Branstad seeks 30 million for world trade center plan
Gov. Branstad calls for a 30 million three year investment in a Des Moines world trade center. He argues the center would create thousands of Iowa jobs and place Des Moines as the project’s hub despite Cedar Rapids’ export activity.
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Iowa World Trade Center envisioned with 30 story glass tower
Des Moines entrepreneur John Ryan unveiled plans for a proposed Iowa World Trade Center featuring a 30 story glass tower in downtown Des Moines plus a 10 story adjunct. The complex would display Iowa agriculture products, house educational and computer facilities, a trade library, translator services and research offices to promote statewide commerce.
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IPT and Friends clash may draw legislative scrutiny
Iowa Public Television Network faces potential questions from lawmakers as negotiators wrestle with Friends of IPT over control of funds. Senators Hutchins and Horn warn of legislative intervention, while discussions with Gov Branstad continue amid a threatened solo fundraising move.
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Iowa Public Television Network
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IPT
Larry) Patten
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Network
Patten
Network Board
Horn
House
Senate
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Branstad
Amana shuts wells as third water source shows TCE rise
Amana Refrigeration stops using its wells for drinking water after a third well shows higher trichloroethylene levels. About 50 water coolers were placed at the Middle Amana plant and 2,000 workers receive safe water from the Amana Society system with complimentary beverages. Public relations manager Mike Humbert says outside water use began after test results on November 23 revealed unsafe TCE in multiple wells.
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Zette
Ita Amana Refrigeration
Amana
Amana Society
Mike Humbert
Humbert
Peter Hamlin
State Department of Water, Air and Waste Management
Hearing Set on Democaucuses Date Suit in Iowa
Judge Donald E. O'Brien schedules a January 12 hearing on a lawsuit seeking to move the 1984 Iowa Democratic caucuses from February 20 to February 27. The suit, filed by three Democrats against party leaders, argues the earlier date risks seating Iowa’s 58 national delegates.
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Sioux City
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Jackson to Attend Iowa Forum on Agricultural Issues
Rev. Jesse Jackson will join seven Democratic presidential hopefuls at an agriculture focused forum in Ames Iowa on January 21 at C Y Stephens Auditorium. Participants include Gary Hart Alan Cranston Walter Mondale George McGovern and others with John Glenn opting out.
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Syria
Jesse Jackson
Iowa
Jackson
John Glenn
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C.Y. Stephens
Ames
Guilty Plea in Decorah Abduction Case
David Fossum of Decorah pleaded guilty in Winneshiek County District Court to terrorism in a threatening form false imprisonment and assault with intent to inflict serious injury. He faces sentencing February 28. Fossum abducted his former girlfriend Rosemary Leuenberger of rural Decorah on November 20. she was rescued November 21 from Fossum’s locked truck cab in southeastern Minnesota.
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David Fossum
Winneshiek County
Fossum
Rosemary Leuenberger
Leuenberger
Minnesota
Unsanitary conditions found at Glenwood state school
A state evaluation team found cockroaches in kitchens foul smelling bedrooms and bathrooms and poor food storage at the Glenwood state hospital school for the mentally retarded after a September inspection. The facility houses 732 people and has faced custodial staff shortages due to budget limits, though officials vow ongoing cleanliness improvements.
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Des Moines
State Hospital
Glenwood
Ron Bales
Fire at Manchester pig farm kills 60 pigs
A farrowing house on the Vincent Manternach farm south of Manchester was destroyed by fire. A heat lamp is suspected as the cause and 60 pigs died. The blaze was found at 6 45 a.m. by lessee Daniel Saunders.
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