Money management education and local service impacts
The piece notes limited family discussion on money management and highlights Cedar Rapids Credit Counseling addressing credit problems. It cites national level cabinet action that could cut HACAP services for low income residents, and mentions ISU Alumni Association calls for gridiron review and one million dollars in extra funding to protect academic integrity.
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Cedar Rapids
Carter
HACAP
Iowa State Alumni Assn
Family planning push and farm spending notes across pages
Health official backs expanded family planning funding while the administration signals budget proposals to boost birth control programs. Earl Butz cites economic reasons for farmland purchase aid to Midwest tenants. Congressional estimates suggest 100 to 250 million may be cut from farm aid. Weather outlook shows clear tonight with near 30 lows and mild mid 50s highs.
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Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Department
Congressional
Lunch Hour Holiday Avert Plant Tragedy
Two injured in an explosion at Cargill west side plant during lunch hour. Robert Anderson and Milo Webb were hurt as the soy meal building suffered a blown east wall. Fire Chief McMickle suspects methane gas caused the blast, occurred about 11 30 with 30 workers nearby on break.
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Cargill
Robert Anderson
Milo Webb
Anderson
Twenty-ninth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Webb
Quasqueton
Mercy Hospital
Blahnik Construction Co
Edsel McMickle
Blahnik
Sion
McMickle
the Gazette
Jim Kopish
Kopish
Ardsley Lane
Fire Damaged Bridge Reopened After Weekend Blaze
Fire on Sunday damaged the bridge on First avenue east between Thirtieth and Thirty-first streets and a nearby shed at the Allis Chalmers factory. Officials said creosote under the bridge fueled the blaze, but supports were only lightly charred and the bridge reopened shortly after 8 am Monday.
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First Avenue
Thirtieth
Thirty-first Streets
Allis Chalmers
McMickle
Phillips
City Engineering Department
Jon Janda
Public Works
Plains minister Bruce Edwards resigns amid Plains Baptist split
The Rev. Bruce Edwards resigns as Plains Baptist Church leader amid heavy parishioner opposition tied to a dispute over racial integration spurred by Clennon King joining the congregation. The resignation takes effect April 30 after a heated meeting about church funds. President Carter, formerly a deacon, previously moved his membership to Washington's First Baptist.
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Plains
Carter
First Baptist Church
Washington
White House
Plains Church
Edwards
Hugh Carter
Archbishop Luwum Death Report Sparks Uganda Controversy
Anglican bishops dispute an auto accident account and cite a witness claiming Archbishop Janani Luwum was shot to death by Idi Amin after refusing to confess to a plot. The Tanzania government paper alleges flogging and execution. Amin invited foreign investigators to Uganda.
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London
Uganda
Janani Luwum
Leslie Brown
St. Edmundsbury
Ipswich
Luwum
Idi Amin
Kenya
Church of England
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
Amin
Suwum
Kampala
Janane Luwum
William Eteki
Vance cites sharp Arab-Israeli splits on peace talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, returning from a six nation Middle East tour, says “very sharp differences” remain among Israelis and Arabs on Palestinian representation and ways to resume Geneva talks. He notes all six governments favor peace and reducing military spending and expects the Geneva talks to resume in the second half of the year.
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Damascus
Syria
Cyrus Vance
Geneva
Vance
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
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Lloyd Smith
Fords
Palm Springs
Earl Butz
Chicago
Gus
U.S
Congress
West
Marion
Associated Press
UPI
NEW York Times
Bill Lavelette
Gazette
Cial
Twenty-seventh Street
Derald Carter
Richard Phillips
Bishop
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