Maine man urges Carter to boost renewable energy policy
Robert O Connor of Elkader Maine pressed President Carter on expanding renewables like wood wind and solar while a two hour NPR talk show aired. He urged slower nuclear development and questioned synthetic fuels environmental impacts noting progress and the 1990 sun energy goal.
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Eleader
Robert O'Connor
United States
Jimmy Carter
O'Connor
O’connor
America
National Public Radio
Three Mile Island
Carter
Maine
Elkader
Turkey Valley Construction Co
Iowa officials unaware Mormons planned baptisms of the dead
Iowa leaders say they did not know the 1974 law change allowing Mormon access to birth and death records would fuel a genealogy project tied to temple work and proxy baptisms for the dead. Mormon officials say the objective was public genealogical research, not concealment.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mormon Church
Wythe Willey
Robert Ray
Sen. C. Joseph Coleman
Dclare
Charles Gibbs
Mormon
Salt Lake City
Eight die in weekend Iowa traffic toll across several counties
The weekend traffic series claimed eight lives including 10 year old James Davis of Moulton after a go cart entered a roadway. Pamela Dobbs of Council Bluffs died in a crash near Manawa State Park. Additional fatalities occurred near Andover Cresco Leon and a Davenport area dash. A Wisconsin fatality involved a semitrailer driver near Dickeyville.
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Iowa
Moulton
Wisconsin
James A. Davis
Davis County Hospital
Bloomfield
Bobby Campbell
Appanoose
Pamela Dobbs
Council Bluffs
Manawa State Park
James S. Warns
Robert E. Gooden
Cambridge
Andover
Gooden
Ronald Hopwood
Joliet
Ill
DeWitt Hospital
Robert Benson
Clinton
Cresco
George Lentz
Spillville
Riece
Rhonda Riece
Rochester
Iowa Highway 2
Leon
Decatur County
John T. McNair
Jack Jeffreys
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines
Davenport
Dickeyville
Wis
Dubuque
Donald Howard Ayers
U.S. Highway 61
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Des Moines Area
Varce
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
John Kenneth Galbraith
Mitchell Page
Public Works Department
Wayne Murdock
Streets & Public Improvements
Citizens For Murdock
Pat Fitzpatrick
Justein
Jeff
Cook
Cedar Rapids
B. Frame Cook
First Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission
Iowa Parks and Recreation Association
International City Manager
Mid-Continent Park
University of Minnesota
Great Lakes Park Training Institute
National Recreation and Park Association
Sunrise Optimist Club
Smulekoff
Amana Coffee Maker
Amana
Adarrange
U.S
Smulekoffs
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