Discounts spark debate over UI staff computer program
The University of Iowa offers faculty and staff discounts on home computers, prompting concern from local businesses about competition. A summit involving UI administrators and business leaders discussed policy ground rules as providers like Radio Shack and Computerland win bids.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Les Batterman
Batterman
U of I
Iowa eCity
Mary Neuhauser
Norman
Radio Shack
Coralville
Computerland
Marion
Jim Johnson
Office of Information Technology
Commodore
CBM
IBM
Johnson
Steve Wright
U of I’s
Randy Bezanson
United States
Bezanson
U of I’s Law
Feline rescue ends with court-ordered return home
Iowa City felines Boots and Tabby were returned to owners Barbara Sour and Tom Smith after a Johnson County District Court hearing. The cats were rescued with a search warrant from a vacant house at 927 S Van Buren St and held at the city animal shelter pending legal proceedings.
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Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
Boots
Tabby
Johnson County
Shelter
S. van Buren St
Barbara Sour
Tom Smith
Gilbert Court
Joseph Thornton
Thornton
Iowa Senate stalls car seat bill with call of the Senate
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate used a call of the Senate to pause debate on a child restraint bill. Only Senator James Briles was absent, and he was excused after a constitutional vote by 28 to 15 with three abstentions, deferring further discussion for the day.
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Ce Politica
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Senate
Joe Coleman
D-Clare
James Briles
R-Corning
Chamber
Briles
Robert Anderson
Lowell Jenkins
Montrose
Russian official barred from press at U.S. visit
Georgi Arbatov head of the Moscow Institute of the USA and Canada is kept away from news media during a 20 day U.S. trip. The State Department blocked access to reporters for a Grinnell College news conference, but a later speech with reporters proceeded. He will speak to an Iowa City Foreign Relations Council branch and tour a Johnson County farm.
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Des Moines
State Department
U.S
Soviet Union
Georgi Arbatov
Moscow
Institute
USA
Canada
Yuri Andropov
United States
Arbatov
Iowa City Foreign Relations Council
Johnson County
John Wall
Grinnell College
Central Iowa College
Sac & Fox housing audit questions spending and controls
An FBI-like audit of the Sac and Fox Housing Authority found unauthorized payroll checks, undocumented travel expenses, and weak accounting. It covered over 30 months at Mesquakie, noting improper $6,500 in payroll and over $2,000 in unitemized travel. The report urges legal action, HUD compliance, and a comprehensive Interior Department audit.
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TAMA
Sac & Fox Housing Authority
Waterloo Courier
Freedom of Information Act
Housing Authority
Mesquakie Indian Settlement
Robert Benson
Benson
Gazette
Joe Wanatee
The
Rolland Youngbear
Tribe
HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing Authority Board
U.S
Evan “Curly
Hultman
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Earl J. Barlow
U.S. Attorney's Office
Inspector General's Office
Department of Interior
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Birthday
The article marks Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens turning 63 today. It notes his long tenure on the court and reflects on his influence in key rulings.
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Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Comparable worth bill sent to House
The Senate approved a comparable worth bill 42 to 4 directing a study and eventual pay alignment for state employees. Implementation is set for July 1, 1984 after Senate changes return the measure to the House. The Iowa Merit Employment Commission will supervise the study with a governor’s council and officials' advisers.
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Eae CU Pure
Des Moines
Senate
House of Representatives
Merit
Iowa Merit Employment Commission
Legislative Council
Arthur Gratias
Nora Springs
Jack Rife
Moscow
Norman Goodwin
DeWitt
Raymond Taylor
Steamboat Rock
House limits elective clerks in Iowa court bill
Iowa House approves appointive system for district court clerks and adds retention elections triggered by petition. If a clerk loses a retention vote, reappointment is barred for four years. The measure also advances gradual state funding to relieve property taxpayers.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa House
Iowa
Senate
House
David Tabor
D-Baldwin
Ex UNI official pleads guilty to drug charge
Norris Hart 44 former director of the Educational Opportunity Program at the University of Northern Iowa pleaded guilty in Waterloo to possession of marijuana. He was ordered to pay $22.50 in costs and placed on one year of self probation. Hart now works as vice president of KLMT radio in Waco Texas.
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UNI
Marlin
Texas
Hart
KLMT
Waco
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