Education panel member says Reagan issues not in report
Anne Campbell a member of the 18 member national commission that drafted A Nation at Risk spoke in Iowa City arguing the report critiques not indict. She criticized Reagan for linking tax credits school prayer and merit pay, saying the report focused on kids and broad local support. Robert Benson Iowa’s superintendent proposed public dialogues in fall to discuss implications and universal education.
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Tom Walsh
Johnson County
Iowa City
Reagan
Anne Campbell
National Commission
University of Iowa
Institute For School Executives
Nebraska
America
Department of Education
Campbell
Robert Benson
Iowa
TOGIR rides begin with hilly Davenport to Rock Island loop
TOGIR II opens with about 200 bicyclists gathering in Davenport for a two ride warm up across the Mississippi to Rock Island Arsenal Island. The Other Great Iowa Ride covers more than 500 miles over seven days starting with overnight stops at Davenport Dubuque Fayette Decorah Waverly Mount Vernon.
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Davenport
Mississippi River
Rock Island Arsenal Island
Iowa
Des Moines Register
St. Ambrose College
TOGIR
Carter LeBeau
Herb Page
Dubuque
Fayette
Decorah
Waverly
Mount Vernon
Clarke College
McCausland
Folletts
Low Moor
Elvira
Goose
I 380 Final Section Due for Completion in 1984
The Iowa Department of Transportation reports the last section of I 380 between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo should open to traffic in late November 1984. The $7.4 million project includes 8.4 miles of grading four welded girder bridges two dual concrete beam bridges and two culverts in Black Hawk County. Grading started and bridges work is slated for fall with paving planned for next year.
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Waterloo
Gerald Lund
Iowa Department of Transportation
Cedar Rapids
Black Hawk County
Lund
Ruling in U of bid case to come by mid week
A Polk County court heard that Mid-America Construction was disadvantaged by a one minute late bid for the University of Iowa law school building. PCL Construction and the university argued the irregularity could be waived and that delaying the decision would stall the project. Witnesses for all sides concluded Friday with Judge Luther Glanton planning a mid week ruling after Monday testimony.
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DES Moines
University of Iowa Law School
Polk County
John Templer
Mid-America Construction
Iowa
PCL Construction Limited
Edmonton
Alberta
PCL
Iowa Board of Regents
Mark Schantz
Witneses
Mid-America
Luther Glanton
University
Glanton
Webb Sues State Over Job After Agency Abolished
James R. Webb former director of the Iowa Natural Resources Council sues the state to keep his job after the agency was abolished and the Iowa Department of Water Air and Waste Management refused to hire him following the June 30 dissolution.
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DES Moines
James R. Webb
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Webb
Iowa Department of Water, Air and Waste Management
Iowa liquor stores extend hours for three more months
The Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department will extend experimental late hours at 10 state liquor stores for at least three more months. Cedar Rapids Center Point Road NE and Iowa City Keokuk Street are among the locations staying open until 10 p.m.
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DES Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department
Rolland Gallagher
Center Point Road
Keokuk Street
Family reunites after 43 years in Decorah Iowa
Six Nelson siblings reunite in rural Decorah after decades apart. Richard Nelson, longtime finder of lost relatives, locates William Johnson in Sioux Falls, bringing together five siblings who had last met as pre teens. The family plans a larger gathering with extended relatives in Guttenberg.
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Richard
Nelson
Walter Nelson
Rural Harmony
Susan Olson
Decorah
Lone Gunman Robs Iowa Bank in Vail
A single gunman robbed the Westside State Savings Bank Vail office in Crawford County Iowa around 10 30 a m. Authorities say the man entered with a handgun and forced staff to stash cash in an attache case before fleeing in a compact, untagged car.
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Lone Gunman
Western Iowa Bank
Vail
Iowa
Westside State Savings Bank
Crawford County
Sheriff's
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