Vacation prize calls warned by BBB in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Better Business Bureau warns about phone and mail vacation offers promising warm destinations in exchange for credit card details. Alvin Cook reports a California outfit claimed a Las Vegas trip for his card data. BBB director Cassi Williams notes many so called prizes add costs or lack value and urged shoppers to compare options.
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Cedar Rapids
Better Business Bureau
Alvin Cook
Park Ave
Cook
California
Las Vegas
Cassi Williams
Williams
Branstad Violated Spirit in Filling Human Services Post
DES MOINES AP Gov. Terry Branstad did not break the law by naming Nancy Norman as human services commissioner without consulting a state agency. Deputy A G Earl Willits says the spirit of the law may have been breached as legislators complained the Human Services Council should have provided recommendations before the appointment. The article notes 1958 National Airlines Boeing 707 flight from New York to Miami for 111 passengers and seven crew.
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DES Moines
Terry Branstad
Earl Willits
Branstad
Nancy Norman
Michael Reagen
Missouri
The
Human Services Council
Willits
United States
National Airlines
New York
Miami
Window washer braves heights on IE Tower on Friday
A window washer worked high above on the IE Tower on Friday, swinging between windows on a narrow seat as part of a day's work.
Luther students present Santa Lucia ceremony at Luther College
Luther College students will host a Santa Lucia ceremony next Sunday at 8 30 a m in the Center for Faith and Life. Scandinavian and American students will tell the legend and sing songs. Breakfast costs 1 for adults and 50 cents for students. The note also recalls Otis Redding’s 1967 death at age 26 in a Wisconsin plane crash.
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Decorah
Luther College
Santa Lucia
Luther’s
Center For Faith and Life
Aerosol ban at Valley High after student death
A Valley Senior High School class in West Des Moines bans Dust-Off and similar aerosols after 16 year old Franklin Sanchez died from inhaling a propellant in a darkroom. Principal Robert Brooks says the product is lethal and unsafe and teachers were not negligent.
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West Des Moines
Valley Senior High School
Robert Brooks
Franklin Sanchez
Polk County
Brooks
Rick Baker
Ron Dinsdale
Baker
Dinsdale
Sanchez
Free session on bankruptcy law in Stanwood
A free information session on the new Chapter 12 bankruptcy law for farmers will be held Tuesday at Hi-Way Gardens along Highway 30 in Stanwood. Mount Vernon attorney R. Fred Dumbaugh will lead the program, with Sen. Charles Grassley noted as a key proponent of Chapter 12.ornermi
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Stanwood
Highway 30
U.S. Senate
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Mount Vernon
R. Fred Dumbaugh
Iowa City
JoAnne Neuzil
Riverside
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