Floods devastate southern Africa killing scores and displacing thousands
Torrential rain across Botswana, South Africa, and Mozambique collapses rail links and roads, floods prisons, and leaves more than 100,000 homeless. Casualties rise with dozens of children among the dead as aid groups warn of disease threats and call for emergency relief.
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Gaborone
Botswana
Africa
South Africa
Mozambique
Kopong
Zambia
Unicef
Maputo
Mark Stirling
Tomaz Salo
Coin plans 1 billion Sacagawea coins in circulation
The report notes a hospitality figure plans to mint one billion Sacagawea coins this year for general circulation and family display. He compares the coin’s novelty to the dollar bill and recalls the Anthony dollar’s failure to gain traction since its 1979 debut.
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Sacagawea
Susan B. Anthony
Anthony
Michael White
U.S. Mint
U.S
Mint
White
Wal-Mart
PMX Industries
Cedar Rapids
James Benfield
Washington, D.C
The
Coin Coalition
Long
Beneld
Cedar Rapids budget boosts street work and police staffing
City officials propose a 2468710 labor cost for new hires and a 27.5 million bond to finance capital projects. Funds allocate streets 5,722,500 and police software support, while most bond funds back regional projects and Enterprise departments including airport and Water Pollution Control.
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Hanson
Iowa
Paramount Theatre
Golf Department
Cedar Rapids
Bob McMahan
UI Endowment Ranks 85th Among Iowa Colleges
UI endowment averages 15.2 percent annual compound return over five years said Swanson. Grinnell ranking not a concern to UI Foundation officials amid last year’s $5 million quarterly loss. rebound to 8.8 percent in quarter ending Dec 31 delivering $27 million gain. Morningside College in Sioux City posted the worst fiscal 1998–1999 endowment decline of 2 percent to $31.3 million.
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Swanson
UI Foundation
Iowa College
Morningside College
Sioux City
Association
UI Joins JumboTron Rental in Revenue Sharing
The University of Iowa participates in a JumboTron rental program with 11 other schools including Purdue and Oregon State. Revenue from summer rentals offsets spring game advertising losses. units will be reinstalled three weeks before the Sept 9 home opener against Western Michigan.
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Klatt
Hawkeyes
Western Michigan
The
Purdue
Oregon State
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