POW and rescuer reunite 44 years after Palawan escape
Mary Anne Ancheta IIi and Glenn McDole met on ABC's Good Morning America after decades apart. McDole, then a malaria patient, described the Palawan escape where about 150 POWs faced mass execution. he later served as Polk County sheriff's office patrol division chief. Ancheta, now a nurse in Wisconsin, recalled the liberation memory.
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EW York
Mary Anne Ancheta
Glenn McDole
ABC
New York
McDole
Des Moines
Iowa
Ancheta
Algoma
Wis
Maziro Major
Manila
Polk County
Major
Group says health coverage is a right in Iowa
A statewide task force in Des Moines declared Iowans have the right to adequate health care services while disagreeing on providing universal insurance. The report, released as the 1989 session opened, rejects a national plan and favors employer and state roles to cover the uninsured with broad-based funding and cost containment.
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HPCI
Iowa
General Assembly
Massachusetts
Ray Crabtree
Paul Pietzsch
Des Moines Power Outage Briefly Affects City Blocks
An equipment failure at a Des Moines power station on the Des Moines river caused a brief outage covering about 32 blocks. IA Power spokesman Steve Salato said power was restored 27 minutes after it went out at 1 24 p.m.
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DES Moines
Iowa Power
Steve Salato
Regents staff too small, report says
A Peat Marwick audit finds the State Board of Regents staff of 21 is too small to handle growing demands in higher education and politics. It cites communication gaps between the board office, universities, and students and outlines recommendations to streamline meetings and clarify priorities.
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Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
State Board of Regents
Regents’ Board
Peat, Marwick, Main and Co
Regents’ System
Regents
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa Braille
Ames
Richey
U of I
and Richey
Marvin Pomerantz
Board
Regents mull college sales rule and new university projects
Iowa public universities may sell goods such as computers books and hearing aids if aligned with campus goals under proposed rules discussed by the State Board of Regents. Also on the agenda are a Cedar Rapids stop smoking study space lease and funding for a PET imaging center at Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. ISU seeks approval for Meats Laboratory expansion and LeBaron Hall addition design plans costing about 16 million.
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Lyle Muller
Iowa City
Iowa
State Board of Regents
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
R. Wayne Richey
Regents
Linn County Health Department
U of I
National Cancer Institute
ISU
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D.M
Oelwein
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Oscar de la Renta
Cricketeer
Wynbrooke Orig
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Orig
Austin Reed
Dior
Yves St. Laurent
Evan Picone
Milano
Westdale & Lindale
J.G. Hook
Hardy Amies Harve Bernard
Evan
Wynbrooke
Sansabelt
Jaymar Orig
Board OF Regents
Iowa School For the
Regents’ Executive Secretary
Cedar Rapids Ground Transportation Center
Rick Skogman
Skogman
Christian Dior
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