State Board forms efficiency panel for university streamlining
The State Board of Regents created a nine member Committee on Efficiency and Cost Effectiveness to study university operations and appoint task forces. In Cedar Rapids, a plan to allow limited downtown vending carts this summer is being developed by Public Works Commissioner Wayne Murdock for parks.
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State Board of Regents
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Murdock
American Federation of State
Advisory Board On Corrections
Iowa
Afscme
Don McKee
Anamosa
Britons vote as Thatcher eyes landslide victory
Voters head to polls amid predictions that Margaret Thatcher and her Conservatives will win a large majority. Polls indicate a decisive outcome as campaigns wind down and key issues shape the election day.
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Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
World
C R Conway Named Group Vice President at Pettibone
Donald R. Conway, president of Universal Engineering in Cedar Rapids, has been named group vice president in the Pettibone Corp parent company. The National Farmers Organization calls for a low sell-off plan to lift long term hog prices as hogs hover around production costs and may fall further in coming months.
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Donald R. Conway
Universal Engineering
Cedar Rapids
Pettibone Corp. Money
National Farmers Organization
DeVon Woodland
NFC
Promoter pitches Linn County rock festival with tight rules
James DeLap, a Keithsburg contractor, seeks Linn County approval to book a large rock festival near Cedar Rapids next summer and a smaller Labor Day event. He plans 300 acres near the Duane Arnold plant and envisions acts like Journey or Bob Seger. Officials set strict conditions including permits, restrooms, dram shop insurance, security, bonds up to 100000 dollars, liability coverage, ambulance access, and health-compliant concessions. They caution against punk acts and riot risk, recalling a past festival riot near Wadena.
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Atte News
James DeLap
Keithsburg
Ill
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
DeLap
Journey
Bob Seger
Silver Bullet
Duane Arnold
Palo
Benton County
Joe Rinas
Rinas
Linn
Linn County Zoning Board of Adjustment
James Watt
George Hamilton
Parks and Recreation
Windy Oaks
Wadena
Anthracnose Fungus Attacks Eastern Iowa Trees
Eastern Iowa faces widespread Anthracnose affecting white oak, ash, and sycamore trees due to a cool wet spring. Cedar Rapids forester Eric Faaborg cites moisture and temperatures near 55 degrees as enabling spore germination, with leaves blotched and some sycamores nearly bare.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids City
Eric Faaborg
Faaborg
Iowa drinking rises not problems study finds
University of Iowa researchers report alcohol sales in Iowa doubled since 1961 while heavy and problem drinking stayed about the same. The 1979 survey of 1,535 adults shows 74 percent now drink, with light and moderate drinkers rising 19 and 55 percent respectively, and 7.9 percent heavy drinkers.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Harold Mulford
U of I’s College of Medicine
Mulford
Journal of Studies On
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N.J
Grant Wood Sister to Attend Stone City Art Festival
Nan Wood Graham, Grant Wood’s sister, will visit Stone City Iowa for the 11th annual Grant Wood Art Festival. She will tour Eldon to view the American Gothic backdrop and join a Life Magazine reporter. the trip marks the 50th anniversary of Wood’s Stone City artists colony.
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Grant Wood
Stone City
Gazette
Jones Cedar Bureau
Anamosa
Nan Wood Graham
Iowa
Price Slate
Graham
Eldon
Slate
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