Syrians Deepen Beirut Front Move Troops Across Red Line
Lebanese government sources report Syria shifted about 4000 troops in two armored brigades into Sehmor Yehmor and Kfar Tibnit in Lebanon's Bekaa area near Metulla. No independent confirmation. The move follows prior red line limits and precedes Habib's Beirut visit.
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Syria
Israel
Red Line
Sehmor
Yehmor
Bekaa Valley
Kfar Tibnit
Metulla
Family life and work clash bracket poll insights
A Harris poll shows the potential impact of family life on work ranking with similar effects from work on family. The piece notes related items on Pages 4B and 19A and mentions ongoing Cedar Rapids Vinton Ditch work on Page 6B.
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Harris
Iowa Penitentiary
Cedar Rapids’ Vinton Ditch
Iowa Senate keeps Medicaid abortion exceptions in law
The Iowa Senate rejected a bid to bar abortions for Medicaid recipients at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, preserving exceptions for rape, incest, fetal deformity, or danger to the mother's life. Gov. Ray called the vote unwise but favored public debate. the discussion accompanies a two year 432 million social services budget, with Medicaid abortion funding totaling about twenty thousand dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Senate
U of I
Ray Taylor
Steamboat Rock
Iowa
Taylor
Arnie Waldstein
Storm Lake
State Department of Social Services
Robert Ray
Ray
FHA rate ceiling raised to 15.5 percent in new HUD move
HUD announces higher caps for FHA and VA insured loans to keep them competitive with conventional mortgages. The 15.5 percent cap applies to fixed rate single family loans, up from 14.5 percent, with additional increases for graduated payment and multi family and development loans.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
HUD
Samuel Pierce
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Philip
Winn
Runcie Leads Ecumenical Service at Iowa State Coliseum
Archbishop Robert Runcie led a two hour ecumenical service at Hilton Coliseum Ames with leaders from ten denominations including Iowa Roman Catholic bishops. The event featured a bagpipe band attendance and a two tier altar as Dakota Indians presented a cross to Runcie.
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Gazette Wire Services
Ames
Robert Runcie
Canterbury
Iowa
Runcie
Hilton Coliseum
Iowa State University
Coliseum
Christ
New home sought for 50 foot Happy Chef statue
The 50 foot Happy Chef statue outside the Cedar Rapids restaurant faces removal after 1974. Owner Pat McElliott offered it free, but no takers. Park officials considered repainting or repurposing it as a greeter, yet deemed it too large for Bever Park.
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33Rd Avenue
Pat McElliott
McElliott
Happy Chef
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Park
Stan Reinis
Old MacDonald
Bever Park
Reinis
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Duane Banks
Metro
Richard Thomas
Abby
Marion
By John McCarroll
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Maseaunes Bureau
FHA
Tom Fruehling
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