Iowa ethnic groups spell relief study probes self care
A University of Iowa research team will study how Czech Cedar Rapids Greek Quad Cities Old Order Amish Kalona Milton Pulaski Norwegian Story City Decorah communities use home remedies. The 28 day diaries and health surveys aim to show cultural differences in self care. Each family earns 25 dollars after completing the study.
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Owa
University of Iowa Colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy
U of I Department of Anthropology
School of Social Work
Iowa
Toni Tripp-Reimer
U of I College of Nursing
Tripp-Reimer
Cedar Rapids
Quad Cities
Denver
Chicago
Kalona
Milton
Pulaski
Story City
Decorah
Bell customers choose long distance carrier in Iowa
Northwestern Bell offers central Iowa customers a chance to pick their long distance carrier under AT&T breakup terms. A press conference will feature eight bidders ITT MCI GTE Sprint Mid American Tel Co Teleconnect TMI and AT&T.
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Des Moines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Northwestern Bell
American Telephone & Telegraph
Ed Mattix
Iowa
Mattix
At&t
Reagan Nakasone pledge serious trade efforts in talks
Presidents Reagan and Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone pledged to work toward a more balanced trade relationship and to open markets while resisting protectionism. They announced a follow up by Shultz and Abe, and stressed unity ahead of next week's U.S.-Soviet arms talks. Nakasone noted agreement on security and economic issues and SDI cautions, with no discrimination pledged in Japan's telecom market. April 1 market shifts noted.
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Gazette Wire Services
Los Angeles
Reagan
Yasuhiro Nakasone
U.S
Soviet Union
America
Japan
George Shultz
Shintaro Abe
Nakasone
Sdi
Reagan Administration
End of federal REA subsidies debated by Iowa regulator
Commerce Commission Chair Andrew Varley calls for ending federal low interest loans to rural electric cooperatives citing deficits and REA mission fulfilled. He notes rural Iowa would feel the impact differently, with 2.4 customers per mile versus investor owned lines’ 30. Local coop leaders warn of possible hardship if subsidies end.
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Owa Commerce Commission
Andrew Varley
Rural Electric Cooperatives
Recs
Varley
Iowa
REA
America
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Glenn Lovig
Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives
Rath to Sell Plant and Reshape as Regional Packer
Rath Packing Co. will sell its Columbus Junction plant later this month and pursue a regional packer role in the Midwest South and Southeast under a reorganization plan. President Lyle Taylor said the company will process only Black Hawk labeled products and aim to employ about 500 workers in Waterloo after restructuring under bankruptcy laws. The firm laid off about 100 employees last Friday, ending most production temporarily from a former 7,000-employee operation.
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Waterloo
Rath Packing Co
Columbus Junction
National Meatpacker
Lyle Taylor
Taylor
Rath
Midwest
Black Hawk
People who refuse to face the facts will face them later
A compact reflection noting that avoidance of truth reverses to confronting reality as events unfold, suggesting consequences for denial and a tendency to encounter the same issues again.
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