Iowa Hospital Stays Longer Than Nation on Average
The Iowa Health Data Commission reports 1986 admission rates now close to the national figure while length of stay remains higher. Metropolitan hospitals average 7.4 days and rural 8.8 days versus 7.1 nationally. Inpatient charges fall slightly below national averages. Some service areas show skewed admission figures with cross‑state hospital use noted in Waukon and other regions.
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Owa
Iowa Health Data Commission
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Anamosa
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Cresco
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Davenport West
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Decorah
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Eldora
Elkader
Grinnell
Guttenberg
Independence
Iowa City
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Maquoketa
Marshalltown
Mt. Pleasant
Muscatine
New Hampton
Oelwein Ottumwa
Sigourney
Sioux City
Sumner
Winton
Washington
Waterloo
Waverly
West Union
Hospitals Usage Trends in Iowa Officials Say Data Limited
Officials note limited 1985 and 1986 data hamper trend analysis across communities. The Cedar Rapids hospitalization pattern is cited as an example of how usage shifts may be charged back to the Independence area.
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Cedar Rapids
Independence Area
Slaughterhouse Scene At Mobile Home Park Shocks Neighborhood
A brutal killings at a five bedroom mobile home within a 10 acre park left multiple victims fatally harmed. Police described the scene as savage with knives and a suspect status unclear as neighbors recall robberies and screams heard from across the street. Families mourn as officers restrained the distraught father and neighbors remember the victims and alleged domestic violence histories.
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George Wilson
Department
Mary Mireles
Mireles
Barry Byers
Ernest
Becky Mann
Mann
Weldon Stinson
Plane crashes into Seattle airport terminal injuring 18
A De Havilland 8 commuter plane carrying at least 37 people caught fire in flight and slammed into the Seattle- Tacoma International Airport main terminal. Eighteen people were hospitalized and 23 were taken by bus for observation. no critical injuries reported.
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Seattle
Seattle- Tacoma International Airport
Marlys St. Laurent
Douglas Chadd
Tina Mankowski
Harborview Medical Center
Researcher charged with falsifying drug study data
Dr. Stephen Breuning, 35, director of psychological services at the Polk Center in Polk Pennsylvania, was indicted in federal court for falsifying medical research used in mental retardation drug policy. He allegedly submitted phony studies for two NIMH grants totaling over 200000 to study Ritalin and Dexedrine. He also faces obstruction charges from a 1985 NIMH panel review. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison on each of three counts and fines up to 270000. His attorney denied the charges.
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Baltimore
Stephen Breuning
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda
Breuning
Polk Center
Polk
NIMH
George Schoener
Philadelphia
Hladky Honored as Reporter of the Year at Iowa Event
David Norris and Hladky receive awards from Rock Rapids in a state and national press honors clash. Hladky, longtime ANPA and IAPA leader, guided by decades of service, joins list of top editors in four circulation classes with Sibley Sheldon N West Iowa Review noted as Iowa Newspaper of the Year.
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Rock Rapids
David Norris
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Hladky
Iowa Daily Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
J.F. Hladky Jr
Iowa Press Association
Sibley Sheldon N’west
Iowa Review
Mason City Globe-Gazette
West Branch Times
Britt News-Tribune
Woodbine Twiner
Cherokee Daily Times
Vinton Cedar Valley Times
Ida Grove
Ida County Courier
Sibley Sheldon N’west Iown Review
Indianola Record-Herald and Tribune
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Ottumwa Courier
Waterloo Courier
Blairstown South Benton Star-Press
Jesup Citizen Herald
Adel Dallas County News
Vinton Cedar Valley Daily Times
Columbus Junction Gazette
Washington Evening Journal
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Emmetsburg Democrat- Reporter
Monticello Express
Estherville Daily News
Sibley Sheldon N’west Iowa Review
Algona Kossuth County Advance
Iowa City Press- Citizen
Postville Herald
Carroll Today
Fairfield Ledger
Mason City Globe Gazette
Coon Rapids Enterprise
Britt News Tribune
Clear
Bloom elected president of Iowa Newspaper Association
Gerald Bloom publisher of the Logan Herald Observer and Woodbine Twinier was chosen INA president at Des Moines, succeeding Ed Sidey of the Adair County Free Press. Bob Parrott became vice president, Joe Hladky III joined the INA board, with other Eastern Iowa board members named and several staff inducted into the 50 year club.
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DES Moines
Gerald Bloom
Logan Herald Observer
Woodbine Twiner
Iowa Newspaper Association
Bloom
Ed Sidey
Adair County Free Press
Greenfield
Iowa
Bob Parrott
DeWitt Observer
Joe Hladky III
Gazette
INA
Inflation hits prices as trade deficit widens and stocks slide
The Commerce Department reports February trade deficit rising to 13.8 billion, an 11 percent jump, while the Dow sinks 101 points then recovers to close up 8.29. Analysts warn inflation may worsen and Fed tightening could follow, with White House noting market overreaction.
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Commerce Department
Dow Jones
Dow
Donald Straszheim
Merrill Lynch
Straszheim
White House
Marlin
Fitzwater
Federal Reserve Board
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