Mailroom device found as Secret Service reports nonpowerful blast
UPI reports a nonthreatening device exploded with little attention in the White House mailroom. Separately, Byrd delaying Carter tax rebate action until after the Easter recess in mid April. Bell reviews FBI entry report amid possible indictments. Folger raises wholesale coffee price by 25 cents to 4.43 per pound. Kuwait to buy large Soviet arms including SAM-7 missiles. Beirut clash ends truce with leftists and Palestinians. village of Taybeh seized after day of heavy fighting.
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Bell Warning Viewed as Anti ERA Challenge
Des Moines U S Attorney General Griffin Bell says a state cannot rescind ratification of the ERA. Iowa anti ERA leaders urge rescission arguing Congress decides final action, with Sen. Hill pushing SJR7 to revisit Iowa 1972 ratification despite current legislative doubt.
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Eastern College
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Hull
ISU Spring Quarter Enrollment Reaches 19971 Record
Ames AP reports Iowa State University says spring quarter enrollment rose to 19,971 students, up 507 from a year ago, with 12,390 men and 7,581 women. Fall quarter was 21,831 and winter quarter 20,900.
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AMES
Iowa State University
Insurance Claims Session Begins at Iowa National Mutual
A two day session at Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co opens with all branch claims managers attending. C G McLoud vice president for claims outlines plans to strengthen the nationwide telephone adjusting system to handle more claims and speed payments to consumers. Attendees include managers from Minneapolis Omaha Kansas City Greensboro Denver Orlando and offices in Peoria and Madison.
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Iowa National
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Omaha
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Greensboro
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Orlando
Iowa National Claims
Peoria
Madison
Bid Accepted for Ossian Road Surfacing Contract
The Iowa department of transportation awarded a contract to Fred Carlson Construction Co. of Decorah to asphalt nine and a half miles of a county road between Ossian and Highway 9. Carlson's bid was 315080 dollars.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
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Decorah
Ossian
Highway 9
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Weather Summary and Lake Mississippi River Levels Report
March precipitation totals and normals noted with highs in the 40s to 50s and overnight cooling. Coralville Lake pool at 677.52, river stages shown for LaCrosse to Cedar Rapids with several falls and minor rises.
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Garden Plot Sign Up Sets 272 Squaw Creek Plots
Amateur gardeners may lease 20 by 50 foot plots at Squaw Creek with a Friday sign up from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the city hall basement armory. Each family may lease two plots at 4 dollars yearly plus 1 dollar lease fee, with liability rider naming the city as additional insured. Leases run through April 22.
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City Hall
Stan Reinis
Robbins Lake
Vinton Ditch
Beverly
Old Dice Game Cites New Orleans Origins in Creole Circle
The dice game Craps spread to America via Bernard de Mandeville in New Orleans in 1813 and gained popularity among the Creole community, deriving its name from the Creole nickname Johnny Crapaud.
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America
Bernard de Mandeville
New Orleans
Johnny Crapaud
Births listed for March across many Iowa locations
Vital Statistics records show multiple births with families in Marion Cedar Rapids Marshalltown and nearby areas. Daughters and sons born to McVay Sovin Robbins Harris Hinning Ellis Rice Bark Phelps and various listed families with dates ranging March 27 to March 30. Additional names note parental and relative connections and addresses in Cedar Rapids and surroundings.
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Texas
Gary D. Ellis
Ellis
Roland Port
A Avenue
Marion
Little Rock
Ark
Richard N. Rice
Rice
Norman Rice
Twentysixth Street
Marshalltown
William R. Bark
Reed Named to Charities Post
LaDonna K. Reed has been appointed district supervisor at the Cedar Rapids office of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque effective Friday. She has served as a caseworker in the southern district since February 1976 and previously worked for Linn county and the Cedar Rapids school system. Reed, a Mt. Mercy College graduate from 1970, is pursuing a master’s in social work at the University of Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Catholic Charities
Archdiocese of Dubuque
Southern District
Linn County
Reed
Mt. Mercy College
University of Iowa
Post Office Institutes 10-Cent International Letter Service
The post office department announces a new 10-cent letter service to all parts of the world effective April 29.
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Post Office Department
Senate Budget Panel Approves $14.3 Million Education Bills
In Des Moines a senate budget committee vote clears three appropriations totaling 14.317 million for education agencies. The package adds to 249.4 million already approved, with capital funds of 8.68 million and operations 5.64 million, aligning close to governor and house figures for 1977-78.
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William Palmer
Lindquist
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House
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