Ford Blames Demos for Defense and Inflation Woes
Des Moines report covers former President Ford addressing about 900 Republicans at a $100 plate fundraiser. He blames Democrats for inflation and defense posture while urging more GOP seats, cites Carter vetoes and B 1 bomber cuts as missteps, notes Navy plans and missile lag.
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Des Moines
Gerald Ford
Ford
Iowa
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Congress
U.S. House
Veterans Auditorium
U.S. Navy
Rosalynn
Ames
White House
Mrs. Carter
Regents to seek 41.8 million for building projects
Iowa Regents vote to request 41.8 million over two years for construction at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Northern Iowa, Iowa School for the Deaf, and Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School. They also set operating budgets of 353.4 and 372.9 million for 1979-80 and 1980-81.
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Ames
UPI
Iowa
State Board of Regents
Regents
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa School For the Deaf
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Veterinary Medicine
ISU
College of Education and Psychology
U of I. Bonding Authority
U of I
Willard Boyd
R. Wayne Richey
Cigarette Tax Revenue and Iowa Per Capita Consumption Rise
Iowa collects about 46 million dollars yearly from a 13-cent per pack cigarette tax. Revenue and per capita consumption have risen since 1975, with 46.2 million dollars in fiscal 1978 and Iowa’s per person use around 125 packs annually, below the national median.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
State Department of Revenue
Richard Jacobs
Jacobs
National Tobacco Tax Council
Escapee from Illinois shot during California patrol scuffle
Albert J. Hills a 26 year old burglary convict from Illinois was identified as the man fatally shot by California Highway Patrolman William Norrish after Hills pulled a gun during a scuffle on an El Dorado Hills on ramp. Norrish was wounded in the face.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Illinois
Albert J. Hills
Hills
Iowa City
William Norrish
el Dorado Hills
Norrish
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FTC
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Missouri
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