Willard Boyd Guided Iowa Through Turbulent Decade
Willard Boyd, 15th president of the University of Iowa, led through the 1970s amid inflation and student activism. He expanded the Iowa health complex and arts center, kept tuition moderate, and increased enrollment by 6,000 while overseeing recreation and arena projects. He leaves Monday for Chicago's Field Museum, with James Freedman named to succeed him.
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Willard Boyd
University of Iowa
Boyd
Washington
Vietnam
Iowa Health
Center For the Arts
Hancher Auditorium
State of Iowa
University of Texas At Austin
University Hospitals
Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
James Freedman
University of Pennsylvania
El Salvador Crisis Deepens as Guerrillas Make Gains
Washington weighs intervention as rebel forces reportedly seize Perguin and widen the war. Army shortages and sabotage curtail security, with human rights abuses amid Armenia killings and warnings against escalation. The piece urges cautious aid after the conflict ends, not partisan meddling.
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Rosa Judith Cisneros
San Salvador
Armenia
el Salvador
Washington
Perquin
U.S
Reagan
Lyndon Johnson
Dominican Republic
Nicaragua
Kids to match the jobs in Delaware program JDG grows
Michael Levitsky taps Jobs for Delaware Graduates to fill a new plant with JDG graduates after traditional sources fail. Since 1979-80, 85 percent of 611 students found jobs. 1980-81 saw 60 percent placed by August. Tennessee reports 85 percent employed. program aims to expand to more high schools.
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Newport
Del
Michael Levitsky
University of Delaware
Levitsky
Delaware
JDG
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Memphis
Lamar Alexander
Leach backs deregulation over money market reserves
In discussions with Rep. Jim Leach of Davenport he shifts from supporting reserve requirements for money market mutual funds to favoring deregulation of banks and savings and loans. He endorses the All Savers Act and notes funds invest heavily in government securities, bank CDs, and commercial paper, while earning over 16 percent over six months.
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Jim Leach
Davenport
Rep. Leach
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Leach
Money Market Mutual Funds
Savings and Loans
Iowa
New York
Chicago
Clarence Savings Bank
Bob Bunn
Clarence
Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust
Merrill Lynch
United States
U.S. Treasury
Houston
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Providence
Dallas
Seattle
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Boston
Portland
Ore
Newark
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Phoenix
Winston-Salem
Allis Chalmers Credit Corp
Allstate Financial
American Express
Borg Warner Acceptance
Commonwealth Edison
Commercial Credit
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
B.F. Goodrich Co
Outlaw gambling and bingo support urged
Letter writer calls for a complete ban on gambling including bingo arguing it is a game of chance and addictive. He compares gambling to alcoholism, cites losses like $50 a night, warns of harm to family food and health, and attacks bingo tied to charity. He opposes Knights of Columbus and other groups promoting bingo at stores on Mt. Vernon Road.
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Knights of Columbus
Mt. Vernon Road
Libyan leader portrayal sparks critical letter to editor
A reader rebuts a Gazette column and calls Col. K a despot. He contrasts Libya’s size and power with ironies in the assessment, accuses Libyan leadership of terrorism, praises oil links, and points to Safire and WSJ as better sources.
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Gazette
North Africa
Col. Khadafy
Berry
Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Libya
Col. K
Mr. Berry
Joseph Goebbels
Hermann Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf
William Safire
Wall Street Journal
Thoughtful Eastern Iowans invited to express views
Periodic observations from Cedar Rapids resident Jack Ferring and other local readers invited to share thoughts on unlimited topics. The note identifies Ferring as president of the Jack Ferring Co Inc manufacturers representatives and a former Gazette reporter.
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Jack Ferring
Cedar Rapids
De Vere Hirt as Gazette Outlooks Contributor Provoked Question
The writer notes Provocative I have long wondered why De Vere Hirt writes Outlooks for The Gazette. A former IRS employee might shape his views and provoke readers.
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de Vere Hirt
The
Gazette
IRS
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J.F. Hladky, Jr
Joe Hladky III
John Donnelly
Ebm Robertson
Art Heusinkveld
the Gazette
José Guillermo Garcia
Perguin
Los Angeles Times
Pierre S
Pete” du Pont IV
Arizona
Missouri
Massachusetts
Robert Walters Newspaper Enterprise Act
Stanton, del
Willie Inman
Khadafy
Egypt
France
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Bremner
Uganda
Chad
Niger
Tripoli
Eddy
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