Health and education items from Cedar Rapids area daily
Summary of local health notes about limited medical access in Mexico and shifts to herbal remedies. California studies alternatives to hospital birth. Opera singer Robert Merrill praised by Cedar Rapids Symphony. Health tips from Dr Solomon. Local funding to Cascade and seven Eastern Iowa units. Luther College finances and cost. Local judges featured in series. Oxford sheep judging at Dairy Cattle Congress. Gazette letters on city election. Secondary School Continuation Programs critique. Cedar Rapids students missing more school.
Pesticide Controversy Prompts Recruitment Plan
The National Peach Council proposes recruiting older people and childless individuals to handle a pesticide suspected of causing sterility. The piece notes no wide scale repeats of last year’s natural gas shortages per the Federal Energy Administration. Clear tonight with mid 40s lows and 70 degree highs expected Wednesday.
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National Peach Council
Federal Energy Administration
Iowa panel backs charging officials for state facility use
A legislative committee recommended that Iowa Conservation Commission staff and their families pay the actual cost to use state lodging and facilities for recreation. The panel will seek cost estimates by the next meeting and consider stricter hunting penalties, plus safeguards for investigators' access and a policy change limiting gag rules on employee opinions.
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Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Commission
Lansing
Senior Tofte
R-Decorah
Harry Harrison
Fish and Game Division
Donald Avenson
Doelwein
State Beer and Liquor Control Department
Harrison
Cedar Rapids police liaison program eyed for city schools
Four officers would rove four city quadrants protecting schools and attending functions to build trust and aid crime prevention, part of a planned liaison initiative proposed by Police Chief Gareth Clift and Safety Commissioner Ed Colton. council took no action pending a district contract report.
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Cedar Rapids
Gareth Clift
Clift
Ed Colton
West Point lacks humor and ethics says Pentagon study
The 175 year old Army academy faces morale and supervision problems, overburdened cadets, resistance to change and a humor deficit. The report calls for new ethics and sex education courses, stronger academic standards, and improved athletic success to restore excellence after a cadet cheating scandal.
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Washington
Army
West Point
Pentagon
Huge Traffic Tie-Up at Farm Show
Washington reports a massive Farm Progress Show opening with traffic backed up to Iowa City and 200 000 daily visitors expected. The three day event at Crawford Stewart Jones farms features 434 exhibits on 80 acres, with 700 acres of corn and soybeans to be harvested and no admission fee.
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Washington
Iowa City
Crawford- Stewart-Jones
Iowa
Des Moines
Highway Patrol
Wilson
Wallaces Farmer Magazine
O Neill Foresees Tough Energy Bill Fight in Congress
President Carter urged Congress to resist oil industry influence as House Speaker Tip O'Neill predicts a difficult energy bill. O'Neill spoke after a White House leadership breakfast and warned a strong bill will emerge. Senate votes on natural gas pricing show administration setbacks as Byrd vows to press the issue with possible all night sessions.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
House
Thomas O’neill
White House
O’neill
Senate
Robert Byrd
Byrd
Sen
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Gromyko Offers Full A Test Ban At U N
At the United Nations Andrei Gromyko proposed joining the United States and Britain in a moratorium on underground nuclear weapon tests. He noted the Soviet proposal for a three power ban covering air space and underwater tests and pledged suspension for a period under the arrangement.
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Mexico
California
Robert Merrill
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Neil Solomon
Cascade
Luther College
Decorah
Ansel Chapman
Robert Osmundson
Oxford
Waterloo
TATBO
U.S
Roger Munns
Gazette
Statehouse
Fred Priewert
James Riordan
State Senate
Tofte
Don Avenson
C.R
Ann Schrader
Associated Press
NEW York Times
John Wilson
Mt. Pleasant
Farm Progress Show
O'Neill
Thomas O'Neill
Gromyko
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