Iowa Drops Slogan on License Plates After Public Backlash
The Iowa Transportation Commission scrapped the slogan A State of Minds for plates after more than 400 phone calls and widespread public opposition. Chairman Robert Rigler pushed the reversal noting democracy works and urging a return to non slogan plates in 1985. Branstad had previously urged adoption.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Ames
Iowa Transportation Commission
Iowa
Robert Rigler
Iowa Department of Transportation
Rigler
New Hampton
Terry Branstad
Branstad
U S poverty rate hits highest since 1965
The Census Bureau reports 34.4 million Americans, 15 percent, below the poverty line in 1982, the highest since 1965. President Reagan plans a bipartisan task force to study hunger with a no holds barred approach, while women’s full time median income rose 3.3 percent.
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White House
Reagan
America
Census Bureau
Johnson
Bureau
Gordon W. Green Jr
Edwin Meese
Meese
Index Today's Chuckle Accordionist
A humorous note on an accordionist who plays both ends against the middle. Copyright entry signals lighthearted cartoonish wordplay for a daily humor page.
Iowa teachers paid below national average in 1982 83
The National Education Association reports Iowa teachers earned an average of 18 990 in 1982 83, $1 613 below the national average, while Cedar Rapids teachers averaged 22 023. Alaska led with 33 953, DC 26 048, and Mississippi had the lowest at 14 323. Iowa ranked 30th nationally.
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Iowa
U.S
National Education Association
Ilona
Cedar Rapids
Marlin Berg
District of Columbia
Alaska
New York
Hawaii
Michigan
California
Wyoming
Mississippi
House OKs holiday for King's birthday
The House passed 338 to 90 a bill to observe January 15, MLK Jr birthday, as the national holiday on the third Monday of January. If enacted, it would be the 10th federal holiday starting 1986. debate included cost and calendar implications.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
House
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Coretta Scott King
Atlanta
Senate
Congress
Mount Vernon water tower plans in doubt after vacancy ruling
Mount Vernon may reopen debate on a memorial park water tower after court officials ruled the council vacancy of Dr. Melvin Hetland was not legally published. Hetland sat in last week's meeting, forcing a new vote and potential new site consideration.
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Mount Vernon Tower
Gretchen Sutherland
Mount Vernon
Memorial Park
Melvin Hetland
John Moser
Hetland
Don Siggins
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