Study Finds Driver Ed Varies In Reducing Accidents
Weaver reported a study comparing three groups in Iowa: an extensive Safe Performance Curriculum group with .38 accident frequency, a Pre-Driver Licensing Course group with .37, and a no education control group. none reduced accident rates. The study also notes higher male crash rates and fewer accidents among high GPA students.
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Weaver
Association
Iowa
Dennis Ehlert
Iowa Department of Transportation
Cedar Rapids UDAG funds eyed for hotel to nursing home plans
A $15.4 million grant plan proposes replacing the Allison and Magnus hotels along Cedar Rapids Fourth Street with a 13 floor bank and Life Care Services housing plus health care complex. The project would create 6 bank jobs, 6 shop jobs, and 75 Life Care jobs. A separate Cedar Rapids UDAG bid seeks $150,000 for a 100 bed nursing home on Hawthorne Drive with 40 permanent and 30 part time positions. Public hearings are set for September 1 with more hearings in mid October and another UDAG round in January. Allocations are issued quarterly by HUD to distressed cities.
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Allison and Magnus
Fourth Street
First
Second Avenues
Magnus
Scott Olson
Olson Papa Novak
Marion
United State Bank
16Th Ave
Olson
Life Care Services of
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Gib Boxa
UDAG
Hawthorne Drive
Century Place Partnerships
Larry Sharp
Darrell Berry
Borden
Fourth Avenue SE
Lattner
Salyer
HUD
Hospitals Find Wide Variation in Surgery Admissions
A study by the Iowa Hospital Association shows fivefold differences in tonsillectomy admissions and a fourfold range for prostate surgery across regions. Dr. John Weinberg of Dartmouth College cautions that medicine is an art with interpretive differences, while critics call the results vague and data sparse. The report urges data sharing among medical groups and continues education to address utilization variations at the local level.
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John Weinberg
Dartmouth College
Maine
Iowa Hospital Association
Robert Cox
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Western
Iowa
Cox
John James
Blue Shield of
Iowa Medical Society
The
Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Governor’s Commission On Health Care Costs
Health Policy Corporation of Iowa
Mary Venarda
William Bliss
New England
Juror Instructions in Franklin Jordan Shooting Case
Judge Sharp instructed the jury to decide if Franklin shot Jordan and if the act aimed to block Jordan from Fort Wayne Marriott Inn facilities. Jurors weighed race as a possible motive under the 1968 civil rights law. Franklin denied guilt as deliberations began after midday.
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Sharp
Franklin
Jordan
Fort Wayne Marriott Inn
National Urban League
John Jacob
Shirley
Washington
Jacob
NAACP
Benjamin Hooks
Frances
New York
J. Frank Kimbrough
Kimbrough
Daniel F. Rinzel
Rinzel
Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
Fort Wayne
Weather and crime notes from midweek briefing
Includes pollen counts at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, precipitation totals, and extended forecast with scattered thunderstorms. Also reports a Fort Wayne murder trial defense witness criticism and remarks by prosecutor detailing defendant's alleged racial hatred.
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C.R
University of Iowa College of Medicine
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