Multiple Iowa political and legal items dominate Monday agenda
Emotions ran high at a Citizens Committee on Alcoholism meeting as a new president was chosen and the executive director William B. Harnish was fired. The Grant Wood Area Education Agency board rejected employee input in evaluating chief administrator Dwight Bode and other admins. Federal court opened hearings in multi million liability suits over the KCRG TV tower collapse. Democrats in the Iowa House united to resist Republican efforts against a personal property tax bill. Job Service of Iowa forecasts a $12 million deficit for 1977 prompting talk of surcharges or higher employer taxes. A Congressional Quarterly list shows how Second District Rep Mike Blouin voted on new financial restrictions.
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Citizens Committee On Alcoholism
William B. Harnish
Grant Wood Area Education Agency Board
Dwight Bode
Kcrg-Tv
Iowa House
Iowa
Job Service of Iowa
Mike Blouin
House
Congressional Quarterly
The
Gazette
Public hearings worry House Assassinations panel
James Earl Ray's testimony on the Martin Luther King Jr murder unsettles the acting chairman and chief counsel of the House Assassinations Committee. They fear hasty public hearings are unwise at this time.
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James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King, Jr
House
Measles epidemic hits Iowa with rising cases
A tenfold increase in red measles cases prompts state health officials to call an epidemic as more than 2,000 cases are expected in Iowa this year. The note appears in Page 10. A NAS forum in Washington also probes genetics testing hazards. Page 10. Two Vinton businessmen claim they rear hogs as a hobby on the Pigskin farm and win top prize at the Benton county spring market hog show. Page 14.
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Iowa
National Academy of Science
Washington
Vinton
Benton County
Kenne dy leads all Metro girls basketball first team
Tournament bound Kenne dy dominates coaches all Metro girls basketball first team with four selections. Weather forecast notes sunny 70 in Cedar Rapids Tuesday afternoon with partly cloudy skies overnight and Wednesday and highs near 60.
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Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
We Aren't Going Out Much Any More Joke
A witty quip notes social life shrinking as friends are described as multiplying or dividing. The remark plays on math terms to describe changing relationships and routines.
Regents Budget Battle Cuts 5.3 Million in Iowa House Vote
The Iowa House education subcommittee on a 7-5 party line vote approved a 1977-78 operating budget of 173,476,328 for the Regents, about 5.3 million below Gov. Ray's 178,776,328 proposal. Democrats argued for a bottom-line figure while leaving line items to the Regents, and a brief, tense meeting adjourned with a $900,000 family practice program item noted as overlooked.
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Des Moines
Wally Horn
Cedar Rapids
Regents
House
John Pelton
Clinton
Ray
Pelton
Anderson
Horn
Sonja Egenes
University Hospitals
Senate Budget Education
Senate
Adviser Urges $50 Rebate Amid Stimulus Debate
President Carter's top economic adviser pressed for a per person $50 tax rebate despite an improving economy. The administration sought to defeat the employment tax credit in the Ways and Means plan while Senate leaders expected passage there.
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Washington
Carter
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Alan Cranston
Ways and Means
Schultze
Woman Sues Contraceptive Maker Over Sterility Claim
Patricia Junkin, a Waterloo resident, sues A. H. Robins Co. in Cedar Rapids federal court alleging the Calkon Shield IUD caused sterility. She seeks 550000 in actual damages and 1500000 in punitive damages after a July 1972 insertion in Marshalltown.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
A.H. Robins Co., Inc
Richmond
Patricia Junkin
Marshalltown
Carter Rabin talks build toward Middle East settlement
President Carter and Prime Minister Rabin held an unscheduled White House meeting described as very well. Senators Ribicoff Moynihan called the session instructive and said the U S must push negotiations toward Geneva with both sides seeking peace. Rabin outlined Israel's political scene and prospects for 1977 negotiations.
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Washington
Carter
Yitzhak Rabin
Middle East
Rabin
White House
Congress
Blair House
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Israel
Ribicoff
United States
Geneva
Daniel Moynihan
D-N
Nuclear waste moves spark warning from Iowa electric firm
Iowa Electric Light and Power officials said no spent fuel has left the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo but they would notify state officials if shipments begin. Officials cited lack of state rules on transporting radioactive material and noted possible storage expansion for up to ten years. Scenarios hinge on federal approval of Barnwell reprocessing. cask safety standards include multi layer shielding and impact and fire tests. Cordova plant also receiving small plutonium containing fuel rods from eastern and southern points with potential future shipments if Barnwell proceeds.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Palo
Iowa
Inter-Agency Council On Radiation Safety
United Press International
Iowa Electric
Barnwell
S.C
Karl Schafer
Environ
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Cordova, NL
Schafer
Cordova
Good Turn Had a Twist Seek Thieves
The story describes George Doughty aiding three teenage boys whose car trouble led to a stolen vehicle misdirection. Doughty helped push the car and provided fuel, unaware the juveniles were the thieves, highlighting a twist where a good deed entangled with a crime.
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George Doughty
Doughty
Carter To Attend May London Summit And NATO Talks
President Carter will travel to London in May for an international economic summit at 10 Downing Street with leaders from Britain Canada West Germany France Italy Japan and the United States. He may stay in Europe to meet NATO officials in Brussels after the May 7 8 conference. White House aides say the talks will cover economic issues for both developed and developing nations. A preparatory meeting will be held in Washington this weekend at the undersecretary and vice ministerial level.
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Carter
London
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
10 Downing Street
James Callaghan
Britain
Canada
West Germany
France
Italy
Japan
United States
NATO
Brussels
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Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Bert Lance
Heidi
Ron Davis
Atwood Drive
Davis
LUD ‘Sterility
Dale Kueter
Tom Alex
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