Debate over AT and T breakup rattles Iowa hearing
Iowa witnesses at a Thursday telecom hearing warn that divesting AT T could raise local rates and threaten universal service. executives from Northwestern Bell defend continued investment and services while lawmakers press for separate Yellow Pages funding and clear accountability after breakup.
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Electric
Bell Laboratories
Varley
Congress
At&t
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Olson
Cascade Telephone Co
Northwestern Bell
MacAllister
Tauke
Local Bell
Wirth
Kenneth Levi
Lake Mills
Howard Sorenson
Iowa Telephone Association
Iowa
Triplets Born at St. Luke's Mark New Cedar Rapids Milestone
Triplets and two pediatricians attended a routine delivery at St. Luke's as the babies were taken to the neonatal intensive care unit for 24 hour observation. Mrs Kaufmann and her daughter expect discharge within a week after Caesarean section. The hospital notes this is the first triplet birth at St. Luke's since 1968 and the last in Cedar Rapids occurred at Mercy Hospital in January 1976.
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Bemus
Kaufmann
St. Luke’s
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
House sale scam tied to altered escrow papers
Houseture denies signing the document while alleging January agreement to sell to the Zoller Group for 1 030 000. Escrow records were allegedly altered to show 1 930 000 to secure a larger mortgage. Bank officers detected the fraud on January 15 and the deal collapsed. The property later sold to a different buyer. The 5 000 square foot all electric home includes a pool three bedrooms two servants rooms and four baths. The Atlantic weather risk concerned John Glenn's orbital trip.
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Ture
Zoller Group
Palm Desert Bank
Miller
Ted Clandening
Valley First Federal Savings and Loan
Dialysis Costs and Policy Denial Dominate Health Report
Bourque notes average dialysis payments now 174 in hospitals and 138 in clinics. Schweiker denies claims that agency rules will hurt dialysis patients. Medicare for 59,200 dialysis patients, 5,000 kidney transplants, and 8,000 transplant follow ups this year.
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Bourque
Medicare
IPERS doubles job impact and seed for university bonds
A legislative report details IPERS increases in the pension base from 20 000 to 22 000 and higher employer and employee rates, predicting about 11 million more annually for IPERS and 2.22 million from higher pensions. The same session backs a new UI law school building with up to 23.3 million in bonds, while rejecting 24 million for an ISU agronomy building and 7.2 million for a UNI arts center.
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Robert Carr
D-Dubuque
House
Senate
University of Iowa
Law School
Iowa State University
Ames
Communications Arts
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
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al Beach
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The
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Helzberg
Westdale Mall
Logan
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William Meier
Ipers Trust Fund
Nystrom
Quasicraft Shoes
Lindale Mall
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Lowe
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Iron Men
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Pasadena
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Julie Anne’s Studio
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