Winter storm coats roads. crews struggle with ice
Cedar Rapids and Linn County road crews report hard packed ice from weekend storm, with temperatures near 20 degrees needed for salt to melt. Winds caused drifting, delaying plowing and leaving blacktops and hills icy. Officials warn conditions may persist until warmer days and another storm system arrives.
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Wayne Murdock
Cedar Rapids
Leroy Soukup
Linn County
Soukup
Springville
Drivers mistake four wheel and front wheel drive invincibility
Police and auto experts warn that front wheel and four wheel drive give a false sense of confidence on ice glazed roads. The piece explains drive definitions and cautions that these vehicles require more distance to stop than standard cars.
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Cedar Rapids
Dennis
NASA chief charged with billing fraud
NASA administrator James M Beggs and three General Dynamics executives were indicted on seven counts for conspiring to hide $7.5 million in cost overruns on the Sgt York gun contract. The group faces charges of defrauding the Defense Department and making false statements, with Beggs refusing to resign.
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Los Angeles
NASA
James M. Beggs
General Dynamics
Beggs
Beg
U.S
Robert Bonner
Department of Defense
Bonner
Robert G. Torricelli
D-N.j
House Science and Technology Committee
Torricelli
Lung cancer drop among white men marked first in 50 years
The National Cancer Institute reports a 4 percent fall in white male lung cancer between 1982 and 1983, about 3,300 fewer cases, linked to two decades of reduced smoking after the 1964 surgeon general report. Women and black men still see rises.
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Washington Post
Washington
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Surgeon General
Vincent T. DeVita Jr
DeVita
Today’s Chuckle Burglar Alarm for the man who has everything
A lighthearted note about novelty burglar alarms for the well equipped man. The jest implies even upscale homes may rely on a humorous security gadget.
Branstad Rose Bowl promotion faces budget roadblocks
Iowa officials struggle to fund a state promotion tied to the Hawkeyes Rose Bowl appearance. The Iowa Development Commission cites a tight budget, high costs, and late float deadlines as obstacles to an Iowa float, billboard, or bus advertising for Homecoming 86 efforts.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Burea
Terry Branstad
University of Iowa Hawkeyes
Iowa Development Commission
Phil Thomas
Iowa
Branstad
Susan Neely
Thomas
Development Commission
University of Iowa
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