Reagan to view drought effects in Quad Cities
President Reagan aims to visit the Quad Cities area later this month to inspect Midwest drought impacts. Scott County Sheriff Forrest Ashcraft said the Secret Service told him Reagan plans to visit Scott County on July 14, with details to follow from the agency. party officials expect updates in coming days.
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Midwest
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Secret Service
Ashcraft
WOC Radio
Charlotte Mohr
Hopi Dancers Cancel Iowa Weekend Tour Over Media Monster
Hopi Indians drop weekend appearances in Audubon and Des Moines. spokeswoman Kim Secakuku says rain dances were being turned into a media monster and the trip, funded by Elmer Carlson, is canceled with tickets being returned. Carlson hoped for a national rain prayer week.
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Arizona
Audubon
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Elmer Carlson
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Kim Secakuku
IDOT Renews State Park Signs Across Iowa
The Iowa Department of Transportation replaces all primary highway park signs with a larger brown design featuring white park names and an oak tree. The first installation stood along Highway 30 near Palisades Kepler State Park by IDOT staff Gary Arp and Diane Sturtz from Marion and Cedar Rapids respectively.
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Iowa
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Palisades Kepler State Park
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Marion
Diane Sturtz
Cedar Rapids
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Branstad appoints new members to state boards
Gov. Terry Branstad named Diane Dillon Ridgley of Burlington to the Iowa Economic Development Board and Dick Canella of Fort Madison to the Iowa Racing Commission. Ann Jorgensen of Garrison and Charles Long of Sioux City were added or reappointed to the board. Branstad also named the first nine members of the Commission on the Status of Blacks.
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Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission
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Economic Development Board
Ann Jorgensen
Garrison
State Board of Regents
Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Commission
Charles Long
Sioux City
Commission On the
Iowa
Lenora Alen
Vernon Avant
Jonathon Narcisse
Deatra Robinson
Yvonne Brockington
Davenport
Gerald Fields
Mary Powers
Waterloo
George Rossum
Council Bluffs
McKenzley Wilson
Cedar Rapids
New Mexico Rape Case May Be A Supreme Court Exception
An assistant attorney general says a U.S. Supreme Court opinion on an Iowa defendant’s fair trial rights leaves open the possibility a New Mexico case is an exception. Tafoya, 37, was convicted in 1985 of 22 crimes tied to 1984 break-ins and assaults on a woman and six girls ages 4 to 11. He received a 101 year sentence.
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N.M
U.S. Supreme Court
Iowa
New Mexico
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Tafoya
Mother of missing paperboy seeks West Des Moines council seat
Noreen Gosch 44 aims to join the West Des Moines City Council to bolster emergency readiness and public safety experience gained through missing children work. Other candidates include Mary Francis Rodish Ted Ohmart and Kenneth Westerback. The note references complaints about Underwood teachers and several resignations following a 1987 school board hearing.
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DES Moines
Johnny Gosch
West Des Moines
Noreen Gosch
Gosches
West
Mary Francis Rodish
Ted Ohmart
Kenneth Westerback
Hopi Iowa Rain Dance Visit Sparks Tribal Protest
Audubon farmers and Hopi leaders clash over a planned cultural exchange involving rain dances. Officials canceled the Audubon visit after concerns the event would be commercialized and misrepresent Hopi ceremonies. The Oraibi Kikmongwi said the dances are sacred and should only be performed on Hopi land in August.
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Iowa
Secakuku
Carlson
Oraibi
Flagstaff
Ariz
North America
Caleb Johnson
Stanley Bahnimtewa Sr
Kikmongwi
ISU Ames Summer Enrollment Reaches New High
Iowa State University reports record summer enrollment on the Ames campus with 9,482 students, up 360 from 1987 and 4 percent. Undergraduates total 6,022, up over 1 percent, while graduate student enrollment is 9 percent higher than last year.
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Iowa State University
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Underwood Board Moves to Revoke Licenses
The Underwood school board voted unanimously to file complaints with the Iowa Professional Teaching Practices Commission to revoke licenses of four teachers. Three teachers face accusations of having sex with female students, according to board member Robert Laubenthal.
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Frederick Nelson
Gerald Anderson
William Reid
Pat Paul
Underwood
Jim Peterson
Peterson
Anderson
Underwood School Board
Iowa Professional Teaching Practices Commission
Robert Laubenthal
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