Iowa and Hebei Province Start Long Friendship Exchange
A delegation from Hebei, China led by Gov. Zhang Shuguang arrives in Des Moines for a week of tours and meetings. Branstad and Zhang will sign a friendship agreement to expand agriculture commerce education sports and culture exchanges with Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubenmier
Azette
Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
China
Hebei
Terry Branstad
Robert Ray
Peking
Branstad
Zhang Shuguang
Iowa-Hebei
Ray
People’s Republic of China
Los Angeles
Rockwell- Collins
University of Iowa Student Union
U of I
Deere Product Development Center
Waterloo
Iowa State University
ISU
Des Moines Civic Center
Hebei Friendship Committee
Iowa Capitol
Pioneer Hybrid International
Terrace Hill
David Newby
Bondurant
Tom Towers
Heritage Park
Ankeny
Merle Hay Mall
Washington
2Nd District
Tom Tauke
Riowa
New York City
Iowa Methodists Seek $100000 for Ghana Famine Relief
The United Methodist Churches of Iowa aim to raise 100000 dollars to buy 500 metric tons of corn meal for drought stricken Ghana. Bishop Wayne C. Clymer requests offerings across 912 Iowa churches with Operation Corn Meal to be read again next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United Methodist Churches of
Iowa
Ghana
United Methodist
Wayne C. Clymer
Africa
Mearle Griffith
U.S. State Department
Griffith
Council of Churches
Deferred sentence in Coralville pizza theft case
West Branch man James Henry Wick III, 22, received a two year deferred sentence after pleading guilty to second degree burglary for stealing 32 frozen pizzas and a case of frozen orange juice from a locker at the Mar-Kee Motel in Coralville. Sentencing delayed until July 1985.
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Iowa City
West Branch
Coralville
James Henry Wick, III
Mar-Kee
First Ave
Johnson County
Wick
Branstad upbeat on racing commission despite injunction
Gov. Terry Branstad said an injunction on Iowa’s parimutuel betting law won’t stop the Iowa Racing Commission from organizing. He noted the injunction is temporary and will be reviewed, while promising to enforce the law and consider legislative changes if needed. Branstad also criticized raid pledges and cited South Dakota’s attracting of Minnesota industry as a learning example.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Branstad
Pottawattamie County
Council Bluffs Betting Messenger Services
Nebraska
Iowa Racing Commission
Racing Commission
South Dakota
Minnesota
Northbrook Manor
Janice Tague
Iowa teen dragged to death by calf during 4-H event
Brian Elwell, 17, of Charter Oak Iowa, was killed when a Chianina crossbred calf tied around his waist dragged him for about a quarter mile. The calf, owned by Vanessa Kuhlman, recently won the Crawford County Fair grand championship. The body was found near the Paul Kuhlman farm about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Charter Oak lies roughly 15 miles northwest of Denison.
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Iowa
Charter. Oak
Brian Elwell
Charter Oak
Crawford County Sheriff's de
Partment
Elwell
Vanessa Kuhlman
Paul Kuhlman
Crawford County
Denison
Calamus man dies 20 years after fatal Luther College accident
Leon Olson of Calamus died at 40 from pneumonia, twenty years after a 1963 baseball injury at Luther College left him unable to walk or speak. He recovered some through therapy but remained largely an invalid, cared for by his parents and brothers. Services were held at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Calamus.
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Calamus
DE Witt
Iowa
Leon Olson
Luther College
de Witt Community Hospital
Olson
Harold Olson
Leon
St. Olaf College of
Northfield
Minn
Luther
Hamlet Peterson
Decorah
Rochester
Mayo Clinic
Mayo
Nels
Alice Olson
Alice
Harold
Grand Mound
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Fry Pan Jack Named Interim Hobo King in Britt
Fry Pan Jack Fisk of Seattle was named interim king of the National Hobo Convention in Britt to serve until the Aug. 6 election. He succeeds Bill Mainer of Centralia who died at 75, the first death in office since 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britt
Iowa
Fisk
Seattle
Wash
Bill Mainer
Centralia
Ill
Britt Chamber of Commerce
Mainer
Iowa Aims to Decide 1985 License Plate Slogan and Style
Iowa IDOT faces a regular meeting to choose a slogan for 1985 plates with contenders A Place to Grow and Productivity and Quality while debating colors blue on white or white on green. Plans include county names on plates and steel versus aluminum, weighing cost and reflectivity and mail expenses.
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Iowa
Dave Rasdal
Eastern
Owa
Ames
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Commission
IDOT
Idot Commission
Iowa Development Commission
The
Development Commission
Des Moines
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Danielle DeNeve
Victor
Danielle
Ed and
Bev DeNeve
Establishing Racing Commission
Gov
Council Street
Alth Care Association
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