Carter laments loss of Bert Lance as budget chief
Washington (UPI) The Bert Lance affair ends with Lance resigning as director of the Office of Management and Budget. President Carter vows an orderly transition while praising Lance as a friend and trusted adviser. Speculation centers on deputy James McIntyre possibly filling the post. Carter hints an outsider with business ties remains an option.
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UPI
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President Carter
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Office of Management and Budget
Carter
Georgia
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Bowman Cutter
Harrison Welford
McIntyre
Sen
Charles Percy
Illinois
Folklore Weather Signals Harsh Winter Ahead
Folklore forecasters from Wisconsin to Missouri rely on animals and nature to predict a severe winter. Bears fatten, squirrels hoard, woolly bears darken, katydids howl, hornets nests and skunk cabbage growth all point to tougher conditions. Local residents cite August fogs, tree bark, and early doves as corroboration, while one dog groomer claims full accuracy for nine winters.
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United Press International
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Galena
Ill
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Bainbridge
Wingate
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Rosiclare
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Bill Sherrod
Elk River
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St. Louis
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Workers return to site after fatal accident at Iowa utility plant
In CHILLICOTHE IOWA UPI report workers at the Iowa Southern Utility plant construction site resumed work after a walkout by 250 employees. They walked off following the death of William Stewart 35 Monroe killed in an on site accident Tuesday and because media released his name before kin were notified. No demands were presented to the company said a worker spokesman.
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Chillicothe, Iowa
UPI
Iowa Southern Utility
William Stewart
Monroe
Stewart
Pancake Day Festivity Set With Free Pancakes in Centerville
Centerville Iowa prepares for the 27th Pancake Day with over a ton of pancake flour purchased. Organizers expect more than 120000 free pancakes covered with 35000 ounces of syrup to be served and more than 900 gallons of coffee consumed during Saturday celebrations.
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Centerville, Iowa
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Senate scraps bottle bill with new beverage tax plan
The Senate Energy Committee in Des Moines overhauled the House’s litter bill, approving a separate measure that would impose a 3-cent tax on beverage containers at the distributor level. Two cents would fund the state, and one cent would go to cities and counties for local use. The House bill previously required a 10-cent minimum deposit on soft drink and beer bottles and cans, plus a tax on disposable packaging. it emerged from a labor and business backed compromise opposing mandatory deposits.
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UPI
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Iowa House
Senate
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Man sues Seattle schools over alleged reading deficiency
A Seattle man, Frank Fisher, sues the Seattle School District and the state in King County Superior Court on behalf of his 21 year old son Richard, Lincoln High School graduate, claiming educational malpractice for failing to ensure enough reading skills to gain employment. The suit seeks unspecified damages and remedial instruction at district expense.
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Lincoln High School
King County Superior Court
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Rhodesian deports American nun over alleged torture charges
Sister Janice Ann McLaughlin, 35, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania born nun, was deported by Rhodesia for spreading alarm and despondency by alleging security forces torture black Rhodesians. She flew on a Rhodesian Airways jet to Johannesburg and will continue to New York on her first U.S. trip since 1975.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Janice Ann McLaughlin
Janice
Pittsburgh
Rhodesian Airways
Johannesburg
South Africa
New York
United States
Bedell urges WTO to lower beef import quotas
Rep. Berkley Bedell of Iowa asks the International Trade Commission to reverse its prior decision and cut beef import quotas for the year. He notes foreign meat accounts for 8 percent of U S consumption amid a beef industry downturn and warns vertical integration by large packers threatens family farms, likening it to the broiler sector where 150 entities control 99 percent of chicken production.
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Washington
UPI
Berkley Bedell
D-Iowa
International Trade Commission
Bedell
Frost Belt states lose defense dollars to Sun Belt
Washington reports Iowa receives a fraction of expected federal defense spending after 20 years of erosion. The Northeast Midwest Economic Advancement Coalition and the Coalition of Northeastern Governors released the study, arguing 16 states in the Frost Belt lose funds to the Sun Belt, reshaping regional fiscal shares.
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Washington
Iowa
Farm Progress Show still on amid rain threat
Rain clouds loom over Washington County as organizers insist the Farm Progress Show or the World’s Fair of Agriculture remains on for September 27 to 29 on 1000 acres. Show manager Scott McKinnie vows no postponement, last minute decisions only. An 80 acre city of exhibits rises on Crawford Stewart and Jones farms eight miles north, with 434 exhibitors and field demos. 200k to 300k attendees expected over three days, with local volunteers handling food, traffic control, and utilities.
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Washington County
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McKinnie
Crawford
Stewart and Jones
Washington
Wallaces Farmer Magazine
Iowa battles HEW over nursing home inspection funds
Assistant Attorney General Stephen Robinson said Iowa will not press for an injunction to block a potential Oct 1 cutoff of federal Medicaid funds amid a multi state dispute. Congress may extend the deadline to Jan 1, avoiding court action while HEW threatens to withhold more than 110 million nationally and 6.2 million for Iowa unless inspections proceed.
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Des Moines
UPI
Stephen Robinson
Iowa
U.S Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
U.S. District Court
U.S
William C. Stuart
Robinson
Congress
Department
Lown
Refugees Arrive at Homestead After Cuban Release
Sixteen Americans and 39 Cuban dependents land at Homestead Air Force Base in the first refugee release since the airlift ended. An Eastern Airlines Boeing 707 will fly to Havana and back to Miami for processing by Health, Education and Welfare officials at the Columbus hotel downtown.
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Homestead Air Force Base
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Weather lown Zones 9 10 and 13
Clear to partly cloudy tonight with a chance of showers and thunderstorms Friday. Lows around 60 tonight and highs in the upper 70s Friday. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph tonight. Rain chances about 30 percent Friday.
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