Branstad Signals Surprise Over Salary Raise Recommendation
Gov. Terry Branstad said he was surprised by the Salary Review Commission recommendation to raise his governor's salary from 60 000 to 74 000 next July and to 77 500 in 1984, a 28 percent total rise, with increases pending legislative approval and considerations of the economy.
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Des Moines
UPI
Erecr
Terry Branstad
Salary Review Commission
Review Commission
Branstad
Commission
Tom Miller
Cherokee
Grassley urges domestic summit for 1980s trade agenda
Senator Charles Grassley R Iowa urged President Reagan to sponsor a domestic economic and trade summit of business, political, agricultural, labor and educational leaders to set a 1980s trade plan. He supported firm retaliation if Europe maintains protectionism and called Geneva talks a wash-out on farm export subsidies.
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UPI
Uss
Charles Grassley
AlIona
Reagan
Europe
Iowa
Grassely
Geneva
Switzerland
U.S
Wilton Woman Charged Over Drug Aid in Jail Death
Kathy Ross, 23, of Wilton, is charged with possession of a prescription drug without a prescription in connection with a Muscatine County Jail inmate’s attempted death by own action. William Wagner, 23, of Muscatine, overdosed in his cell after a visiting hour, while awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend Helen Morgan.
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Muscatine
Kathy Ross
Wilton
Muscatine County
William Wagner
Wagner
Helen Morgan
Cranston Sees Iowa Caucus Third Place Not Victory
Sen. Alan Cranston acknowledges he is in third place behind Mondale and Glenn and does not plan to win the Iowa caucuses. He expects strong support but says the race remains Kennedy versus Mondale.
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Washington
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Iowa
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Cranston
Kennedy
Mondale
Sen
John Glenn
Ohio
Changes ordered after Iowa arena electrical inspection
An inspection of the University of Iowa Carver Hawkeye Sports Arena led to changes required from contractor Vanden Berg Electric of Pella. IBEW locals criticized the work while university officials say the alterations follow design and code expectations.
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Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Carver-Hawkeye
Vanden Berg Electric
Pella
U of I
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Casey Mahon
James O. Freedman
Durrant Group of
Dubuque
Max Schmidt
Durrant Group
Scott
Appell
William Vanden Berg
Tree Crushes Oskaloosa Man Kills Worker
A rural Oskaloosa man named James William Jackson, 35, was killed Tuesday when a tree he was cutting down near his home crushed him. The incident occurred in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and was reported by Gazette wire services.
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Gazette Wire Services
Oskaloosa
Iowa
James William Jackson
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