Congress weighs two tuition aid blueprints and two reform ideas
The piece surveys President Carter's loan and grant plan against Senator Roth's tax credit proposal and notes alternative concepts by Boston University President John Silber and Rep. Abner Mikva. It urges a durable solution balancing student access with federal costs and mentions payroll withholding and tax deferral as safeguards against default.
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Carter
Delaware
William Roth
John Silber
Boston University
Silber
Silber Plan
Mikva
Internal Revenue Service
Iowa counties to vote on nominal home rule amendment
The Iowa Senate approved county home rule 44 to 5, sending a constitutional amendment to voters next fall. The measure offers limited local control, allowing counties to act where not forbidden, but carries little prospect of broad power beyond state guidance. Senator Redmond framed it as a controlled, minimal grant. Voters face a modest, symbolic change with uncertain local overruns.
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Senate
Iowa
Linn County
Redmond
Word Play and Fashion Garb in New York Notes
Theodore M Bernstein surveys fashion diction with Mrs Vreeland and Bill Blass and explains furlough and furlong origins. The piece blends word history with a witty aside about leave of absence and classic linguistic roots.
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New York
SA 10 deploy haste shifts U S cruise missile doubt
Intelligence that the SA 10 air defense system is now in active deployment alters the debate over the Carter administration’s reliance on the cruise missile. The threat could undermine the B 52 bomber and raise questions about 1980s defense plans as Congress weighs keeping the B 1 program alive and funding the F 111H replacement. The revelation accelerates skepticism about defense assumptions and underscores future vulnerability to Soviet defenses.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Carter
David C. Jones
Air Force
U.S
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Harold Brown
Congress
Baltic
Moscow
Capitol Hill
Hallmark Nursing Home owners defend 11 years of care
Dana Petrowsky criticized Hallmark Nursing Home Mount Vernon as a bad facility. Former owners counter that 11 years of satisfactory resident care existed despite previous complaints. They blame state Health Department charting demands and changing building rules for licensing since 1966 and note $60,000 spent to correct 20 deficiencies.
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Dana Petrowsky
Hallmark Nursing Home
Mount Vernon
Hallmark
The
State Health Department
the Gazette
Hallmark care case and public sector bargaining stance shifts
The letter defends Hallmark nursing home operations citing affordable 18 dollar total care, denies harassment citations, and criticizes regulatory moves. It also outlines a political uturn on public sector collective bargaining from open to closed negotiations, noting improved transparency and the need to keep certain process steps private.
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Iowa
Houston rallies fail to drum up broad support for goals
A Harris Survey of 1,259 adults finds that while women's movement goals are popular, support for activist groups and Houston meetings is weak. Negative views top positive ones by about 43 to 41 percent regarding groups aiding the cause, and most people did not follow the Houston gatherings.
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Houston
U.S
Phyllis Schlafly
Harris
Women’s Movement
Public backs resolutions on women’s rights and policies
A Chicago Tribune report notes overwhelming public support for stricter enforcement of laws against wife abuse and job discrimination, plus education and child care aids. Support grows for equal rights and abortion limits, while leadership style of movement critics remains a factor.
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Theodore M. Bernstein
Murry Salberg
New York Times Syndicate
Carl Riblet Jr
Cruise
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Defense Science Board
West
Field Newspaper Syndicate
Robert Ray
By Louis Harris
Harris Survey
Houston Women’s Conference
Chicago Tribune
New York News Syndicate
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