U I to Eliminate Air Force ROTC Program in 1989
The University of Iowa will shut its Air Force ROTC unit in May 1989 due to Defense budget cuts. About 80 underclassmen transfer to another school, while 42 upperclassmen can graduate over an 18 month phase out. Army ROTC remains unaffected with about 200 cadets.
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Iowa
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Iowa State University
Ames
Congress
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Hart urges higher taxes to fund budget needs at Grinnell College
Former Sen. Gary Hart told about 300 Grinnell College students that the United States must raise taxes, proposing a 33 percent top rate and new fees on oil imports, luxury goods, and tobacco to balance the budget. He warned against cutting spending as a path and urged alternative energy while keeping environmental standards.
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Ken Sullivan
Wette
Grinnell
Gary Hart
Grinnell College
Colorado Democrat
United States
Hart
Kemp contrasts Lincoln and Hoover in Cedar Rapids speech
Republican candidate Jack Kemp told about 70 supporters that Hoover’s policies worsened the economy, citing Smoot Hawley and tax hikes. He urged Lincoln Republicanism over Hoover Republicanism and called for government policies that foster entrepreneurship, not trade wars.
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Py Dale Kueter
Star
Herbert Hoover
Jack Kemp
Hoover
Cedar Rapids
New York
Lincoln
William Smithburg
Kemp
Smoot Hawley
Congress
Dole Bush race tightens in early polls Iowa and nation
A USA Today-Cable News Network survey of 200 Iowa GOP caucus voters shows Dole at 33 percent and Bush at 25 percent, a shift from a 41-26 lead nine days earlier. A Gallup poll of 538 national GOP voters by telephone finds Bush leading 45-30, slipping from 47-22 last November.
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USA Today
Cable News
Iowa
Sen
Robert Dole
George Bush
Dole
Gallup
Bush
Cross City Chambers Back Gas Tax Increase in Iowa
Cedar Rapids and Des Moines business leaders joined forces to press for a 2 cent per gallon rise in the motor fuel tax. The proposal mirrors Branstad's Transportation 2000 plan, seeks to replace $30 million in lost federal funds, reform tax distribution, fund a study, and add a second 2 cent hike for highway improvements.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
State House
Iowa
Morris Knopf
Greater Des Moines
Iowa ranks 40th in AIDS cases reported thus far
Des Moines reports Iowa with 83 AIDS cases since 1983 ranks 40th among 60 states. State Epidemiologist Laverne Wintermeyer notes the disease is diffuse across rural and metro areas in 35 counties, with 24 counties reporting only one case. The state shows 51 percent mortality and 23 cases per million, with most cases among men and IV drug users.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Laverne Wintermeyer
State Board of Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
de Wintermeyer
Iowan
Wintermeyer
Lottery grants approved as six projects receive funding
Iowa Economic Development Board approved 775000 in lottery funds for six state projects but rejected Manchester Enterprises request for 173000 to build a 22800 square foot facility for Rockwell Collins Air Transport expansion, citing limited local involvement. Cedar Rapids based J E Adams Industries LTD also denied for lack of bank financing and small local effort.
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DES Moines
Iowa Economic Development Board
City of
Manchester
Manchester Enterprises
Rockwell
Collins Air Transport
Cedar Rapids
J.E. Adams Industries Ltd
Cedar Falls
Miller Farms Food Company Inc
City of Waterloo
Dawson Foundry
City of Marquette
Bitema Corporation
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