School Church Fight Ends In Certification Dispute
The Rev Randy Johnson principal of the church school vows to resist a state order citing religious freedom. Judge Clough upholds DPI denial of operation under Amish exemption and confirms need for degree certified teachers to ensure equivalent education. Merle Fleming praises ruling while locals discuss possible settlement in Charles City as in Belle Plaine and Fairfield.
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Randy Johnson
Johnson
Dehanen
Clough
Faith Baptist Bible College
Ankeny
Iowa
O’donohoe
Church School
Department of Public Instruction
Merle Fleming
DPI
Childen
Charles City
Belle Plaine
Fairfield
Health utilization drops in Blue Cross plan comments
Blue Cross executives report January 1983 health utilization at 774 days per 1 000 subscribers versus 722 nationally. They foresee further declines, citing cost awareness, same day surgery, and outpatient care as factors. Hospital costs rose from 261 to 367 per day, while premiums for Iowa Farm Bureau members rise about 15 percent.
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Sibery
Blue Cross
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids Woman Remembers Arthur Godfrey Favorite Auburn-Hair Gal
Miriam Drahos recalls Arthur Godfrey calling her favorite Auburn hair gal during Amana Radarange ads. The meeting at Brucemore, beach photo with Godfrey, and a signed caption describe a jovial perfectionist who valued authenticity.
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C.R
Arthur Godfrey
Nancy Stevens
Cedar Rapids
Gal
Miriam Drahos
Howard Hall
Hall
Godfrey
Drahos
Amana
Middle
Miriam
Arthur Godfrey Life and Career Highlights
The obituary outlines Arthur Godfrey’s aviation roots, early Navy service, Coast Guard stint, and rise as a TV pioneer. It notes his influential role in race relations on air, his long-running Talent Scouts and Arthur Godfrey and His Friends programs, and his battle with lung cancer after a life of public broadcasting and advertising work. He was born August 31, 1903, in New York City, and died after a prolonged illness. His family included wife Mary Bourke and three children.
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Godfrey
Eddie Rickenbacker
Mary Bourke
Richard
Mike
Pat
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
New York City
Hasbrouck Heights
N.J
Navy
Mediterranean
Coast Guard
Baltimore
WFBR
New York
CBS
Freeze Resolution Sparks Party Debate Over Nuclear Arms
The House debated a freeze against new nuclear weapons as Zablocki and Stratton clashed over keeping or relaxing the standstill. Siljander sought a flexible approach, while opponents warned it would undercut Geneva talks and U.S. bargaining leverage.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Stratton
Zablocki
United States
Mark Siljander
R-Mich
Markey
Siljander
Reagan
William S. Broomfield
Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
Soviet Union
Geneva
Broomfield
House
Trent Lott
R-Miss
Reagan aides foresee broader peace drive in Middle East
A Mideast news agency reported the Reagan administration would push for peace if Jordan and the Palestinians accept unconditional talks with Israel. In Washington a senior official said five days of talks with President Reagan, Secretary of State Shultz, and foreign ministers of Israel and Lebanon created a changed situation raising prospects for Israeli Syrian and Palestinian troop withdrawals.
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Syria
Reagan
Jordan
Israel
Washington
George Shultz
Lebanon
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Iowa City
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Aiwa
Altin Miese
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