Hard liners win in Iowa GOP platform push
Conservative faction secures a hard line Iowa Republican platform at Cedar Rapids convention. It calls for anti ERA measures and resists moderates, while urging resignation of Education head Lepley. Gov Branstad indirectly tied to the controversy as appointee. Democrats warn the platform aids fall campaigns.
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William Lepley
State Department of Education
Terry Branstad
Lepley
Education
Joe Shannahan
Iowa Democratic Party
Joan Ryan
Linn County
GOP
Samona Smit
Iowa
Right To Life Committee
Houston
Pat Robertson
Steve Roberts
Des Moines
Republican National Committee
RNC
Perot's Help Shaped Veterans Path From Desert Storm to Aid
Ray Young, a Cedar Rapids Gulf War veteran who lost most of both feet, received prosthetic feet and expenses funded by Ross Perot. The gesture followed years of hospital visits and outreach to other amputees, with Perot later revealing broader support for POWs from Vietnam. The conversation with Perot began with a quiet, personal check on Young’s well being.
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Ray Young
Cedar Rapids
Ross Perot
Young
Perot
Iowa
Georgia
Alabama
U.S
Hanoi
AIDS Rules Stay Tough for Infected Doctors
Federal health officials dropped plans to ease restrictions on AIDS infected physicians and dentists who perform invasive surgery, keeping options for states to bar such doctors or require disclosure to patients. The decision follows questions about legality and a CDC rewrite prompted by studies showing no documented doctor to patient transmissions.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Department of Health and Human Services
Department
Congress
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
Creativity pays off for City High students in art contest
A group of City High students in Iowa City earned a regional prize in an art competition boosting confidence, as Youth Plus highlights in Monday's Gazette.
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Iowa City
Monday
Gazette
Boy survives 90-foot fall after landing on bush
Joshua Beatty, two, fell from a ninth floor window in Southfield Michigan. He landed on a shrub that snagged his diaper and left him naked but unharmed aside from a forehead scratch. He remained in pediatric ICU for observation overnight.
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Southfield
Mich
Joshua Beatty
Colette Summell
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak
Lonnie Thompson
Public Officials Salaries in Iowa Area Under Tight Budgets
The Gazette reports on local government payrolls amid belt tightening. Salaries and benefits account for 40 to 45 percent of budgets in Cedar Rapids and Linn County, with pay-for-performance adopted by Linn County and Marion eliminating merit raises. The series lists highest paid public employees from area cities and counties over the next Sundays.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Midwest
Marion
Gazette
University of Iowa
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