Auto parts costs drive Iowa car insurance rate dispute
The Gazette notes wild gaps between insurer and auto makers over crash part price increases. State Farm cites 113 percent rise since 1970, while industry puts it at 60.4 percent, per CWPS research. Iowa regulators approved a 21.3 percent premium rise for Insurance Services Office of Iowa, citing higher crash parts costs. If CWPS is accurate, premiums could be lower. insurers may mislead with other stats as well.
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Dale Kueter
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Federal Council On Wage and Price Stability
CWPS
Iowa Insurance Department
Insurance Services Office of
Iowa
Free Library Fees Debate Echoes Carnegie Legacy
As cities seek new revenue and digital catalogs rise, a debate at the American Library Association convention in Detroit weighs charging patrons at the door. The issue centers on keeping libraries free access versus dual taxation and user fees, challenging the enduring Carnegie principle of lifelong public support.
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Carnegie
American Library Assn
Detroit
Free Library
Carnegie Endowment
Spyglass view of CIA overhaul in U S intelligence power shift
KGB Washington analyzes Carter plan to centralize U S intelligence under a single czar. It notes old boy network resistance, abolition of PFIAB, and potential dangers of reduced oversight while urging Brezhnev to back tighter control of military intelligence under the KGB chief.
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Brezhnev
Czar
PFIAB
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
CIA
Turner
Intelligence Oversight Board
IOB
DCI
KGB Washington
Dobrynin
F Street
Red Army
KGB
Iowa group visits Des Moines for International Women's Year
A carload of us traveled to Des Moines on June 11 to observe learn from and join the Iowa Coordinating Committee for International Women's Year They studied the 15 recommendations including the equal rights amendment and the reproductive freedom proposals The report of the meeting suggested a misimpression in coverage.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Editor letter disputes meeting vote on proposed programs
Elizabeth Olsen protests a Linn county zoning meeting and county supervisors actions. She complains votes were timed to exclude opposition attendees and that the publication misreported the outcome. She cites booing and disrupted opposition, urging a minority report to reflect Iowa women’s views on abortion.
Aging and longevity debated by doctors bankers and joggers
Carl Riblet notes rising specialization in aging diseases and growing focus on financing longer retirements. He observes more older adults jogging for health while society seeks longer lives but resists aging.
Doctors Counterattack in Malpractice Suits Rise
Doctors win countersuits against malpractice plaintiffs in Illinois and other states, with awards rising in Montana Missouri and Florida. The trend prompts calls for legal reform to curb frivolous suits and reduce malpractice insurance costs, benefiting patients and doctors alike. A bureaucratic sewage report joke closes the piece.
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Montana
Missouri
Vero Beach
Fla
Indiana
States
Arms to Chinese Dont rule it out
Washington officials reveal heightened sensitivity over unapproved remarks by senior officers about a Sino Soviet war. Gen Don Starry faced a mild reprimand after suggesting U S might be caught in a Sino Soviet conflict amid Moscow Beijing tensions. Brzezinski cautioned on arms sales to China.
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Pentagon
State Department
United States
Don A. Starry
Russia
China
Peking
Kremlin
Rumor Debunking On James Earl Ray Escape
Mark Russell denies rumors about Ray escaping a Tennessee prison. He says CIA agents were not waiting in Montana and the tower was not unmanned. Ray reportedly left after closing time and bloodhounds were not sent for Martin Bormann.
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Tennessee
CIA
Montana
Ray
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