Linn County Faces Buy America Hurdles in Van Bids
Linn County grant writer faces federal Buy America rules delaying 13 15-passenger vans for ECICOG. Ford only maker in U S meeting spec. Chrysler seeks waiver, state agencies push for bids. UMTA to issue decision, 30 days minimum, or ECICOG may shift to 12-passenger models from Chevy Ford or GMC.
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Mary Burke
Jim Elza
America
Linn County
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Iowa
Chrysler
Canada
Elza
Ecicog
Ford
UMTA
Federal Register
Irv Cohr
Chevy
GMC
Marines battle militiamen in Beirut as civilians hurt
U S Marines clash with Shiite militiamen in Beirut for a full day leaving 29 wounded including three Marines and two schoolchildren. A Marine died awaiting evacuation, another was flown to Guam. The report notes a 9 year old girl among civilians fatally hurt. Egypt accepts Islamic Conference invitation after Camp David era.
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Gazette Wire Services
Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Dennis Brooks
Guam
Mideast
Egypt
Islamic Conference Organization
Casablanca
Morocco
Hosni Mubarak
Ahmed Sekou Toure
Guinea
Camp David
Israel
Slade Gorton
Washington
Alan Simpson
Wyoming
Senate
Winds, snow swirl across Iowa as storm lashes Midwest
Winds up to 60 mph flung snow and created drifts across rural Iowa slowing traffic. Cedar Rapids reported one death from shoveling and several injuries. roads remained slick with multiple one lane conditions and school delays. Nationwide, up to a foot fell in parts of the Midwest while Illinois Indiana Minnesota Michigan Ohio and New York faced heavy snow and travel advisories.
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Iowa
Midwest
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Alois Zeman
Seventh Street
Mercy Hospital
Beth Wiese
Hull
Northcentral
Indiana
Rensselaer
Illinois
Dixon
Kankakee
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
New York City
Tests for all teachers suggested by Judy Daubenmier
Iowa Rep. Richard Groth backs a teacher certification overhaul requiring new college sophomores from 1985 to take a basic skills test and future graduates to pass it for certification. New teachers would receive provisional and probationary certificates with subject area and professional competency exams starting 1987, while local districts evaluate first year teachers.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Richard Groth
Iowa
House Education Committee
Groth
Albert City
Ruhl Maulsby
Rockwell City
Maulsby
Cliff Branstad
R-Thompson
Bachelor: Foot Loose and Fiance Free
A humorous remark defines a bachelor as someone without firm commitments or a fiancée. The quip plays on mobility and independence, portraying bachelor life as carefree and unbound by romantic ties.
U S ready to consider trade offs in arms talks
U S arms negotiator Edward Rowny said the United States would consider limiting U S nuclear weapons in Europe in exchange for curbs on long range Soviet arms. He spoke after a White House meeting with President Reagan as START talks stalled and new Soviet moves were being weighed.
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Washington
U.S
Edward Rowny
United States
Europe
Rowny
Reagan
White House
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Associated Press and Gazette
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U.S World Farm
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