Social shifts and fairground pranks echo in Iowa pages
The column surveys social science hints on female life spans, reports Linn county fair prank damage to a rabbit and pig, notes upcoming conservation meeting protests, reviews school bus and reimbursement decisions, mentions a new penicillin destroying gonorrhea strain, and covers upset results in Cedar Rapids Iowa Open tennis.
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Linn County Fair
Beth Noblett
Center Point
Lindsey Borg
Route Three
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Carter to Discuss Helms Prosecution with Attorney General
President Carter will discuss the possible prosecution of former CIA director Richard Helms with the attorney general in relation to Helms's testimony before a senate subcommittee. A separate note hints that Carter's welfare reform plan could incur higher future costs.
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CIA
Richard Helms
Senate
Carter
Presdent Carter
Saturday Entertainment Options and Balloon Preview
Saturday Gazette highlights include Cedar Rapids party entertainment ideas such as string quartets free movie screenings and disc jockey rentals. Next week Central Iowa hosts a hot air balloon ballet with a preview by Gazette Photographer Paul Jensen in Indianola.
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Ann Schrader
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Paul Jensen
Indianola
Weather forecast quiet and mild through weekend
Fair and cool tonight with lows in the mid to upper 50s. Partly sunny Saturday with highs in the mid 80s. A conference is a group of people discussing what they should be doing.
Alaskan Oil Ends Troubled Trip to Valdez
A 800 mile journey delivering North Slope crude ends with Valdez receiving oil at 3 02 a.m. CDT after 38 days and six shutdowns. The move showers the town with celebration as 2 million barrels are stored and a pump building is damaged. One death is reported during the crossing.
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Valdez, Alaska
API
Valdez
Prudhoe Bay
Algeksa Pipeline Service Co., Inc
Farm bill approval advances amid veto threat
The House approved an $11 billion farm bill backed by rural and city lawmakers with a free food stamp program and higher price supports for struggling farmers. The measure faced a possible presidential veto as conferees prepare to blend it with the Senate version passed in May. Agriculture chairman Thomas Foley called the 294 to 114 vote a balanced bill delivering substantial improvements in agricultural programs.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
Thomas Foley
Wash
Raymond Lederer
D-Pa
Agriculture Department
Fred Richmond
D-N.y
Farm Bill Expands Food Stamp Access and Raises Grain Supports
The House approves a farm bill boosting corn prices to 2.00 and 2.10 for 1977 78, with wheat at 2.90 and 3.00. Sugar price support rises to 14 cents a pound. The measure tightens eligibility and adds work requirements for able bodied stamp recipients, with estimates of fewer beneficiaries.
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Iowa
Tom Harkin
Drop in U S Index Signals Economic Sag
The commerce department reports a 0.6 percent drop in the index of leading indicators for June, the largest fall since January and marking a two month decline for the first time since 1976. Administration predicts a slight year end slowdown despite earlier 5 percent growth in the year.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Moonies face permit push by Cedar Rapids officials
Safety Commissioner Ed Colton orders police to arrest Unification Church representatives soliciting donations without a city permit, while Police Chief Gareth Clift delays pending talks. The ordinance requires a permit, bond, and police review, but non profits rarely enforce fees. Moonies have circulated literature and collected funds in Cedar Rapids with few complaints.
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Ed Colton
Unification Church
Moonies
Gareth Clift
Colton
Clift
Cedar Rapids
House Begins Work on 90 Percent of Energy Plan
The House moves Friday to floor action on President Carter's energy program with Speaker O'Neill saying ninety percent of the package is in place. The rules committee cleared the bill for debate as Democrats held a briefing on provisions including a tax on inefficient cars, weatherization credits, crude oil tax, higher natural gas price controls, and electric utility rate overhaul.
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Washington
House
Carter
Thomas O'Neill
Congress
O’neill
Senate
James Schlesinger
Thomas Ashley
Ohio
House Energy Committee
Seven Handicapped Camp Drown In Lake Cowichan Tragedy
Seven handicapped campers drowned when a pontoon boat overturned at Lions Club Easter Seal camp on Lake Cowichan British Columbia. A lifeguard and a counselor escaped. autopsies and an inquest were ordered.
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Lake Cowichan
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lions Club
British Columbia
Bruce Ross-Smith
Anita Sperrer
Barbara Willett
Vancouver
Victoria
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Marion
St. Joseph’s School
Marion Independent School Board
Faip
U.S
Oil Superport
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Vaidez, Narrowe
al. LA
Ikef
Port Vaidez
Tanke
Pip
Northeast
Midwest
Associated Press
NEW York Times
Geigett
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
New Orleans
Harold Loga
Mike Deupree
Tom Alex
Sun Yung Moon
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