Iowa activist hunts secret nuclear waste train
Des Moines activist Jim Johnson claims to have spies along routes used to move nuclear waste from Cooper Nuclear Station in Nebraska to Morris Indiana. He has intercepted the train near Creston and was arrested for criminal trespass during a crew change, vowing endless arrests to seek a jury trial.
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Friends of Agriculture awards seek nominations in Iowa
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship invites nominations for the Friends of Agriculture awards recognizing outstanding individuals in farming public service and agri-industry. Nominations are due by March with winners announced on Ag Day March 20. Contact Patti Cale for details at Wallace State Office Building Des Moines.
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Soviet Students to Visit Grinnell College
Eight women from the Herzen Institute in the Soviet Union will study and live at Grinnell College for one semester starting January as part of a special studies program. In total 26 Soviet students will participate in various American colleges under the program sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian.
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Iowa anthropologist to study Gigantopithecus in Vietnam
University of Iowa paleoanthropologist Russell Crochon will return to Vietnam January 4 for three and a half weeks of field study on Gigantopithecus. He is joined by archaeologist John Olsen of the University of Arizona. The team, funded by the National Geographic Society, follows a May Vietnam expedition that yielded significant finds in caves preserving ancient bones.
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Iowa researchers to study solar wind aboard Geotail in 1992
University of Iowa scientists will build a plasma instrument under an 8.5 million NASA contract to fly on the Geotail spacecraft. Louis Frank leads the project with a team including Kent Ackerson David Burke James Cravens Mary Jo Duffy Michael English Lillian Henry James Lee Gregory Pickett James Sartain Daniel Smith and Andrea Upah. The mission will study solar wind interactions with Earth's magnetosphere and the night side plasma tail.
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