Teen mothers rise and teen smoking trends in view
The Department of Health Education and Welfare notes a rising trend of teenage mothers while the Gallup Youth Survey reports about one quarter of teens smoke, starting around age 13. Other notes include Cedar Rapids school board results and consumer rights on lemon cars.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Gallup
Cedar Rapids
College Community
Kirkwood
Marion
Eastern
Iowa
Lawsuit seeks over 1.5 million from Hiawatha officers
A Linn district court suit alleges more than 1.5 million dollars in damages against the city of Hiawatha and three police officers arising from an incident that started with a dog bite and escalated. Also notes Iowa census outreach on foreign landowners urged by Rep. Jim Leach and remarks from Iowa football coach Bob Cummings about an Iowa State game.
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Linn District Court
Hiawatha
Census Bureau
Iowa
Jim Leach
Bob Cummings
Iowa State
Cummings
Four men kill four in Hollandsburg residence
Testimony says the four men chose a Hollandsburg Indiana home and killed four people "for the fun of it" after thinking it was a party. The note mentions weather and a shopper tax discussion, with unrelated line about copyright.
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Hollandsburg
Ind
Carter welfare plan faces strong scrutiny in AP report
A multi part AP examination of President Carter welfare reform details a $30.7 billion price tag based on dubious assumptions. It notes strengths and weaknesses including limited private sector job move ups, public service jobs at near minimum wage, and opposition from labor unions while cautioning on fiscal risk and political hurdles on Capitol Hill.
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Jimmy Carter
Congress
Associated Press
Carter
Capitol Hill
Nixon
Cedar Rapids nursing home blocked from removing Medicaid patients
A Cedar Rapids center tried to reduce its Title 19 Medicaid patients from twenty to nine, claiming financial constraints. Federal rulings and state officials prevented the move, protecting patient rights as an industry concern warned of wider statewide effects.
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Cedar Rapids
Social Service
Cedar Rapids Care Center
Larry Breeding
Iowa Health Care Assn
Benz
Mechanicsville
Linn County
Kansas City
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Fifth Avenue SE
Selden Will Stay and Ethics Unit Set in Iowa
Gov. Ray confirms state comptroller Marvin Selden will remain in office after speculation he would resign. Ray cites Selden’s strong performance and announces a new ethics task force to study financial conflicts and conduct for state employees, though not as a direct response to the Selden case.
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Des Moines
Marvin Selden
Robert Ray
Selden
Ray
Mark Rudd Surrenders After Fugitive Weather Underground Standoff
Mark Rudd, once a leader in the Weather Underground, surrendered in New York to Manhattan prosecutors after years on the run. He declined to disclose his hiding place and faces multiple misdemeanor charges from antiwar protests in the 1960s and the Columbia University incident in 1968.
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NEW York
Mark Rudd
Radical Weather Underground
Rudd
Manhattan
Columbia University
Warrants Recalled After Alarm Over Mistaken Arrest
Mary Burke reports from Linn county jail where Paula Sharpe was held Monday night on a meter violation and contempt of court warrant. Six district judges ordered recall of 900 to 1,000 outstanding warrants to clean house before the new criminal code.
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Paula Sharpe
Thirteenth Street
Linn
Sixth District
Lynne Brady
Sharpe
Powell Apologizes For Percy Rumors
White House press secretary Jody Powell apologized to Sen. Charles Percy for spreading rumors about Bert Lance critic. Powell telephoned the Chicago Sun-Times bureau and relayed unverified claims of Percy's use of Bell Howell aircraft during the 1972 campaign. Lance criticized the attack as unfair while Lance faces a congressional hearing broadcast planned by ABC.
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Washington
White House
Jody Powell
Charles Percy
R-Il
Bert Lance
Powell
Chicago Sun-Times
Percy
Bell & Howell
Chicago
Lance
Sun-Times
Sen
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U.S. Farm
UPS
NEW York Times
Carter Welfare
Russell Long
Senate Finance Committee
Long
Louisiana Democrat
Linn Social Service
Lori Benz
Jay Eddy
Independence
Tony Mudderman
Treehouse
Eddys
Roger Munns
Gazette
Statehouse
Mary Burke Gazette
ABC
NBC
CBS
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