Iowa students take advanced math and science after school
Rural Iowa students in the Israel Iowa program study advanced math and science after school for four hours weekly, with 12 year olds like Anne Stecker and Madison Ehret seeking eligibility tests to join. The Belin Blank center funds train teachers in five districts to broaden access beyond gifted cohorts and to build a middle school pipeline toward AP classes and college credit.
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Anne Stecker
Williamsburg
Madison Ehret
Parnell
Iowa
Susan Assouline
Belin- Blank International Center For
University of Iowa
Israel- Iowa
Belin-Blank Center
Belin-Blank
Iowa Online
Iowa Communications
Assouline
Rosemary Fetzer
Postville faces aid push as turkeys plant idles workers
More than 90 families seek assistance while workers like Gustavo Glavan avoid immediate unemployment benefits. Glavan, 36, has spent a decade at Postville’s turkey plant and now aims to work, citing a desire to stay in town for his daughter’s schooling and community ties. About 45 percent of Iowa Turkey Products staff are immigrants from Latin America and Eastern Europe, with many attending St. Bridget’s church.
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Gustavo Glavan
Glavan
Postville
U.S
Norplex
Sondra
Iowa
Turkey Products
Latin America
Europe
St. Bridget’s
Aid pours in for laid off workers at Iowa Turkey Plant
Donations to Love to Share accounts at Postville banks aid families losing jobs after the Iowa Turkey Products fire. Catholic Charities and the Archdiocese of Dubuque report over 90 families seeking help for rent and utilities as investigators delay cause due to the hot debris.
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Iowa Turkey Products
Postville
Rael
Jim Saunders
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Cattle Market Slump Delays Sale Amid Price Plunge
In Cascade and nearby towns buyers and sellers report a rapid fall in live cattle prices with bids scarce. Cattlemen fear worse market conditions as packers line up for Tuesday sales while Chicago Mercantile Exchange limits apply and a possible price around 75 per hundredweight is discussed.
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Cascade
Kay Vonderhaar
Ron Winghert
Mechanicsville
Carl Robinson
Robinson
David Waterhouse
Manchester
Waterhouse
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Clark Neighbors
Bump Investor Service
Cedar Rapids
Gas well disaster in China leaves hundreds dead
Survivors and state media describe a gas well blowout near Gaoqiao in Chongqing that killed at least 191 people and forced 41 000 to flee. Technicians aim to plug the Chuandongbei field well as evacuees endure shelter life with thousands treated for gas poisoning and injuries.
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China
Chongqing
Chuandongbei
Gaoqiao
Xinhua
Clark Promises Turnaround Plan for America
Clark attacks Bush leadership and lobbies in Iowa to boost his campaign. He cites leadership experience from West Point, Vietnam, NATO and government roles while pledging a Turnaround Plan to raise family income, provide insurance, enroll more students, cut poverty, and end Bush tax cuts for higher earners.
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Todd
Clark
Iowa
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Vietnam
NATO
Europe
White House
Office of Management and Budget
America
George W. Bush
Bush
Bush White House
Wesley K. Clark profile and contact details
Wesley K. Clark, a retired four star Army general and author, is a speaker and CNN commentator based in Little Rock Arkansas. He attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1966 and earned a master’s in politics philosophy and economics from Oxford University in 1968. For more information call 501 537 2004 or visit americansforclark com.
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Little Rock
Ark
CNN
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Oxford University
P.O. Box
Americansforclark.com
Clark outlines plan to expand college aid and health coverage
Retired Gen Wesley Clark proposes universal health care for youths and a $6000 Universal College Grant for families under 100000, plus free two years of college funded by a Turnaround Plan. He ties goals to job creation, housing and transportation aid and calls for accountability.
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Clark
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