Branstad rejects Gazette debate and agrees to three others
Gov. Terry Branstad will skip The Gazette debate with Lowell Jenkins but will join three debates in the state. A Sept. 6 Iowa Newspaper Association appearance in Waterloo targets Eastern Iowa, with an Oct. 6 debate in Ames and a western Iowa debate to follow. Jenkins accepted The Gazette invitation and seeks a freer format, while the League of Women Voters plans meetings to decide format and topics. Televised debates will be carried by multiple stations including WOI TV Ames and KGAN Cedar Rapids.
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League of Women Voters
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Jenkins
Iowa League of Women Voters
Jean Meyer
League
Kimt-Tv
Mason City
Kcau-Tv
Sioux City
Appeal Denied in Lakota Tuition Case in Iowa
A Kossuth County judge ordered Lakota School District officials to pay the tuition for nine students to attend neighboring schools. The ruling rejects a delay, with about 7500 dollars owed for last year. The case tests state standards and potential Supreme Court review.
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Kossuth County
James L. McDonald
State Board of Public Instruction
Iowa
McDonald’s
Merle Fleming
State Board
Fleming
Iowa Supreme Court
UNI to Acquire 98 Acres Near Cedar Falls
The Iowa Execu tive Council approved a 98 acre land purchase adjoining the UNI campus in Cedar Falls for 154 845. Located west of the campus near the UNI Dome the land owned by Donald Heckroth and Carol Smith will be used for intramural fields parking or future buildings.
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Cedar Falls
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Uni-Dome
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Carol Smith
White supremacist Tate found guilty on weapon charges
David C. Tate, 23, of Athol Idaho and member of The Order, convicted by an eight man jury in Des Moines on 14 counts of failing to register weapons linked to the 1985 Branson Missouri shootout that killed trooper Jimmie Linegar and wounded Allen Hines. Tate faces up to 10 years and a 250000 dollar fine per count, with sentencing set for Aug. 29 in Springfield Missouri.
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Springfield
Branson
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Allen Hines
Jimmie Linegar
Steve Brown
Brown
Charles
Mary Tate
Careywood
Aryan Nations
Iowa transit funds face strict spending rules
Iowa will receive 1.7 million dollars from a petroleum overcharge to be used for transit and education programs. Federal guidelines limit uses to public education on mass transit and carpooling, vanpool creation, and efficiency projects, with spending due by June 30.
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Iowa
Cande Bakke
Iowa Department of Transportation
Air and Transit Division
Exxon Corp
States
Amoco
Bakke
Software Aids Iowa Road and Bridge Design
The Iowa Department of Transportation will spend 135000 dollars this year for software to assist design of bridges and roads. The funds go to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials which has collaborated with state departments since 1982 to develop software not otherwise available.
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