Iowa City Chamber weighs toll free calls to Cedar Rapids
The Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce surveyed members about extending toll free service to Cedar Rapids. Of 191 responses, 174 supported a rate increase of $1 per residential line and $2 for business lines, with 65 percent in favor overall. The plan, led by Don Flack, requires US West approval and board action before any change.
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Coralville
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Cedar Rapids Area
US West Communications
Teen girls' diets worry health experts
The article reports nutritionists' concerns about teen girls skipping meals and avoiding milk, leading to high fat intake and deficiencies in iron and calcium. Experts cite social trends, busy schedules, and media influence on body image as factors, with comments from USDA dietitian Joanne Guthrie and Seven teen editor Meredith Berlin.
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Knight-Ridder Washington
Joanne Guthrie
U.S. Department of Agriculture
America
Meredith Berlin
Seventeen Magazine
Rebecca Eastman
Campus High School
Haysville
Kan
Honest Las Vegas cabbie returns missing wallet with 25000
David Hacker found a bulging alligator-skin wallet containing 25000 and returned it to owner Lance Dykes. Dykes rewarded him with 5000 in cash and gifts and invited him to a high roller weekend, including lobster and front row show seats.
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David Hacker
Mike
Hacker
Lance Dykes
Bally’s
Hinesville
Las Vegas
High Rollers
Father son team offers discount via surprise package model
A father and son run a store that accepts surprise packages from their Vici warehouse and discounts prices, owner Paul Tory says stocking feels like Christmas. The piece notes further details on page 1B.
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Vici Warehouse
Paul Tory
Annexation hearings open for Cedar Rapids Hiawatha Robins
The State City Development Board holds hearings today and Thursday on annexation issues affecting Cedar Rapids Hiawatha and Robins. Officials explain taxpayer impact but interest remains低. Details on 1B.
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State City Development Board
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Robins
Cedar Rapids considers new downtown parking ramps
A Downtown group proposes building a new central ramp or two smaller structures in Cedar Rapids to add parking space. The plan explores multi level with retail on other levels and identifies six potential sites with a design ideas request sent to over a dozen firms.
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Telecommunications Company
Pork council defends monitoring of activist groups
The National Pork Producers Council denied using checkoff funds to monitor family farm and environmental groups suspected of activist infiltration. A 28 page report by Mongoven Biscoe and Duchin Inc. analyzed six groups including ICCI and NFU as potential threats to pork production and promotion efforts.
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NPPC
Mongoven, Biscoe and Duchin Inc
Washington
Charles Harness
Harness
Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement
ICCI
Center For Rural Affairs
Missouri River Crisis Center
Land Stewardship Project
National Farmers Union
NFU
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