Carter halts federal anti poverty funds to GLACAA
CBS reports allegations of fraud at the Greater Los Angeles Community Action Agency. A top official resigns, the director’s contract is bought out, and payroll and procurement irregularities are cited. A formal federal fraud audit is urged by Los Angeles officials.
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Carter
CBS
60 Minutes
CBS News
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Community Action Agency
Glacaa
Wallace
Interoffice
Ira Reiner
NOW boycott to press on despite ERA suits
NOW plans to continue its economic boycott of the 15 states yet to ratify the ERA despite lawsuits. President Eleanor Smeal said the nationwide conference declares a state of emergency on the issue even after the Senate extended the ERA deadline to June 30, 1982. Missouri and Nevada sue NOW over the boycott, with trial set for October 30 in Kansas City. Ms. Smeal said the suits threaten finances but the group will not quit.
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National Organization For Women
Senate
ERA
NOW
Eleanor Smeal
Democratic National Committee
Missouri
Nevada
U.S
Kansas City
Rhodesian PM says guerrilla leaders fear open election defeat
New York AP Ian Smith told Meet the Press that black guerrilla leaders led by Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo fear losing in an open vote. He argued the Patriotic Front would seek power by force and criticized U S and British stance on Rhodesia’s move to majority rule.
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New York
Ian Smith
Robert Mugabe
Joshua Nkomo
Patriotic Front
Smith
Ndabaningi Sithole
United States
Record cold grips Florida with new October lows
Florida posted fresh cold records as the weekend chill lingered. Orlando logged 60 at 6 a.m. EDT, surpassing the 1972 Oct. 9 low of 61, while Tallahassee reached 43 the coolest in the state. Tallahassee also hit 42 at 5 30 a.m. EDT, the coldest Oct. 8 reading on record.
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Florida
Orlando
Tallahassee
Key West
Florida Keys
Panhandle
Jacksonville
Teachers return in districts as Cleveland strike widens
Four districts resume classes with about 78 000 pupils back at work while Cleveland’s 100 000 student system remains shut on day 33 of a teachers strike. Memphis Education Association may vote on strike authorization today.
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Memphis (Tenn.) Education Association
Tucson
Ariz
Burnsville
Minn
Whitehall
Ohio
David Douglas
Portland
Ore
Songwriter Brel Dies After Long Cancer Fight
Paris AP reports Jacques Brel died in a suburban hospital after a decade long battle with cancer at age 49. His songs were popularized in the United States by the New York musical Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.
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Paris
Jacques Brel
United States
New York
OPEC threatens to cut crude to push downstream aid
In Vienna OPEC officials warned of restricting crude supplies to industrialized nations unless they back building refining capacity and broader markets for petrochemical products. Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali Khalifa al Sabah cited resistance from rich nations and warned quotas could be tied to finished product access. In Iran riot police patrolled Tehran as strikes shut universities hospitals and offices for a third day with reports of deaths and many wounded.
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Austria
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Ali Khalifa al-Sabah
Tehran
Iran
UPI
Weather and local notices from Cedar Rapids area
Weather reports list wind SW at 9 mph and 10 a.m. conditions with sunrise 7 13 and sunset 6 34. Extended forecast shows a chance of showers midweek and cooler temperatures by Friday with mid 60s to mid 70s highs and mid 30s to mid 40s by night. Births and notices name many Cedar Rapids residents and surrounding towns with addresses, same day medical emergency and ambulance calls noted.
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Karen S. Beatty
Daniel L. Morris
Leanne K. Spacek
Gerald W. Stevens
Brenda L. Edaburn
Christopher P. Hoffman
Teresa C. Adair
Cedar Rapids
William J. Vermazen
North Liberty
Linda J. Granneman
Marion
Roger J. O’connell
Prescott
Nancy J. Westbrook
Bernard W. Puffett
Heidi E. Moore
Hiawatha
George L. Rees
E. Jane Bell
Natick
Maine
Roosevelt Boyce
Barbara Moore
Davenport
Paul P. Kepler
Jeanette E. McAfee
Lisbon
Richard C. Meade
Jeanette E. Skibo
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Jerome Alan Janson
Charlotte Renee
Ronald Dean
Boots
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Susan Lynn
Richard Russell Harris
Jeffrey Dean
Karen Denise Jones
Andrew Alexander
Mary Lou Hall
Gayle Lynne
Norman Paul Klein
Lynette R
William E. Harmon
James Smith
Second St. SW
Arthur Wickman
Ryan
St. Luke's
Charles Land
Ave
Thomas Roberts
33Rd Ave
Roderic Milroy
Vinton
Ronald Hochstetler
Highwood Drive
Leroy Williams
Ninth Ave
William Love
Hillside Drive
Norman Miller
John Schwegler
Swisher
Keven Barron
Rowley
Kevin Butterfield
Toddville
Brian Otis
Fairfax
John Franklin
Central City
Fourth Ave. SE
C Ave. NE
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Lansing
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McGregor
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Houston
Core
C.R
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Richard Schulke
Perpetual
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