Iowa to take full control of National Advanced Driving Simulator
Ten years after the National Advanced Driving Simulator arrived at the University of Iowa the university will assume full operational control this week with NHTSA providing support for a year. Contracts exceed four million dollars and initial projects study driver response to failures and distraction from devices including cell phones.
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L.D. Chen
US College of Engineering
Chen
Keith Brewer
University of Iowa
Oakdale Research Park
Coralville
Local Option Sales Tax Information Sources
Government page guidance on Iowa local option sales taxes from the Bureau of Gazette graphic Labor Statistics points readers to www.state.ia.us/tax/business/business.htm for more details.
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Linn County Reinstates 1 Percent Local Sales Tax
Cedar Rapids and Jones County begin 1 percent local option sales tax. Motor vehicles groceries and pharmaceuticals excluded. Cedar Rapids projects include $15 million for pool renovations. the county allocates $5 million for roads. Marion plans a new city hall. Proceeds support schools and various local projects.
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Linn County
Marion
Attitudes on future terrorism risk in U S cities
A December 14 18 survey of 1 013 adults by ICR for The Associated Press shows 21 percent not too likely 47 percent somewhat likely and 6 percent not at all likely about future terrorist attacks on major U S cities buildings or landmarks with a 3 point margin of error.
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U.S
Poll finds fewer Americans expect major terrorist attack
An Associated Press poll shows seven in ten Americans think another terrorist attack is likely though worry has eased since October. The share calling an attack "very likely" fell from 48 percent to 23 percent, amid cautious optimism about the economy as 2002 approaches.
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Ron Kaiser
Buffalo
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New Yorkers Bid Farewell to Grim Gear and Marines Mission
2A Marines launch operation to capture Taliban leader. AP photo by ICR of Media, Pa. Poll finds 47 percent view another terrorist attack as somewhat likely. survey of 1,013 adults conducted Dec 14–18 with a 3 point margin.
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ICR
Media
Torchbearers from Eastern Iowa Chronology of Jan 5 to Jan 9
Eastern Iowa residents listed as Olympic torchbearers with their hometowns dates and carry times. Dr Larry Cook Cedar Rapids Jan 5 Winnetka Illinois 9 10 a m. Lowell Lyngass Postville Jan 5 Kenosha Wisconsin 11 59 a m. Vicki Finkstein Marion Jan 5 Kenosha Wisconsin 12 45 p m. Cathy and Jim Brousseau Marion Jan 5 Kenosha Wisconsin 1 38 p m. Kay Ashton Iowa City Jan 8 St Louis 5 17 p m. Dan Foster Iowa City Jan 8 St Louis 5 53 p m. Sara Snails Iowa City Jan 9 Wentzville Missouri 8 30 a m. Candace Peters Washington Jan 9 Columbia Missouri 11 09 a m. Kelly Grafing Iowa City Jan 9 Columbia Missouri 12 30 p m.
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Cedar Rapids
Winnetka
Ill
Lowell Lyngass
Postville
Kenosha
Wis
Vicki Finkstein
Marion
Cathy
Jim Brousseau
Kay Ashton
Iowa City
St. Louis
Dan Foster
Candace Peters
Washington
Columbia
Kelly Grafing
Extra .2 Mile Torchbearer Steps Toward Olympics
Cedar Rapids author Eric Vegoe reports the Olympic Torch Relay spans 13500 miles with 10 Eastern Iowans carrying 1.8 miles on January 5 8 and 9. Torchbearers include Cathy Brousseau Jim Brousseau Vicki Stein Dan Foster Dan Peters Lowell Lyngass Amy Welter and Dr Larry Cook a Cedar Rapids cardiologist who notes warmth and logo free attire as essential and who carries the torch in his mother’s birthplace Winnetka Illinois while Cook trains for the distance and the event.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Olympia
Greece
Salt Lake City
Cook
Winnetka
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