Iowa House stalls insulation bill for pre sale home standards
Lawmakers delay the proposal requiring insulation before home sales in Iowa. Rep Mary O Halloran says the plan could save about 70 million annually but faces a crowded 1978 docket and unlikely revival. Public awareness grows as insulation improves and contractors note quicker homeowner recognition of long term savings.
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Iowa
House of Representatives
Mary O’halloran
Cedar Falls
Energy Committee
Promoting Metric Adoption Faces Early Action Debate
The article discusses the 17 member U S Metric Board and the choice between actively promoting conversion to the metric system or remaining neutral. It notes Congress authorized a voluntary plan in 1975, with no enforcement powers, and argues expediting conversion across weather data, transportation gauges, and general measures will reduce confusion and speed alignment with global standards.
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White House
Senate
U.S. Metric Board
Congress
Transportation Department
Cloning book raises press alarm over claims
The article questions David Rorvik's forthcoming book In His Image claiming the first human cloning birth. Scientists largely dismiss the tale as unfounded and branded the manuscript as shoddy and unverified while publishers balk at publishing without corroboration.
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David Rorvik
Rorvik
Secrecy doctrine embedded at Justice?
Anthony Lewis argues the Justice Department is introducing a fiduciary duty theory to force former government employees to clear manuscripts with the agency. He warns this echoes the British Official Secrets Act and could allow the government to claim royalties as damages. He critiques Carter’s department as repressive and rudderless, contrasting selective vigilance with civil liberties protections.
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Bolton
Britain
Justice Department
Jimmy Carter
Frank Snepp
CIA
Vietnam
Snepp
Tice Department
Richard Crossman
Carter Justice Department
Department
Griffin Bell
Iowa Homebuyers Struggle as Mortgage Money Shrinks
Letters warn that mortgage funds are tightening in Iowa and sellers face higher points cutting housing supply. The 9 percent usury cap burdens loans and a stalled legislature bill to raise the ceiling risks a larger crisis next year.
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Iowa
Letter defending National Right to Work Committee and free choice
A reader pushes back against an anti-labor piece, defending the National Right to Work Committee. He argues the group champions freedom of choice, denies racism claims, and urges defeating S.2467 and S.1883 to prevent compulsory unionism. He asserts bipartisan support and criticizes labor-driven bills and tax status questions.
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National
Right To Work Committee
Republican Party
House
Senate
Divorce Injustice Calls For Rights and Fair Treatment
A non father in jail cites constitutional violations and due process denial in divorce court. He alleges legal abuse by lawyers and judges, blocked appeals, ignored media and civil rights groups, and questions justice for non custodial parents and their children.
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John Donnelly
Art Heusinkveld
Frank Nye
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Weather Service
U.S
By David Hendin
J.B. Lippincott Company
Lippincott
Simon & Schuster
Hitlers
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Martha
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
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Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Stansfield Turner
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New York Times Service
Fred J. Gibson
First Ave
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Clark
Culver
ICLU
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William O. Douglas
Martin Luther King
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