McKinleys Fight to Hold Farm as Rail Trail Expands
The McKinleys say private land on the Cedar Valley trail near their Benton County farm faces state acquisition. Iowa officials seek to take privately held parcels for Rails to Trails after a 1988 Supreme Court ruling, with landowners asserting pending negotiations and ongoing legal limits. They insist they want to farm in peace and avoid further conflict.
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Glenda
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
McKinley
Iowa Supreme Court
Benton County
Linn County
Linn Conservation Department
Black Hawk County
Iowa Natural
Cedar Valley
Ed McKinley
Supreme Court
Hijackers threaten refueling as Cyprus hijack unfolds
Injuries to a man’s face and a reported shooting mark the aftermath as hijackers claim they have executed a Kuwaiti officer and demand immediate fuel at Larnaca Airport. A passenger identified as Fadl Marzouk el Oteibi speaks to the tower amid demands for nine hours of fuel to reach a neutral country.
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Larnaca
Fadl Marzouk el-Oteibi
CIA
Lebanon
Reuters
Beirut
Terry ‘Anderson
Jean- Paul Kauffmann
Kuwait Airways
Langkok
Kuwait
Mashhad
Iran
Syria
al Qabas Daily
Distant Galaxies Challenge Cold Dark Matter Theory
Astronomers praise Lilly for identifying a mature galaxy at high redshift using the CFHT and UKIRT atop Mauna Kea. The finding prompts debate on when and how galaxies form and may revise expectations of early universe structure.
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Lilly
Harding Smith
University of California, San Diego
Smith
Astrophysical Journal
United Kingdom
Infrared Telescope
Hawaii
Mauna Kea
Richard Elston
George
Marcia Rieke
University of Arizona
George Rieke
Pessimists Gather For Convention Amid Light Humor And Baseball Talk
Duvall recalls a past Pessimists convention offering a framing gray certificate instead of a trophy after tragedy. He notes potential guests including Richard Gephardt, Robert Dole, and Billy Martin, and says baseball remains a favorite topic with a belief that seven misses out of ten still makes a hitter successful.
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Sydney
Australia
Duvall
America
Iowa
Richard Gephardt
Robert Dole
Billy Martin
New York Yankees
Martin
Survey casts Iowa as family oriented and peaceful
A Dubuque based survey for FDL Foods shows 92 percent of respondents view Iowa family life as central, 89 percent note high quality products, and 88 percent say Iowa food tastes homemade. The 500 interview survey, conducted by telephone, aims to support advertising themes of family closeness and quality.
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Dubuque
FDL Foods Inc
Iowa
FDL
Robert Wahlert
Wahlert
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa and other states role in economic policy and growth
A report grades states on policy and investment in workforce, education, infrastructure and governance. Iowa earns a high C for mobilizing capital and improving regulation while lagging in education and infrastructure. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey and Vermont lead as contenders. Rural Plains and Mountain states show weak preconditions and reliance on commodity economies, hindering diversification.
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Iowa
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Maryland
Minnesota
New Jersey
Vermont
Robert Friedman
Corporation For Enterprise Development
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William Higgins
Cyprus
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Higgins
Organization of the Oppressed On Earth
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United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
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Jack
Shepherd Action Service
Treasury
IRA
Second Street
S.E
Clinton
Iowa City
Lowa
Norwest
Emarion
Sipc
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