Palmer urges renter tax credit from surplus funds
Iowa senator and former four year head of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Palmer forecasts a 140 million dollar state treasury balance by next June. He proposes channeling some of the funds into a renter tax credit, estimating 6 to 14 million annually, on a pro rata basis similar to agricultural land tax relief when funds are limited.
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Palmer
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Appropriations Committee
Food stamp program costs and enrollment outlook
The piece notes free food stamps for qualified recipients from Jan 1, with expected enrollment gain around 2 to 3 million as costs rise to about $6 billion for 1979 from $5.5 billion in 1978. It cites a switch from earlier 5 million projection, attributing it to tax revolt and upcoming elections, and argues for targeted enrollment of truly needy while trimming inessential groups.
Why politicians thumb noses at constituents
A Des Moines Register May 30 report notes that over 75 percent of Dick Clark's campaign funds came from out of staters, with more than $56,000 from special-interest groups including eighteen labor groups. Iowa taxpayers fund the congressman's salaries and expenses, yet he relies on outside donors.
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Des Moines Register
Dick Clark
Letter to editor attacks Panama Canal treaties and liberal Congress
A reader vents anger at lawmakers and reporters for supporting canal treaties and liberal policies. He denounces socialism, defense cuts, sale of gold reserves, and socialized medicine, and attacking Blouin and Clark for aligning with “30 pieces of silver.”
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U.S
Congress
Blouin
Clark
Leif Ericson Day Celebrated by Sons of Norway Group
Kingsley note from Cedar Rapids area reports proclamation by President Carter naming Oct 9 Leif Ericson Day. Sons of Norway publicity chair thanks KCRG and WMT for coverage and credits Gary Schendel for interview with Jack Langen and televising Norsk Flagg from Marion. Acknowledges Norwegian descendants in the area.
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Carter
Leif Ericson
Sons of
Norway
KCRG
WMT Radio and Television
Gary Schendel
Jack Langen
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Mood shifting as public favors less business regulation
Louis Harris surveys show 44 percent justify businessmen’s complaints about regulation while 32 percent oppose. Since 1976 support for more regulation falls to 24 percent, while 40 percent want no change. Faith in self regulation remains low, with only 13 percent deeming it very effective. Public confidence in federal regulation slides, consumer groups gain slight influence in monitoring standards.
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Harris
Winged bean seen as key to feeding world
A National Academy of Sciences panel reports 400 edible plants exist beyond current use and 36 show strong promise. Winged bean stands out for rapid harvest, high protein, and nutritional oil, with potential to relieve protein hunger, while other crops like buffalo gourd offer livestock seed benefits.
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National Academy of Sciences
Reforming Civil Service Faces Tougher Standards
In an atmosphere of reform Congress debates Civil Service overhaul aiming to weed out misconduct with a preponderance of evidence. Proposals include firing workers after excessive travel on private jets, signaling stricter accountability. The piece contrasts past staffing levels with current scrutiny.
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Congress
Property and Time: The Moral Cost of Theft
A speaker argues that stealing property devices life and time, linking loss to the person. He cites a Wisconsin case of ten years of research, condemns looters and shoplifters as harming society, and warns against cheap sentimentality as property value is real. He references C E M Joad and ends with a call to moral accountability and unity.
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Wisconsin
General Services Administration
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J. F. Hladky, Jr
Art Heusinkveld
J. F. Hladky
Frank Nye
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Washington
Norsk Flagg
Louis Harris
Harris Survey
Chicago Tribune
New York News Syndicate
Mth
Aabealtenee
Norman Cousins
Guilielma Gasipaes
New Guinea
Southeast Asia
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Mark Russell
HEW
John P. Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Bethel College
St. Paul
Minnesota
North East Iowa
San Diego
C.E.M. Joad
Christ
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