IowaFarm Institute set for February 14 15
Des Moines AP reports the 39th National Farm Institute will focus on farm income with an all day session Tuesday led by Sen. Dick Clark. A panel will discuss near term agricultural outlook Monday evening. West Des Moines AP notes Iowa Farm Bureau Federation seeks elimination of Panama Canal treaty fixed payments or funding from U S Treasury to avoid financing most of the $30 million annual payments.
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National Farm Institute
Dick Clark
Iowa
Senate Agriculture Committee
West Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
U.S. Treasury
IFBF
Dean Kleckner
Senate
Panama
Kleckner
John Culver
C. Phillip Baumel
Iowa State University
Ames
ISU awards honor alumni for agricultural impact
Iowa State University announces two national and state awards to honor alumni for major agricultural contributions. Lee Kolmer says the Henry A. Wallace Award recognizes a alumnus with global impact, while the Floyd Andre Award honors Iowa agricultural impact. International teams sponsored by the American Soybean Association visit Iowa this week, including an Iraqi poultry team at Ames and a Spanish import trade inspection team touring Black Hawk County.
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American Soybean Association
Iowa
Iraq
Iowa State University
Ames
U.S. Feed Grains Council
Black Hawk County
Iowa to Grind Curbs On State Highways
The Iowa Department of Transportation will grind away 1 550 miles of curbs on state highways to create flatter roads. Installed in the 1930s to aid drainage, the curbs now bother wider cars and trucks built since then.
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Ames
UPI
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa farmers to aid survey on production costs
Iowa crop and livestock reporting service will survey farmers in February to learn production costs. Duane Show says county contacts will keep responses confidential. In 1976 U S farmers spent an average of 32000 dollars per producer.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Duane Show
U.S
Senate debates bottle deposit handling fee in Iowa
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa Senate weighs mandatory bottle deposits. A 20 percent handling fee for grocers and redemption centers, approved by the Senate Energy Committee, could be charged to bottlers for soft drink and beer containers.
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Senate
Senate Energy Committee
Salary hikes split Grant Wood negotiators
Education association seeks 11.39 percent higher base and 6.7 percent higher top salary increases than administration proposals for the 1978-79 contract. Base level would gain about 13.6 percent and 11,000 dollars, while top level would gain 9.4 percent and 25,190 dollars. Administration favors 2.3 percent base and 2.7 percent top raises. 183 employees are represented including psychologists, speech clinicians, social workers, and consultants.
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Marion lawmakers discuss bottle bill cap ital punishment and retirement
Marion residents at a Marion Division Chamber of Commerce meeting heard Sen. Bob Rush and Reps. Joe Rinas and Mike Oxley discuss a bottle bill and proposed capital punishment changes. They also debated raising mandatory retirement age amid concerns about staff reductions and costs.
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Marion Area
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Joe Rinas
Mike Oxley
Chamber Legislative Committee
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Rush
Jeanne Andrea
Joe
Rinas
C. Robert Bennett
Oxley
Kennedy teacher elected Iowa Education Association leader
Ken Pfile an English teacher at Kennedy High School Cedar Rapids was elected vice president and president elect of the 32000 member Iowa State Education Association at the delegate assembly. He will take office July 1 and plans to continue teaching next year before moving to Des Moines as leader. The group aims to secure adequate funding amid declining enrollment. Gary Mitchell Sioux City counselor was chosen to represent Iowa on the National Education Association board. Delegates approved a resolution to create a Cabinet level Department of Education.
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Iowa
Iowa State Education Association
Waterloo
George DuVall
Ames
Gary Mitchell
Sioux City
NEA
Ken Pfile
Cedar Rapids
Pfile
Iowa Political Action Committee For Education
Cedar Rapids Education Association
ISEA
National Education Association Board of Directors
Department of Education
Cedar Rapids Briefs Highlight Community Notices
Local notices include a Mother-Son Banquet at the Eagles Club on February 9 with reservations due February 7 and contact Pat Cornell and Alma Matthews. SCORE Cedar Rapids plans a Feb 15 meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. Canopus Floyd Bergen speaks at the Elks Club on Feb 6-7. Easter Seal envelopes prepared Feb 6-7 at the Eagles Club. volunteers welcome. Various events, sales, and ads surround: pancake breakfasts, craft shows, theater tickets, and service ads from local businesses.
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Alma Matthews
Connie Wetzel
SCORE
Cedar Rapids Service Corps of
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Linn County
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