Advice for oldsters on living fully and delaying retirement
Dr. Alex Comfort urges deferring retirement, redefining aging, and pursuing meaningful work. He notes aging is brain-driven, warns against demeaning terms, and endorses practical medical caution like the plastic bag test. He also praises activism through groups like the Gray Panthers and AARP for planning and empowerment.
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Comfort
Maggie Kuhn
The
Gray Panthers
Brentwood Veterans Administration Hospital
Los Angeles
University of California
American Association of Retired People
Iowa City woman jailed up to ten years in acid attack case
Barbara Flournoy 29 of 2420 Bartlett Road Iowa City was sentenced in Johnson County District Court to a prison term not to exceed 10 years for an acid attack on Wanda Douglas 18 in her apartment on December 1. Police say Flournoy pistol-whipped Douglas then threw lye in her face leaving Douglas permanently disfigured and blinded in one eye.
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Iowa City
Barbara Flournoy
Bartlett Road
Johnson County
Flournoy
Wanda Douglas
Lye
Douglas
Newton Road
Illinois Woman to Edit of Student Paper
Cindy Schreuder a 21 year old Elk Grove Village Illinois senior was chosen Wednesday night as the Daily Iowan editor at the University of Iowa Schreuder has worked for the weekday morning paper since 1979 as a staff writer and university editor On June 1 she will succeed Mike Connelly as editor.
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Iowa City
Cindy Schreuder
Elk Grove Village
Ill
Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
Schreuder
Mike Connelly
Reagan aide calls energy wounds personal safety related
Des Moines report quotes John J. McKetta, Reagan energy adviser, asserting energy self sufficiency is a distant dream, blaming rigid regulations for blocking surface access to vast U.S. reserves. He argues Earth Day forces and the Clean Air Act hinder coal use and outlines steps toward reviving energy production and distribution.
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Des Moines
Ronald Reagan
John J. McKetta
University of Texas
Iowa
The
Coalition For the Orderly Development of Energy
Organization
Labor, Business, Agricultural and
Terry Branstad
McKetta
Reagan
United States
Ray backs balanced budget amid opposition from conservative lawmakers
Governor Robert Ray pressed for a balanced plan at a Des Moines news conference while facing pushback from about 18 conservative Republicans known as the Dirty 30 who oppose tax increases and warned of a potential 35 to 50 million dollar deficit. He urged Legislature to approve his budget and cautioned that court-ordered fixes could follow if rejected.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ray
Dirty 30
House of Representatives
Fort Madison
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Alex Comfort
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
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