Preservation Is Historic Listing Goal
Naturalists and others urge protecting cultural environments through the National Register of Historic Places. In 1976 Iowa added about 90 structures, reaching 188 in the state. As of June 1976 the national total was about 12,000 across states, D C, and territories.
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Iowa
District of Columbia
Adrian Anderson
Division of Historic Preservation
Iowa City
State Historical Society
National Register
Elkader
Bitterly Cold Windy Weather With Snow
Windy and bitterly cold today with snow or blowing snow continues. Clear and very cold tonight and Sunday. Steady or falling temperatures tonight reaching lows of 10 to 20 below. Highs Sunday near zero.
Divers Under Ice Maintain Certification at Fairfax Quarry
Members of the Underwater Search and Recovery unit dive under the ice at a Fairfax quarry to keep their certifications up to date. The scene features diver Mike Ster during the Sunday training session.
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Fairfax
Mike Ster
Test Yourself True or False Quiz Tells The Tale
A feature invites readers to answer eight true or false questions to gauge understanding of human nature. The item notes the solution or continuation appears on page 10A.
Cartoonist Thomas Mullin Draws Lighthearted Topics
Thomas Mullin creates cartoons for his own amusement and covers a variety of topics that may amuse readers seeking brief humor.
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Thomas Mullin
Liberian Tanker Grounded Off Texas Coast Freed by Tide
A Liberian tanker carrying 13 million gallons of crude oil ran aground 25 miles off the Texas coast on Friday. The rising tide lifted the vessel from the mud 14 hours later with no oil spill reported and no injuries.
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Port Arthur, Tex
The Trouble with Patience Copyright
A witty note on patience declares that the more one possesses, the more others demand to borrow or use it. The quip points to social tendency to overstep personal limits in shared resources.
Carter and Democrats outline two year $30 billion jobs plan
President-elect Jimmy Carter and top Democrats unveiled a two year $30 billion program combining rebate checks and tax cuts aimed at jump starting the economy. The plan forecasts up to 800000 new jobs, with rebates of 100 to 200 dollars for many taxpayers and possible benefits for Social Security recipients.
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Plains, Ga
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Charles Schultze
Schultze
William Pawley Dies By Suicide Amid Long Career
William Pawley world financier philanthropist ambassador and envoy shot himself at his Sunset Island home in Miami Beach at age 80 after years of severe pain. He left a note for his wife Edna saying the pain was more than he could bear. Pawley had served as ambassador to Peru and Brazil and raised substantial funds for Eisenhower and Nixon campaigns.
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Miami Beach
Fla
UPI
William Pawley
Sunset Island
Pawley
Edna
U.S
Peru
Truman
Brazil
Florence
S.C
Caimanera
Cuba
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Montreal
South Florida
Havana
Pan American World Airways
China
China National Aviation Corp
Pan American
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Franklin Roosevelt
Japan
Roosevelt
Flying Tigers
Hindustan Aircraft Co
Bangalore
India
Army Air Corps
Southeast Asia
State Department
CIA
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Miami
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Castro
Pawsley
Former Linn Deputy Wins Partial Overtime Pay Dispute
George Ferris, ex lieutenant in Linn County sheriff's department, received part of overdue pay for last year after an assistant county attorney ruled he was not a first or second deputy. Sheriff Workman denied Ferris's harassment claim tied to Ferris's prior election campaign. Kopel had argued Ferris couldn't get overtime or more than a set percentage of the sheriff's salary, while the office continues to review if overtime fits the statutory cap. Workman dismissed the harassment allegation, saying the campaign is over.
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George Ferris
Linn Sheriff's Department
Orlie Workman
Ferris
Workman
Merle Kopel
Kopel
Nixon seeks Supreme Court block on release of Watergate tapes
Nixon attorneys ask the Supreme Court to bar release of 30 White House tapes from the Watergate trial. They challenge a circuit court ruling that tapes are not confidential and could be exploited. The case centers on access under the Presidential Materials and Recordings Preservation Act of 1971 and GSA control of records.
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Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
White House
High Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Watergate
Circuit
Congress
General Services Administration
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Lynda Halbert Gazette
Associated Press
UPS
NEW York Times
Wwe
Marion
Council of Economic Advisers
Cedar River
May’s Island
E and F Avenues
I-380
Hoover
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Price
Linn
John Mitchell
H R Haldeman
John Ehrlich
Man, Robert Marcian and
Kenneth Parkinson
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