Parks funding plan eyes user fees and CCC style work
Iowa officials propose raising hunting and fishing fees by 2 per year and boosting license and boat registrations to fund park maintenance. An independent fund would support trail building and building upkeep with CCC like crews, while Backbone Lake dredging faces doubt. Wilson notes parks are generally sound but aging structures need repair, and dredging Backbone Lake is not endorsed.
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CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
Iowa
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
Save Our Lake
Ground water contamination cited in Iowa meeting
Ground water contamination from pesticides nitrates and bacteria is highlighted as Iowa's top soil conservation issue by Jim Gulliford director of the State Soil Conservation Department at a Cedar Rapids meeting. He urges capturing abandoned wells and stronger erosion control along with support for the new Iowa Department of Water Air and Waste Management which will cut costs by about five hundred thousand dollars next year through merged agencies and streamlined administration.
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Iowa
Jim Gulliford
State Soil Conservation Department
Cedar Rapids
Gulliford
Steve Ballou
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Iowa Department of Water, Air and Waste Management
General Assembly
Natural Resources Council
Department of Environmental Quality
Department of Health
TV Scheme Promises Shares From Rich to Poor Tenants
The plan centers on a family from Owego with seven children living in a four bedroom apartment at Florence Heights. Debates over financing, a $40,000 contract, and a charity clause highlight tensions about exploitation versus opportunity in a televised housing story.
Wall Street surges as market hits new highs in 1980s bull run
The American Stock Exchange index rose to 358.97 and NASDAQ to 236.61 while NYSE advances led 1,446 to 305 as 1,961 issues traded. Amex volume reached 129 million with nine of history’s heaviest NYSE days, amid optimism the economy has turned the corner and credit eased by the Fed.
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NYSE
Amex
Newton Zinder
E.F. Hutton
Harold Ehrlich
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Michael Metz
Oppenheimer & Co
OSHA to be squatting or lying down in front of the transformer
Johnson said the department could not determine how the accident occurred. Tschopp was alone and appeared knowledgeable, with no one witnessing the event. It was not a procedural failure, and it is unclear if he slipped, assumed power was off, or suffered a heart attack. Tschopp was well qualified for his job.
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Esther Correa
Tenants’ Organization
Johnson
New Orleans
New York City
Florence Heights
Tschopp
Nature awareness program planned for Iowa City students
Iowa City Parks and Recreation offers an eight week nature awareness program for elementary students in grades one through six. The course starts January 22 with a session titled Getting in Touch with Nature. Registration is at 220 S Gilbert St recreation center office. Classes meet Saturdays 1 to 3 p.m. at 75 cents per meeting.
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Iowa City
Recreation Center
S. Gilbert St
Muscatine County workers press for higher pay and benefits
About 150 county employees gathered as the Muscatine County Compensation Board proposed 2.2 percent raises for most elected officials while excluding supervisors. County workers demand 3.5 percent hikes and improved health insurance, noting city workers and teachers recently received larger increases. They seek the boost and earlier pay effective next month.
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Muscatine
Bob Simmering
Simmering
Kirkwood Cosmetology Seminar Planned For January 30
Kirkwood Community College will host an eight hour cosmetology seminar on January 30 in Iowa Hall led by Margaret Holub and Dorothy Malcolm. The event aims to help active cosmetologists meet state continuing education requirements with topics on skin care styling trends nutrition and hair coloring. Enrollment cap is 225, tuition 25 includes materials and lunch pre register by January 21 at 1 800 332 8833 or 398 5412 Cedar Rapids association co sponsors and telelink workshops announced for spring for inactive cosmetologists.
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Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Hall
Margaret Holub
Dorothy Malcolm
Iowa
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
Cedar Rapids
Telelink
Death rates among youth show declines in smoking and marijuana use
The report notes overall declines in cigarette smoking and teen marijuana use, with heavy drinking persisting. It tracks death rates by age 15 to 24, showing a rise since 1976 but an 8 percent lower level in 1979 versus 1970, and differences by race and sex with converging external-cause deaths.
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