Iowa plant bomb workers await automatic claims payments
Former Iowa Ammunition Plant workers face delays as records vanish and site data is sparse. Sen. Tom Harkin pushes a special exemption to enable automatic compensation for Iowa and Mallinckrodt workers, while claims nationwide total about 14,000 with only a small fraction paid.
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Associated Press Middletown
Jack Polson
Iowa Army Ammunition
Polson
Burlington
Department of Energy
Congress
Ohio
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alaska
Iowa
Tom Harkin
D-lowa
Iown Ammuntions
Harkin
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
Senate
St. Louis
Lottery results and upcoming jackpots for July
On Sunday July 4 Iowa and Illinois posted Pick 3 2 4 7 and Pick 4 5 3 4 0 with Powerball 23 and Power Play 4. Saturday numbers were 3812 30 47 with Powerball 23 and a $14.4 million jackpot carried to Wednesday’s estimated $21 million. Illinois Little Lotto drew 2 20 27 30 34 and Saturday Hot Lotto 16 10 15 18 with Hot Ball 17.
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Iowa
Illinois
Grassley urges embassies rethink Iowa visa bias
Sen. Chuck Grassley backs UNI official stance after reports that U S embassy staff question Iowa for studies or jobs. He asks State Department to brief consular officers on Iowa’s educational value and welcomes fair visa treatment, citing complaints from UNI English program director Robert Pesek.
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Cedar Falls
Chuck Grassley
University of Northern Iowa
U.S
Iowa
Grassley
State Department
Midwest
Robert Pesek
UNI
Peru
Pesek
Senator Grassley
Campanile bells leave UNI a silent campus tradition
UNI mourns carillonneur Bob Byrnes who died after a stroke ending a 30 year era of nightly Campanile music heard by many. Budget cuts pause search for a replacement as the iconic 100 foot tower remains a landmark. Grinnell teen Kephart charged after curfew assault on a police officer with bodily injury and fireworks possession during a 2:45 a.m. incident.
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Cedar Falls
University of Northern Iowa
UNI
Bob Byrnes
Byrnes
University
John Vallentine
UNI School of Music
Grinnell
John Phillip Kephart
David Kline
Fourth Avenue
Kline
Kephart
Poweshiek County
Grinnell Regional Hospital
Bettendorf native named White House policy coordinator
Bettendorf native Brian Hook will serve as special assistant to the president for policy in the White House Chief of Staffs Office. He previously worked at Hogan & Hartson in Washington and as deputy legislative liaison for Gov. Branstad and aide to Rep. Leach.
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Bettendorf
White House
Bush
Brian Hook
Hook
Department of Justice
Hogan & Hartson, LLP
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Terry Branstad
U.S
Jim Leach
University of Iowa
Gazette
News Service
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