Iowa teachers reach contracts up average 8.78 percent
Iowa teachers unions report 184 of 443 districts settled for 1981 82 with salary and benefit increases averaging 8.78 percent. Duvall cites funding constraints and expected 9 percent state aid, while districts must recruit and retain staff amid cuts and moonlighting trends.
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Des Moines
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George Duvall
Iowa State Education Association
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Teachers Association
Cedar Rapids
Linn-Mar
ISEA
Rumors of Independence Drug Ring Denied by Officials
Independence residents face persistent rumors that local businessmen bankrolled drug trafficking. Authorities including the Independence Police, Buchanan County Sheriff's Office, the FBI, the DEA, the Iowa AG and DCI say there is no substance to the claims, while bankers report customer withdrawals tied to gossip.
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Dolph Leytze
Farmers State Savings Bank
Leytze
Jim Hayward
Des Moines
Washington, D.C
Joel Dryer
Buchanan County
FBI
Drug Enforcement Administration
Birthday Party scheme eyed in Sioux City
Iowa AG's office asked to probe a Birthday Party pyramid scheme described by Marion LeGrand of Siouxland BBB as violating state anti gambling and lottery laws. She notes similar chain letter schemes recur, with central meetings and push to invest for quick gains. No figure on participants given. past List scheme led to charges after AG and local prosecutors investigated.
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Sioux City
UPI
Iowa
Attorney General's Office
Attorney general report cites $785000 saved for lowans
Des Moines based attorney general Tom Miller stated the consumer protection division saved or recovered over $785,000 for lowans in 1980. The monthly report shows 482 new complaints in November and 650 files closed, with 3,531 cases backlog and 34 lawsuits pending.
Former Iowa House Speaker G T Kuester Dies at 92
G T Gus Kuester, longtime Republican farmer and former speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives, died Sunday at Griswold Care Center at age 92. He served Cass County from 1935 to 1956, led the 1947 and 1949 sessions, and helped oversee appropriations. He declined governor bids and is survived by a son, a daughter, two granddaughters, and a brother. Services are set for Griswold Wednesday.
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Gus” Kuester
Iowa House of Representatives
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Kuester
Cass County
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