Tama County site picked for major soil research project
UPI reports Tama County Four-Mile Creek watershed will host a five year soil conservation study funded by 2.82 million from ASCS and EPA. Sen. Culver says the project will test measures on water quality with participation shared by farmers and coordinated with Iowa State University and local officials.
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UPI
Tama County
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Rural Clean Water
ASCS
EPA
Iowa State University
Iowa State
Iawa News Roundup Highlights Local Incidents
West Union two vehicle crash injures 21 year old Clarence Doubek Jr at 2 a.m. on Highway 18 with drunk driving charges. Decorah Luther College psychologist William Moorcroft wins $145,563 NSF grant for undergrad science education. Oelwein Child Care Center rejected as senior center site by 7-3 vote. Iowa City offers a July 29 to August 3 substance abuse summer school with workshops and $130 cost plus room and board.
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William H. Moorcroft
Luther College Department of Psychobiology
National Science Foundation
Foundation
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Kermit Dahlen
Iowa
Independence youth hurt crossing highway in Independence
A 13-year-old boy, Scott Ciesielski, is in fair condition at a Waterloo hospital after being struck by a car on U.S. Highway 20 one mile west of Independence. The driver, Francoise Marile, 36, Cedar Falls, faced no charges. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon. the youth has a broken leg and other injuries.
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West Union
Clarence Doubek Jr
Boscobel
Wis
Palmer Hospital
U.S. Highway 18
Doubek
Independence
Waterloo
Scott Ciesielski
Leo Ciesielski
Francoise Marile
Cedar Falls
Oelwein
Fayette County
Gordon Fenner
Iowa Highway 150
Monona OKs Wick bid for curb and gutter work
The Monona City Council accepted Wick Construction Co of Decorah as the curb and gutter contractor with a bid of 41 299 dollars. The project should be completed within the year.
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Monona
Wick Construction Co. of
Decorah
Iraqi leader al Bakr resigns due to ill health replaces by Hussein
President Ahmed Hassan al Bakr resigns amid ill health and is replaced by Saddam Hussein acting as vice chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council. Bakr, 67, announced resignation in a nationwide address marking Baath Party coup anniversary. Hussein, 42, long seen as strong man of the regime.
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Iraq
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Saddam Hussein
Revolutionary Command Council
Bakr
Baath Socialist Party
Hussein
Iowa Valley Changes Kindergarten Schedule
The Iowa Valley School District will switch kindergartners to all day classes every other day this fall, moving from morning-only sessions and noon bus rides. Board chair Ron Thompson cites transport costs of about 9 to 10 thousand dollars as the reason, while one member dissents, calling it a mistake.
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Marengo
Iowa Valley
Ron Thompson
Bob Loffer
Clayton Morlan
Terry Housman
Civil War Regiment Histories Expanded at Gettysburg Park
Gettysburg National Military Park adds 200 more civil war regimental histories to its existing 150 volumes. An estimated 400 histories contain passages about the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.
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Gettysburg, Pa
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