Iowa reports 1st flu case for 1988 89 season
A 59 year old Carroll County woman in Iowa is the state’s first confirmed flu patient of the 1988 89 season. The Dec 30 blood sample tested positive for Type B influenza. Experts note Type B lasts longer and can be serious for the elderly or the unexposed.
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Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
Carroll County
Norman Swack
University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory
Snack
Swack
U of I Hygienic Laboratory
Iowa
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
King's vision calls for sacrifice at MLK observance
Mary Robinson of the NAACP in Iowa City urged Americans to move beyond rhetoric and act on Martin Luther King Jr.'s tactics. She warned that rewards of equality are still distant, citing gaps in education health care and persistent racism despite the King holiday. The event drew about 75 attendees at the Veterans Administration Medical Center on MLK Day eve.
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Lyle Muller
Iowa City
Martin Luther King Jr
King
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mary Robinson
Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center
America
Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Dr. King
Memphis
Tenn
South Africa
Iowa
Iowa school aid bill promises partisan divisiveness
In Des Moines the $1 billion school funding formula debate stirs expectations of sharp divides between urban and rural districts and funding sources. Leaders warn the issue could drag late into the session as lawmakers weigh complex proposals and seek compromise.
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Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
Iowa General Assembly
General Assembly
House
Richard Drake
Muscatine
House of Representatives
Delwyn Stromer
R. Garner
Robert Ray
Senate
Stromer
Terry Branstad
Bob Arnould
Davenport
Osage to Energy Efficient Town Taped by ABC Home Show
Osage Iowa will be featured on ABC TV Home during a Monday taping the city’s energy efficiency program highlighted by Time magazine in January. Public works director Bill Bollinger said crews will film its home improvement efforts including energy monitoring, insulation checks, and low energy bulb distribution.
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Ames
Osage
Iowa City
Time Magazine
Bill Bollinger
Osage Public Works
Time
Drunken driving arrest delays Benton Brakey jail sentence
Benton Brakey 48 of Oklahoma was arrested near Story County Jail for driving while intoxicated while on his way to begin a seven day sentence. Detective Mark Lee reported a drunken driver match, found Brakey staggering, with blood test showing three times legal limit. Brakey faced a court appearance on the second DWI charge.
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Nevada
Benton Robert Brakey
Brakey
Oklahoma
Story County
Mark Lee
Lee
Blakey
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