Kuwaiti bombings change Monticello woman's plans
Beth Hanken, a 24 year old from Monticello, planned to live and work in Kuwait after graduating from the University of Iowa. She recounts the Dec bombing at the U S Embassy area, the resulting fear, roadblocks, and tightened security, and notes uncertainty about her future and visa status. Issam Al Mogahwi, also an Iowa graduate, works in Kuwait.
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Jones-Cedar Bureau
Monticello
Kuwait
Beth Hanken
U.S
Mideast
University of Iowa
U of I
Issam Al-Mogahwi
Beth
United States
Bahrain
United Arab Emirates
U.S. State Department
Iowa panel awaits EPA stance on sulfur dioxide rules
Iowa officials say they will hold off on stricter sulfur dioxide standards, hoping EPA action in the coming months clarifies policy. The group notes Iowa emits 329,000 tons of the 26.2 million tons nationally and that federal rules could raise utility costs if implemented.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Richard Timmerman
Jefferson
Timmerman
Iowa Water, Air and Waste Management Commission
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Tom Tauke
Canada
United States
EPA
Iowa Commission
Commission
Pella
Congress
State splits federal sewer funds for cities
Iowa will distribute federal sewer grant money among several cities under a new rule. No single project can claim more than 60 percent of annual funds, after the Des Moines area project would have used most of the funds through 1989. Cities listed include Des Moines and Chariton among others.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa
Ainsworth
Chariton
Crescent
Raymond
Ruthven
Waukon
West Union
Jobless benefits in Iowa fall in 1983
Iowa Job Service reports a sharp drop in unemployment payments in 1983 from 1982. Payments from the state fund totaled 239.5 million dollars versus 292.9 million in 1982, with total including extensions at 342.9 million versus 359.1 million. The decline reflects fewer layoffs in late 1983. 1984 starts stronger, though the fund remains in deficit. Actuaries say the fund could be back in the black by 1985 if the recovery continues.
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DES Moines
Job Service of
Iowa
Bob Schutt
Department
Iowa Fund
Schutt
Truck crash kills Iowa man near Wayland
Wayland Iowa early Tuesday semitrailer rig overturned on a curve on Highway 73 about three miles south of Wayland in northwest Henry County killed 28 year old Steven Pratt of Nevada Iowa according to the Iowa State Patrol
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Wayland
Iowa
Steven Pratt
Nevada
Highway 73
Henry County
Iowa State Patrol
No layoffs seen as U of I copes with fund cut
University of Iowa officials stated on Tuesday there will be no layoffs despite a hiring freeze through June 30 aimed at offsetting four years of state budget cuts. Vice President Dorsey D. Ellis Jr. said the measure covers all units, including Hospitals and Clinics, and emphasizes avoiding staff reductions.
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U of I
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Dorsey D. Ellis Jr
Finance and University Services
Ellis
College of Liberal Arts
Howard Laster
Ray
Life Investors
Branstad
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa
Ray to lead Iowa sister-state friendship drive abroad
Former Governor Robert Ray, now Cedar Rapids resident, named chairman of a unified campaign to enhance Iowa ties with sister states. Governor Branstad announced the creation of the Iowa Sister-State Friendship Committee during a joint legislative session marking the Capitol centennial.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Iowa Capitol
Branstad
Yamanashi
Japan
Yucatan
Mexico
Hebei Province
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