University housing crisis spurs student protest in Iowa City
Regents weigh expanding housing as enrollments climb from 18 659 in 1967 to 21 271 by Sept 1974. William Shanhouse argues against permanent overcrowding, noting 464 students in temporary housing and 5 880 housing contracts that can be reassigned. A new Committee To Fight for Decent Housing staged a camp in and urged rent controls and demolition pauses, while the city council defers 21 downtown demolitions and explores temporary structures.
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Here Comes a New Tuna Salad
New tuna salad blends tuna, lettuce, celery and parsley with pineapple and orange sections, served with avocado dressing. Assemble: scatter greens, layer pineapple and tuna, add tomato wedges, and drizzle with avocado yogurt dressing. Yields six servings. Avocado dressing mixes avocado yogurt orange juice onion and salt. chill before serving.
Rominger Returns to Medical Service Reflecting Missionary Roots
Absent from full time work Rominger plans volunteer surgery in Southwest communities while maintaining hospital and clinic ties in Waukon. He credits family medical tradition, notes peers and young doctors trained by his clinic, and recalls wartime service and a recent art show benefiting the hospital. He also contemplates gem hunting in Arizona.
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Waukon
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University of Iowa Medical College
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New Mexico
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Alice
Easier Housing Hunt Turns Comic For Iowa Student
A University of Iowa student seeks housing, recounting frantic apartment hunts, a humorous pool interview, and a tentative offer from a local couple. The tale lampoons dorm life and campus culture as he contemplates rooms, interviews, and a possible lawn campout.
Winterization funds available for needy Iowans
Over half a million dollars in public funds are available to assist low income families elderly and handicapped residents with home weatherization in Iowa. The program began with a $19 000 allocation last December and the 1975 legislature added 80 000 plus a 493 000 federal grant. The energy policy council formed a weatherization task force as officials consider broader measures and potential funding up to a million dollars. In related items Trooper Neil Griffin of Charles City notes safety chief Charles Larson did not endorse a new Iowa Trooper Association publication intended to fund lobbying efforts and support the patrol. The association will publish The Iowa State Trooper through Boston firm Organization Services Corp with 495 dollar full page ads and a 14 percent fee on gross receipts. In Postville Leo Ryan and Bob Lysne acquired the Sinclair service station there.
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