Cedar Rapids pushes low key Iowa tourism at Midwest shows
Iowa tourism officials acknowledge the state is not a vacation hotspot yet nine groups joined travel trade shows in the Twin Cities. Cedar Rapids Area Convention and Visitors Bureau promotes a modest, on the way to everywhere in America's heartland message to travel agents attending about 2,000 attendees over two days. The bureau plans seven to eight similar shows this year with shared rental costs.
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Iowa
Twin Cities
Skip Strittmatter
Iowa Development Commission
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Area
Hawaii
Greece
Caribbean
America
THE
Convention Bureau
Radisson Hotel
St. Paul
Radisson South Hotel
Bloomington
Midwest
C.R
John Carroll
Minneapolis
Alice Anderson
Unions still wield political clout despite Reagan era
University of Iowa professor Jack Fiorito reports national surveys show both union and non union workers view unions as politically influential even after Reagan's election. Economic motives remain primary for joining unions with bread and butter issues leading over political activity by about three to one.
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Dale Kueter
Ronald Reagan
White House
University of Iowa College of Business
Jack Fiorito
College of Business
University of Michigan
Fiorito
Harris
Afl-Cio
Iowa plans PR push to lure low level waste dump site
Iowa officials announce a $40 million incentive plan to entice Midwest communities to host a low level radioactive waste dump. The program promises $2 million annually for 20 years plus jobs, part of a regional effort with Indiana Michigan Minnesota Missouri Ohio and Wisconsin to meet a 1993 disposal-site deadline.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Water, Air and Waste Management
Bill Crews
WAWM
Steve Ballou
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Midwest
South Carolina
Washington
Nevada
Street scholars? No. Two Cedar Rapids men land Amana golf deal
Joe Chapman and Larry Hartzell, "guys off the street," won a deal with the Amana Society to build a 580 acre golf course land lease on primitive timber land. They seek $3 million in outside financing and project a two year open with land rezoning environmental reviews and local approvals.
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Amana Golf
Tom Fruehling
Jazette
AMANA
Joe Chapman
Larry Hartzell
Chapman
Amana Society
Amana Society Board
Cedar Rapids
Hartzell
Colonies
Max Bartlett
Bartlett
Amana Society Board of Directors
Don Shoup
The
Shoup
Chapman and Hartzell
Middle Amana
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