Iowa officials dodge planned Moscow trip hurdles in 1980s visit
Gov. Terry Branstad of Iowa and an eight member delegation faced a restricted Moscow schedule with only three meetings. After persistent requests through the U.S. Embassy doors opened with seven agriculture agencies and a key Dobrynin meeting paving access to Gosagroprom.
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Keith Severin
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Branstad Eyes Cedar Rapids Trade Conference With Soviet Delegates
Gov. Terry Branstad said a trade conference in Cedar Rapids with Soviet officials is a real possibility next year. He also discussed a possible demonstration trip to a Soviet collective farm, revived ISU Russia exchanges, and a grain quality panel, with trip costs disclosed.
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Terry Branstad
Soviet Union
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Iowa
Union officials seek probe of state grant to IBP
UFCW officials in Iowa call for an investigation into a $738000 grant from the Iowa Development Commission to IBP for expansion of the Council Bluffs park plant. They question the process and raise concerns about political contributions and potential favoritism amid Farmstead Foods and other pork plants.
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Commission
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Iowa Campaign Financial Disclosure Commission
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Council Bluffs
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Columbus Junction
U of Iowa Foundation Triples Giving in 1985
The University of Iowa Foundation reported 1985 gifts pledges and commitments totaling 39.19 million dollars, up 18 percent from the prior year. Since 1956 the foundation has raised over 235 million dollars, with 1980s gains comprising much of the total.
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University of Iowa Foundation
Low salaries threaten Iowa University education quality
ISU president Gordon Eaton warns that low faculty salaries endanger the quality of education across Iowa universities. He calls salary the No 1 problem and plans to stump the state for support and form a strategic planning team to review university operations.
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Iowa State University
Gordon Eaton
Eaton
ISU
Clinton County Medicine Trial Delays Verdict Expected
Dawn Roberts Republican candidate for secretary of state was injured in a weekend Mar shalltown crash. She suffered a fractured spine collarbone and three broken ribs and was moved from Marshalltown Medical Center to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines in good condition. Her son J B Roberts 19 and another passenger had minor injuries. The van driver Leslie Fleming 34 was uninjured.
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Dawn Roberts
Marshalltown
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Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
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Leslie E. Fleming
Crop duster pilot dies after Lenox crash
Herman J. Schweer, 32, severely burned in the May 29 crop dusting plane crash near Lenox Airport, died at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. He suffered burns over 86 percent of his body and died Saturday.
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