Solon Beef Days attendance raises safety concerns
Johnson County deputy Lt. Duane Lewis warns crowd growth at Solon Beef Days risks traffic, parking, and security shortfalls as 20 000 plus attendees overwhelm the town of about 1000. Beef Days organizers plan a meeting to review safety and profits, with estimated town proceeds around 10000 to be donated to community projects.
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SOLON
Johnson County
Duane Lewis
Lewis
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Michael Krall
Beef Days
Krall
State receives federal grant for Iowa Veterans Home renovations
Iowa secures a 1.568 million federal grant from the Veterans Administration to remodel Heinz Hall at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. The 65 percent share supports a 2.435 million project, part of a four phase campus update begun in 1975 with completion expected by early 1983. the home will total 825 beds after upgrades.
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Marshalltown
State of
Iowa
Iowa Veterans Home
Heinz Hall
Veterans Administration
Jack Dack
Dack
Confession Admissible in Taylor Murder Trial
James Michael Taylor, charged with the July killings of Waterloo patrolmen Michael Hoing and Wayne Rice, can have his confession admitted as evidence. Judge Peter Van Metre ruled the statement voluntary and not coerced, with trial set for October 13.
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Waterloo
UPI
James Michael Taylor
Black Hawk
Taylor
Michael Hoing
Wayne Rice
Peter van Metre
van Metre
Jepsen highlights elderly nutrition issue at Iowa State Fair
Des Moines AP Sen. Roger Jepsen used Older Iowans Day to urge attention to malnutrition among seniors. He praised meals on wheels and congregate meals while warning against threats to funding and accessibility, and urged flexibility for Area Agency on Aging.
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DES Moines
Roger Jepsen
Iowa State Fair
Iyam
Jepsen
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Area Agency On Aging
ISU Fall Classes Begin August 26 at Ames
Iowa State University officials announced fall term starts August 26 in Ames. Residence halls open August 23, mail registration runs August 24, and advising day is August 25. More than 24,000 students expected to be enrolled, says President W. Robert Parks.
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Ames
Iowa State University
ISU
W. Robert Parks
Iowa college officials plead innocent in visa fraud case
Professional student recruiter Peter Galonis and four current or former college leaders including William Penn College and Upper Iowa University presidents pleaded not guilty to 26 counts accusing them of conspiring to fraudulently obtain student visas for Iranians in 1976. The defendants face trial October 19 after a July grand jury indictment.
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Scranton, Pa
UPI
Peter Galonis
William Penn College
Upper Iowa University
U.S. District Court
Richard Conaboy
State Department and Immigration and Naturalization Service
Galonis
Gus Turbeville
Oskaloosa
Emerson College
Boston
Darcy Coyle
Fayette
Nichols College
Dudley
Mass
International Educational Services Ltd
Coyle
Turbeville
Iowa
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