Senate backs B-1 bomber amid defense funding push
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 21 to 7 vote to fund the B-1 bomber as part of Reagan’s defense buildup while the House panel advanced the MX missile. Leaders aim for a floor compromise on fiscal 1982 Pentagon spending of about 203.8 billion in the Senate and 196.5 billion in the House.
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Public schools should teach both evolution and creation study
A poll shows 76 percent favor teaching both theories in public schools while 8 percent back only evolution and 10 percent back only creation. Respondents prefer teachers and librarians to influence book choices over parents or boards, with 53 percent supporting that view.
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Creation and evolution taught varies in Cedar Rapids schools
In Cedar Rapids public schools the choice of how to present creation and evolution rests with individual teachers with no district wide policy. College Community district aims for a fair and unbiased approach. Private schools vary. Cedar Valley Christian presents creation as factual and evolution as a belief.
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Lunch rule changes aim to limit substitutes in lunches
The Agriculture Department rewrites its school lunch proposal to bar ketchup or relish as vegetable substitutes and to let students choose smaller portions. William Hoagland says the revised plan avoids controversy that toppled a prior cost cutting version. The earlier rule would have reduced minimum portions of meat milk bread and vegetables and allowed substitutions.
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Accident closes bridge near Mount Vernon injures no one
A semi-trailer carrying two John Deere backhoes struck the Ivanhoe bridge two miles south of Mount Vernon. The impact tore out three steel supports but the driver Donald Panther 26 of West Point escaped injury and faced charges for violating maximum height restrictions. The incident closed a section of Highway 1 from Highway 30 south to Solon.
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Index A Debtor Is A Person Who Owes Money
A debtor owes money and a creditor expects repayment. The note defines roles in debt relations with concise phrasing.
Reagan says Stockman will have problems selling budget
President Reagan said in a Washington Post interview that budget director David Stockman will face problems selling the administration's budget package on Capitol Hill. He defended Stockman against Atlantic Monthly's portrayal, while advisers debated his resignation. Reagan kept Stockman in place as the White House seeks credibility with Congress.
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