could hurt re election bids, especially in oil producing, farm belt, and western states where his poll ratings lag. In the South he is seen as an asset, while Maine New Hampshire and Rhode Island senators hope his mid February swing boosts their shoots.
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Andy Jacobs
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Rhode Island
Modular furniture and a political look at Carter
The piece surveys modular design and language shifts from furniture to spacecraft. It then weighs President Carter's political impact, noting Democrats’ reliance on incumbency, district dynamics, and open-seat races, with cautions about voters favoring incumbents or reacting to Carter differently by region.
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