Senate bill overhaul on farm disaster payments faces critique
Lawmakers debate replacing disaster payments with expanded crop insurance plus subsidies. The Senate bill would trim disaster aid and subsidize 30 to 40 percent of premiums, aiming to lure about half of farmers into insurance. Critics warn uninsured farmers could face bankruptcy after disasters. Rep. Glenn English questions the plan's long term effects.
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U.S. Agriculture Department
USDA
Glenn English
Oklahoma
Democrat
Unjust Change in Iowa Religion Based Teaching Rules
The 1979 Iowa revision broadens religious qualification for instructional staff, exempting religious schools from state employment law penalties. Susan Colter of Dubuque, fired from Wahlert High for having a child out of wedlock, sues for reinstatement. The future of lay staff and teachers hangs on legislature's broadened religious freedom interpretation.
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Susan Colter
Dubuque
Catholic Wahlert High
Colter
Dolter
Wahlert
Organizing Arts Patronage Through History and Policy
The article traces how medieval monasteries supported artists and crafts through lodges and guilds, then contrasts patronage shifts to cities and merchants. It critiques modern Cedar Rapids groups like the Fine Arts Council and Art Center for lacking clear artist advocacy and urges targeted patronage from wealthy enclaves and local corporations.
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Crafts
Cedar Rapids- Marion
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Art Center
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Fidel Castro boosts Third World prestige with Puerto Rican tie up
The Carter administration released four Puerto Rican terrorists in Cuba in exchange for four Americans jailed there. Castro kept silent initially and publicized the deal, seeking credit as a revolutionary leader while U S policy faced scrutiny at the Havana nonaligned conference.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
Carter
Fidel Castro
Third World
Castro
Cuba
U.S
Puerto Rico
Africa
Caribbean
Central America
State Department
United States
Havana
Carlos Romero Barcelo
Letters From Iowa City on Garden Theft by Professional
A 71-year-old elderly lady, aided by the Council on Aging project in Iowa City, reports a highly paid young man digging potatoes from her garden. The writer condemns the act as a matter of principle, noting the woman’s daily labors to augment her fixed income and support a bedridden mother amid inflation.
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Iowa City
The
Council On Aging
Behind the scenes view on grocery store pay and staffing
A former grocery employee argues that high pay exists to deter unions and that full-time staff are limited to skeleton crews. He explains raises trigger managers to cut hours, keeping payroll stable while wages rise and hours fall.
Dognapped Not so. Worker grievance and a missing dog appeal
A letter laments long work demands and lack of union protections while recounting a personal search for Mason the 3 month old Irish setter stolen Sept 8. The writer describes visiting Otis Road animal shelter daily, advertising a reward with no responses, and urges help to reunite with Mason, noting shelter pets are available for adoption.
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Mason
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