NAACP leader Hooks outlines goals for black empowerment
At a Cedar Rapids NAACP press conference Hooks discusses Our Fair Shares and aims for more black corporate presidents and board members, plus economic pressure through selective buying. He notes ongoing NAACP work on education, housing, desegregation, and reform of the criminal justice system.
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Cedar Rapids
Our Fair Shares
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Mutual Federal Savings and Loan Association of Memphis
Shelby County, Tenn
Warnocks Defend Actions Amid Child Care Allegations
Mrs. Warnock denies abuse claims while acknowledging occasional licensing violations for caring for more than seven nonrelated children. She tearfully blames press coverage for sparking the accusations and cites a past use of a time-out box for a severely retarded foster son with professional guidance.
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Polk County Child Protective Service
Foxhaven
Warnock
Gene Needles
Meat cancer links spark partisan clash and industry pushback
A congressional dispute over a National Academy study linking meat to cancer triggered sharp criticism from Purdue and Vanderbilt professors. Iowa pork and cattle associations pressed back while GOP candidate Danker accused Rep. Harkin of inaction. In separate testimony, the Warnock trial proceeded with defense rebuttals and witnesses.
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Sional General Accounting Office
National Academy of Sciences
Elton D. Aberle
Purdue Department of Animal Science
George V. Mann
Vanderbilt University
Academy
Grassley
Evans
Don Gingerich
Iowa Pork Producers
Bruce Berven
Iowa Cattlemen's Association
GOP
Arlyn Danker
Tom Harkin
Danker
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Pro Polish protests hit U S and French embassies
Polish protest actions targeted the U S agricultural building and a trade development center with paint splashes. Three American Embassy cars were vandalized while the embassy facades remained undamaged. In Paris seven cars were damaged outside the French embassy gate and a threat to a French school was received.
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PLO
U.S
Weather Forecast Extended For Early Week
Fair and mild conditions expected Monday through Wednesday. Highs reach the mid-60s to low 70s with overnight lows in the upper 30s to mid-40s.
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