Iowa to form task force on foreign language study
Gov. Ray's aides say a 10 member statewide panel from business, education and government will examine how to broaden foreign language offerings from kindergarten through higher education. The group will also explore closer ties between businesses with language needs and schools and aim for concrete recommendations by February or March.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ray
Pick Wilson
Netherlands
European Economic Community
Wilson
Education Commission of the States
Portland
Ore
United States
Soviet Union
Iowa City Lawyer Temporarily Barred From Private Practice
The Iowa Supreme Court restricts Steven W. Bianco 41 from private practice due to emotional problems after a hearing on alleged unprofessional conduct. The order allows no private work without court permission and aims to aid his recovery, with a March 9, 1983 monitoring hearing set. Bianco sought to keep his license but will not return to private practice, following a public intoxication charge and a plan to resume as juvenile referee.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Iowa City
Iowa Supreme Court
Steven W. Bianco
W.W. Reynoldson
Bianco
Supreme Court
Sharon A. Mellon
Mississippi ferry to close after Labor Day
The Mississippi River ferry between North Buena Vista and Cassville Wisconsin will end service after Labor Day per ferry owner-operator Charles Inman. He had planned to run until late October but a separate obligation requires early closure. service will resume on May 15.
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North Buena Vista
Mississippi River
Cassville
Wis
Charles Inman
Inman
Waverly Burglary Ties Nationwide Clothing Theft Ring
Waverly store Wescott Men and Boy's Clothing reported 232 suits stolen during a weekend break-in. Iowa investigators linked the Waverly theft to a larger professional ring active since 1978 with 33 stores impacted across the state and neighboring states, totaling about $1 million in stolen merchandise.
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Illinois
Nebraska
Moline
Ill
Harley Westcott
Westcott
Shanahan
Waverly
Murder indicated in death at Muscatine
Muscatine DCI says autopsy unable to reveal death cause but indicates murder in the case of Daniel Germain 23 found in 3 feet of water at a city lift station near Riverview Park. Investigators from the Muscatine Police Department the county sheriff and DCI are probing with no river or sewer entry found.
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Muscatine
Gazette Wire Services
Iowa
Germain
Riverview Park
Mississippi River
Victor
Restigouche
Quebec
Cedar Rock Wright house to host public tours this fall
Cedar Rock, Frank Lloyd Wright designed and donated to the state by Lowell and Agnes Walter, opens for free public tours Saturdays and Sundays 9 to 531 p.m. from Sept 4 through October including Labor Day. No parking at site. shuttles from Quasqueton City Park run every 20 minutes.
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Cedar Rock
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wapsipinicon River
Lowell Walter
Agnes
Iowa Conservation Commission
Quasqueton City Park
Commission
Cedar House
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