Chambers of Commerce to step up regional cooperation
Cedar Rapids Marion and Iowa City chambers move toward joint committees and programs to boost educational and career opportunities in Eastern Iowa. The plan includes a possible mass transit link, support for Squaw Creek development, and rapid I 518 construction. The ad hoc panel will outline 1980s community goals.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion
Iowa City
Hattery
Iowa
Los Angeles
Kansas City
New York
Charles Mehaffey
J St. SW
Canon Dominic Loferski
Hawthorne Hills
Chamber
Father Loferski
Percy Harris
J. Thomas Hoegen
James Nemmers
Jerome Hall
Laurie Gerber
William Fletcher
Ed Saucer
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Squaw Creek Lake
Saucer
Iowa Department of Transportation
F. Forbes Osberg
Grassley urges stance on Taiwan and Red China policy
Iowa congressman Charles Grassley said he would back a two China policy and criticized recognition of Red China. He argued the United States should bolster Taiwan and demanded concessions, while noting he may run for Senate and was in Cedar Rapids for wind testing before a Davenport luncheon with Roger Jepsen.
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Iowa
Charles Grassley
Teng Hsiao‘ping
Republic of China
Cedar Rapids
Grassley
U.S
John Culver
Teng
Washington
Carter
Red China
Taiwan
United Nations
Davenport
Roger Jepsen
Ronald Reagan
California
Brabham Named Acting Director of Iowa Conservation Commission
William C. Brabham of West Des Moines, 57, will become acting director of the Iowa Conservation Commission effective March 1. He succeeds Fred A. Priewert, who resigned to join Ducks Unlimited as regional director. Brabham, a 29 year veteran and current deputy director, steps into the top post.
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William C. Brabham
West Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Fred A. Priewert
Iowa
Ducks Unlimited, Inc
Priesser shadows Linn County youth shelter fund renewal
Linn County faces a state review of the January decision to reinstate about 100000 dollars in emergency youth shelter funds. County officials spar over recreation costs while defending the program as essential to keep youths off the streets.
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Priesser
Linn County
Bill McCarty
Victor Priesser
McCarty
Iowa Department of Social Services
Iowa
Merle Kopel
Kopel
Libraries host new adult reader collections across five towns
Five eastern Iowa public libraries Belle Plaine Monticello Marion Tipton and Vinton will host new adult reader collections starting Monday. East Central Regional Library administrator Elizabeth Donnan says the program, in cooperation with Kirkwood Community College, supports literacy for adults with staff-led material distribution and librarian orientations upcoming on Monday Wednesday Feb. 23 March 3 and March 8.
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Iowa
Elizabeth Donnan
East Central Regional Library
Belle Plaine
Monticello
Marion
Tipton
Vinton
Kirkwood Community College
ECRL
Donnan
Marion police chief appeals trespass case against Zingula land
Marion Police Chief Robert Zier 44 plus Sgt Edward Holecek were found guilty Feb 2 of trespassing on land leased by Robert Zingula after hunting Dec 11 without permission. Zier appealed in Linn District Court posting a $150 bond claiming past permission and pursuit on ditch, with the other officers present.
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Marion
Robert Zier
Linn
Zier
12Th St
Edward Holecek
Robert Zingula
Zingula
Holecek
Robert Long
Donna Paulsen
Reagan to headline $50-a-plate Jepsen fund raiser
Presidential hopeful Ronald Reagan will headline a luncheon for U S Sen Roger Jepsen of Iowa. The event costs 50 dollars a plate and starts at 12 30 p m at the Holiday Inn after a noon news conference. Jepsen seeks funds to retire debts from his 1978 campaign. ON THIS DATE in 1972, President Nixon left on his historic trip to Peking.
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Davenport
Ronald Reagan
California
U.S
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Reagan
Illinois
WHO Radio
Des Moines
Holiday Inn
Jepsen
Nixon
Peking
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