Soviet adviser Arbatov to visit Iowa for talks and farm tour
Georgi Arbatov, director of the USA-Canada Institute, will arrive in Des Moines April 17 for a five day Iowa trip. He will lecture at Grinnell College on April 18 and 19, speak in Iowa City April 20, address a private Iowa City Foreign Relations Council meeting April 21, then visit a 650 acre farm near Morse before departing from Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa City
Soviet Union
Des Moines
Iowa
Johnson County
Georgi Arbatov
Usa-Canada Institute
Grinnell College
Central Committee
Communist Party
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Arbatov
U.S
Grinnell
Phillips Hall
Iowa City Foreign Relations Council
Morse
John Wall
Tom
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis
Des Moines contest seeks Vietnam veterans memorial design
Gov. Branstad launches a design contest for a Vietnam veterans memorial on the Iowa Statehouse grounds to honor 150 000 Iowa veterans. A traditional design is urged by six veteran commission members with a $500 prize and a $25 000 to $40 000 cost target.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Iowa Statehouse
Washington, D.C
Terry Branstad
State Capitol
Vietnam
Day
Iowa Arts Council
East Court
State workers' track trip faces hurdles after setback
A Des Moines group of state employees plans a May 14 bus trip to Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha to attend a race as Gov. Terry Branstad argues that tax revenue is sliding to neighboring states with parimutuel betting. The State Employees Health and Recreation Committee circulated flyers promoting the excursion despite the recent legislative defeat.
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Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
State Employees Health and Recreation Committee
Ak-Sar-Ben
Omaha
Terry Branstad
Pomerantz Named Finance Chairman for Iowa GOP
Des Moines businessman Marvin Pomerantz was named finance chairman of the Iowa Republican Party. He will lead fundraising efforts and previously headed Gov. Robert Ray's 1978 re election campaign and directed President Gerald Ford's Iowa drive in 1976.
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Des Moines
Marvin Pomerantz
Pomerantz
Robert Ray
Gerald Ford
Iowa
Iowa House panel approves mortgage bill with title insurance plan
A Iowa House Commerce Committee panel approved a $3 million housing aid plan to buy down mortgage rates and boost secondary market activity. The bill would allow title insurance sales and enable the Housing Finance Authority to issue bonds and buy loans for lower rates, despite concerns that title insurance fees may rise for buyers.
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Judy Daubenmiergazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Hugo Schnekloth
R-Eldridge
Iowa
House Commerce Committee
Ned Chiodo
D-Des Moines
Chiodo
Schnekloth
Branstad Disappointed in Parimutuel Betting Setback
Gov. Terry Branstad voiced disappointment that parimutuel betting failed in the Ways and Means Committee and said he would not blame fellow Republicans. He noted it is an emotional issue and that reasonable people differ. He stated the bill fell one vote short, but is not dead.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Ways and Means Committee
Branstad
House
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