Pay compromise OK'd by Senate and Carter
The Senate approved a compromise pay bill granting Congress a 5.5 percent raise and restoring full salaries for 1.5 million federal workers, with Carter signing at the White House. The move ends an impasse that halted funding for Defense, Transportation, Interior, Labor, HEW, and VA operations and would allow seven departments to operate through November 1 at prior spending levels.
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Administration presents salary package to teachers
Cedar Rapids reports the administration has presented its salary package to teachers as negotiators begin work to close the wage gap. The item appears on Page 5A. Also notes that scientists question whether tests on the Shroud of Turin prove Christ's burial cloth, with results inconclusive, on Page 3A.
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Joe Wise’s Readable Yet Used Liturgical Compositions
Joe Wise cannot read music yet his contemporary liturgical works are used in numerous Catholic churches. The item notes the paradox of his music being adopted widely despite his reading challenge.
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Local Football Scores From Iowa City Matches
C R Jefferson led with 14 points and C R Kennedy added 7 as Iowa City High outpaced Dubuque Hempstead 58 7. C R Washington scored 14 for Iowa City West in the Wamac contest.
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Varley Named to Fill Iowa Commerce Commission Post
Des Moines Iowa former Iowa House Speaker Andrew Varley 44 of Stuart was named to fill the unexpired term of Maurice Van Nostrand who resigned. Gov Robert Ray said Varley a Republican and energy aware consumer oriented leader will join the Commerce Commission regulating gas electric water telephone grain warehouses and dealers. Varley previously led the House in 1973 and 1974 and did not seek re election last year.
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Amtrak Collision Kills Five Near Chicago
Five people died when an Amtrak passenger train with about 150 aboard collided head on with an Illinois Central Gulf freight south of Chicago. Officials said about 40 were injured as the four coach double decker train hit a stopped freight on tracks above Harvey.
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Anti Castro protest disrupts U N appearance in New York
Cuban exile groups massed at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza near the U N as Fidel Castro spoke inside. Bearded exiles taunted him while Venezuelan and Afghan fighters joined a sparse crowd and shouted at the dictator and his sister Juanita.
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Harstad family canoe trip along Iowa waterway
Kristen and Peter Harstad paddled past an abandoned railroad bridge near La Porte City on a summer canoe trip. The Iowa City family followed the waterway from southern Minnesota to the Mississippi River, passing the Turkey Foot, Lewis Preserve canopy, and Cedar Rapids dams.
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