Grassleys lose NRA support signals troubles for gun lobby
Sen Charles Grassley faces pushback from the NRA after campaign ties and past fundraising. Biden concedes an early misjudgment of Grassley while liberal critics echo doubts about Grassley's stance on gun issues.
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Charles Grassley
A Lown
National Rifle Association
Grassley
NRA
Nation
Joseph Biden
Delaware
Iowa
Gazette
Washington
David Lynch
Biden
Republican Nation
Reunion at Backbone State Park CCC workers plan fund drive
The 1930s Backbone State Park builders from the Civilian Conservation Corps gather again as Gazette outdoor editor Jim Mayer reports a $1.5 million fundraising drive to reclaim the lake. Cedar Rapids items note Tom Carney, former Bookmobile driver, weighing permanent parking of the vehicle and more funds for books to slow aging of the collection.
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Backbone State Park
Civilian Conservation Corps
Gazette Outdoor
Jim Mayer
East
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Tom Carney
Carney
Gazette
Christie Wallace
Cedar Rapids
Marion festival in the park opens with art and music
A three day art and music festival begins Thursday in Marion featuring artwork displays and demonstrations. Bands include jazz groups and a barbershop quartet with events noted in the Marion section.
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Marion
Chamber bureau on move expands Cedar Rapids Chamber services
The Transportation Bureau of the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce undergoes a revamp to broaden services and launches a marketing push. It will offer free post auditing of freight bills at no cost to firms, says manager Richard Petska. Executive notes appear in Money pages.
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Transportation Bureau of the
Cedar Rapids- Marion Area
Reserved grain storage eases corn harvest for farmers
Alleman Co op reserved space in a new elevator for 1.4 million bushels of corn. Normally elevators cannot hold customer spaces but the plan serves 171 farmers who paid to have the storage built.
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Alleman Co-op
U S pilots aid Honduran defense operation
U S Air Force crews fly equipment to Honduran troops in a three day exercise aimed at bolstering border defenses against Nicaragua. Pentagon and Honduran officials describe Combined Movement as movement control and communications drills, not combat.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Nicaragua
Washington
Pentagon
Mark Foutch
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Gracias A Dios
Foutch
Combined Movement
Foreign Ministry
Puerto Lempira
Zelaya
Nordic Fest opens as Decorah hosts 70 000 crowd
Linda Triebes and her son Erik from Des Moines visit Erik's Decorah grandparents during Nordic Fest. Erik dressed in authentic costume while the Nordic Grade School Dancers from Decorah perform at the opening ceremony as about 70 000 spectators are expected through today.
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Linda Triebes
Erik
Des Moines
Decorah
Firms indicted in bid rigging scheme in Iowa paving
A federal grand jury indicted Des Moines Asphalt & Paving Co and Iowa Road Builders Co along with Carl H. Edman and Willard E. Canine for conspiring to rig bids on asphalt paving projects in Polk and Story Counties. The case covers actions before 1973 to at least 1979. all defendants pleaded not guilty in Des Moines federal court.
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Washington
Des Moines Asphalt & Paving Co
Iowa Road Builders Co
Des Moines
Justice Department
Carl H. Edman
Willard E. Canine
Edman
Polk
Story
William F. Baxter
Antitrust
Iowa
Gazette centennial theme contest offers $100 prize
The Gazette seeks a centennial theme line for its 100th anniversary on Jan 10 1983. Submit a postcard entry with name address city state zip and phone by Aug 13 at noon. Entries become property of The Gazette. employees and families are ineligible.
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Gazette
Iowa
Gazette Co
Experimental herpes drug BIOLF-62 eyed for human trials
Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center with McGill University and BioLogicals plan human testing of BIOLF-62 by year end. The drug promises to control both venereal and oral herpes and may surpass existing treatments.
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San Antonio, Texas
University of Texas Health Science Center
Kendall O. Smith
Smith
Kelvin Ogilvie
Canada
McGill University
BioLogicals
United States
C.E. Gibbs
Health Science Center
Robert H. Poirier
Robert A. Dale
Dale
Poirier
FBI Probes Misconduct Allegations at Iowa Penitentiary
Warden Crispus Nix says the FBI is examining criminal misconduct allegations by staff at the Iowa State Penitentiary Fort Madison. He alerted the Justice Department after taking the helm on November 23 1981 amid safety concerns. Inmates have previously accused prison officials including former security director James Menke of riot involvement drugs theft and inmate releases for money.
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Des Moines
FBI
Iowa State
Fort Madison
Crispus Nix
Nix
U.S. Department of Justice
Charles O. Reese
U.S. District Court
Menke
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Guaranty Group
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Canine
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