No flu shot program canceled by local unions
The Hawkeye Labor Council AFL-CIO Cedar Rapids Area UAW Council citing Linn County Medical Society denial will not sponsor a flu vaccination program this year. The medical group opposed endorsing a single commercial pharmacy and noted HEW guidance limiting mass vaccination to specific high risk groups. Last year about 1600 elderly residents received vaccines at $2 each.
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Hawkeye Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Cedar Rapids Area
United Auto Workers Council
Linn County Medical Society
UAW
Frank Roskop
UAW Council
Ethan Sproston
Wiley Boulevard
Theater strike ends soon as Cedar Rapids patrons decide
Readers brace for a possible Gazette retraction on Shaklee price claims while parishioners eye theater unions and drive-in venues. A letter questions truth in reporting and urges accountability. Neighborhood residents address litter and stray cats, urging quiet, pet restraint, and respect for locals.
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The
Gazette
Shaklee
FTC
Stage 4 theater workers strike over contract terms
A Stage 4 projectionists strike enters its ninth week over a contract that would cut the 45 hour week to 10 and drop cost of living increases and a pension. The dispute centers on pay and benefit proposals, with critics calling the offer an insult to workers and families.
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Stage 4
Truman
Dubinsky
Health of presidential candidates in the 1976 race
The piece argues for pre nomination medical reviews by outside experts to assess physical and mental fitness of presidential hopefuls. It notes past presidents’ health disclosures and highlights Wallace and Humphrey as examples, urging clearer standards for both presidential and vice presidential contenders.
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U.S
George Wallace
Alabama
Europe
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Wallace
Democratic Party
Miami Beach
Thomas Eagleton
Missouri
Spiro Agnew
Maryland
Madison Square Garden
Kansas City
Ford
Humphrey
Jackson
Rockefeller
Reagan
Iowa Coal Could Boost State Power Use Despite Sulfur Levels
A Iowa Air Quality Commission study led by Edward Stanek finds coal with six percent sulfur could be burned safely in certain areas, potentially raising annual state coal use from 400,000 to 4.7 million tons when blended with Illinois or Wyoming coal. The finding prompts hearings to assess plant-by-plant emission adjustments and hints at broader energy plans pending fiscal and technical steps.
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Lowa
Edward Stanek
Lowa Air Quality Commission
AQC
Iowa
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Illinois
Stanek
Wyoming
State Air Quality Commission
Iowa State University
Supreme Court ruling on unemployment benefits vs AFDC
Lawmakers face higher welfare costs after the Supreme Court said unemployed parents may choose unemployment compensation or Aid to Dependent Children. In 15 states, including Iowa, AFDC payments exceed unemployment, potentially adding 187,000 families and $773 million in costs, provoking political debate over welfare policy.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Iowa
AFDC
Congress
Uncle Sam
Truckers use CB radios. police lure speeds on highways
Patrols note CB radios aid law enforcement yet warn they can trigger speed traps. Some officers use CB to lure drivers into tickets while others praise CB reports of intoxicated drivers, wrong-way vehicles, or hazards.
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Florida
William Neely
Playboy Magazine
Missouri Highway Patrol
Ohio
Highway Patrol
Nixon foresees Kennedy victory over Ford in 1976
Nixon privately predicts that Gerald Ford will not win the 1976 race and that Edward Kennedy will be the winner. He shares the forecast with close allies including Donald Kendall, signaling low regard for Ford and lasting Kennedy influence. The remark reflects Nixon’s long intrigue with Kennedy dynastic politics.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
Donald Kendall
New York
Ford
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Shaklee Corporation
Federal Trade Commission
Associated Press
Smut
Esther Anderson
Lockport
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St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital
James Turner
St. Luke’s
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T. R. Hanson
By James Reston
United States
Franklin Roosevelt
John Kennedy
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Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
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Maurice van Nostrand
Supreme Court
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Robert F. Kennedy
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