Tuition aid clash pits college grants against tax credits
A Carter administration tuition grant bill backed by the Senate subcommittee faces a rival Senate Finance Committee tax credit plan. The grant proposal covers low income and middle income students with modest costs for college use only, while the tax credit would widen to pre college schooling up to 500 dollars, raising constitutional concerns about public funding of religious schools and broader tax consequences.
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Senate Human Resources Subcommittee
Senate Finance Committee
Book bans echo censorship debates in Iowa towns
Monticello high school and Davenport junior high confront book removals amid clashes over suitability and parental consent. The Monticello committee keeps "Jack the Bear" in the teachers’ library with parental access, while Davenport bans "Rocky" from a junior high shelf. A dissent cites the risk of readers avoiding other works.
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Monticello
Davenport
Monticello High School
Jack the Bear
School Book Review Committee
Pliny (the Younger
Rome
Iowa
CIA Mail-Opening Case Tests Rights and Remedies
The CIA secretly opened first class letters from 1953 to 1973, copying at least 215000 letters and feeding 1.5 million names into computers. In 1973 three victims won $1000 each in damages for invasion of privacy, but the Justice Department appeals arguing no remedy exists and that damages were excessive.
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Boston
CIA
New York
Jack B. Weinstein
Brooklyn
Weinstein
Department of Justice
Jimmy Carter
Department
Carter
Justice Department
Norman Birnbaum
Amherst
Moscow University
Stansfield Turner
Griffin Bell
Letter From a Former Hallmark Nursing Home Employee
A former employee denounces false charges against Hallmark Nursing Home Mount Vernon owners Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Edleman. The writer condemns a Gazette retraction and argues the damage to their reputation was irreparable despite the home’s strong standing and high occupancy.
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Hallmark Nursing Home
Mount Vernon
Gazette
Gerald Edleman
Hallmark Nursing Home Opinion Letter Defends Facility
A reader defends Hallmark Nursing Home against state health board actions. The writer praises the homelike atmosphere and garden access, cites excellent nursing care and no bedsores, and questions a supposed grudge behind the probationary license and board examination decisions. Edlemans and administrator Marge Conway are named as caring figures in the facility.
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State Board of Health
Board of Examiners
Hallmark
Dollars for Scholars concert thanks Cedar Rapids supporters
The Cedar Rapids Community Council of Parents Teachers and Students thanks media and schools for publicity and volunteers for a Feb 20 Paramount Theatre pops concert. Proceeds fund 60 scholarships of 50 dollars each for high school seniors pursuing further education. Carol Cutler, president.
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Cedar Rapids
Carol Cutler
Church Directory Appreciation Note
A reader thanks The Gazette for restoring the church directory and urges further expressions of appreciation. The note references Luke 17 about Jesus cleansing ten lepers and one returning to give thanks.
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Luke
Jesus
Jarvis Initiative Prompts Californias Tax Revolt Debate
Howard Jarvis gathers 1.2 million California signatures to place a 1 percent property tax proposal on the June ballot. The plan could cut bills by two thirds and threaten state budgets, with opponents fearing cuts to schools, welfare, and services. Supporters say reform shifts tax burden from property to consumption and income.
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Howard Jarvis
Brown
Jarvis
U.S
California
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