Education groups back Branstad school aid plan
The Iowa Association of School Boards Iowa State Education Association and School Administrators of Iowa endorsed most of Governor Branstad’s plan to restructure per pupil aid and add 20 million for early childhood and gifted programs. They stopped short on open enrollment and cautioned the proposal may still face legal and constitutional questions amid urban rural debates.
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Terry Branstad
Iowa Association of School Boards
Iowa State Education Association
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Branstad
House Education Committee
Arthur Ollie
D-Clinton
ISEA
IASB
SAI
Gaylord Tryon
Bill Sherman
House
del Stromer
R-Garner
Union locals demand rehiring of packinghouse head
The UFCW twelve Midwest locals demanded international president William Wynn reverse the Jan. 13 firing of packinghouse chief Lewie Anderson. They called his dismissal a setback and urged Anderson's reinstatement while criticizing Olsonic leadership and alleged deals with employers impacting wages and contracts.
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United Food and Commercial Workers Union
International
Lewie Anderson
Ufcw P-3
Cedar Rapids
William Wynn
Anderson
Sioux City
Packinghouse
Coleman
Wynn
Olwell
Packinghouse Division
Ander
Bonding plan to aid home buyers unveiled
Iowa financial institutions group introduced a $30 million statewide bonding plan to help about 1,000 prospective homeowners. The plan would fund loans for qualifying borrowers with incomes $15,000 to $30,000 for homes up to $30,000, backed by tax-exempt bonds and a $2 million state appropriation plus $1 million from the IFA.
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Des Moines
An _ Iowa financial institutions group
Iowa League of Savings Institutions
Iowa Finance Authority
IFA
Clay Mowers
Iowa
IDOT approves widening Dubuque bridge to 28 feet
The Iowa Department of Transportation Commission voted 7-0 to widen the Julien Dubuque Bridge deck from 24 to 28 feet and move a sidewalk extension to the south side. The $11.6 million project, funded mostly by federal bridge money, will add 45 to 50 years of life and may allow a future adjacent span if traffic grows.
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Bill Brewer Ames
Mississippi River
Julien-Dubuque
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
IDOT
Illinois Department of Transportation
Gus Anderson
Iowa
Anderson
Commission
Dubuque
East Dubuque
Man held for Memphis murder lived under alias in Waterloo
Kenneth Woodard 29 living in Waterloo under false name arrested on a Memphis first degree murder warrant for the March 24 1987 killing of his girlfriend Sherry Taylor. Witnesses identified him leading to a grand jury indictment. he awaits return in Black Hawk County Jail as Tennessee pursues the case.
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Memphis
Tenn
Kenneth Woodard
Franklin St
Sherry Taylor
Memphis Police Department
Don Hollie
Hollie
Woodard
Taylor
Tennessee
Black Hawk County
Wesleyan College Blaze Driven by Arson Said
Fire that heavily damaged the Old Main building at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant was deliberately set, a state fire marshal reported. The blaze began on the third floor, confined to the third floor and roof, destroying practice rooms and instruments of the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra with an estimated $100,000 loss for instruments.
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China
Mora Rest Aerts
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Cedar Room
Armstrong's del
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Alfalfa’s
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mike Hiles
Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra
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