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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1990
Page
4
Rick Jones joined Cornell College as a theater and speech professor in 1986. He earned a B A from Dartmouth College and a M A from the University of Birmingham England and is noted as a Ph D candidate at Cornell University.
The piece views Vaclav Havel as a true artist and moral force, contrasting him with Vargas Llosa Reagan and Wojtyla. It notes his plays The Memorandum Largo Desolato and Temptation, his history of censorship, and his award of the Erasmus Prize. It praises his honesty and hopes for his long political career.
Milton Glick takes over as Iowa State University interim president on October 19, replacing Gordon Eaton who leaves for a Columbia University observatory. The 53-year-old provost aims to steady the campus after a stressful reorganization while acknowledging uncertainty about assuming the permanent role.
At the Des Moines conference, Florida and Iowa leaders warn that funding cuts and population growth strain schools. They urge balancing funding between rich and poor districts and rural urban equalities while considering a back to basics approach and changes to the 1972 funding formula.
Wil lard Tucker of Owensboro receives a letter from Herman Hanneman of Sioux City Iowa along with a $50 check for gas money Tucker loaned during World War II. Hanneman owed Tucker for drives to visit families in Gainesville Texas and finally settles the debt with interest by mail. Tucker plans a dinner out with his wife Joyce using the funds.
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