Public TV seeks $6 million HQ with private funds drive
Iowa Public Television wins approval to raise private money for a $6 million headquarters and studio in Des Moines area. donors identify about $3.5 million in potential gifts. state funding likely sought as auditorium questions linger. Pioneer Hi Bred donates Johnston land. $3 million must be raised by Aug 31, 1984 or land reverts.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa Public Television Network
State Educational Radio and Television Facilities Board
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Johnston
Des Moine
Iowa Public Television
Pioneer
Howard Braren Associates Inc
Davenport
Braren
Larry Patten
Governor's Office
Brazen
Patten
Iowa
Husband Arrested in Death of Former Waterloo Woman
In New York a Navy specialist, Kim Harford, was found dead in a car at LaGuardia. Her husband Richard Harford, 22, was arrested in Queens after flying from Norfolk to identify her body. Jurisdiction between New York and Virginia is unresolved. The death is presumed a homicide with neck bruising. autopsy pending. The couple had a young son and eight decades of Navy service between Waterloo roots and Norfolk work.
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New York
Waterloo
Iowa
LaGuardia
Richard Neal Harford
114Th Precinct
Queens
Norfolk
Fred Elwick
Kim Harford
Virginia
Navy
Elwick
Harford
Norfolk-area
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Philip Wilkinson
Branstad to Re-sign Bills as Courtesy to Backers
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad will hold three re signing ceremonies for bills already signed into law. Lobbyists and legislators requested the acts to gain photos and souvenir pens. The events include a transportation budget measure, a study on pay equity, and a bill allowing optometric service coverage.
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Branstad
Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Terry Branstad
Susan Neely
Iowa State Bar Association
Jepsen urges speed on Rock Island breakup ruling
Senator Roger Jepsen urges a swift bankruptcy court ruling on Rock Island Line property. The ICC had approved Soo Line and Chicago Northwestern bids to take over 720 miles of abandoned Rock Island track across Minnesota Iowa Missouri including 430 miles of main line and 285 miles of grain lines with four miles of Cedar Rapids industrial track.
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Washington
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Frank McGarr
Rock Island Line
Jepsen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Soo Lines
Chicago Northwestern
Rock Island
Minnesota
Missouri Soo Line
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
MVA plans Waterloo to Chicago flights start August
Mississippi Valley Airlines based in Moline announces Waterloo to Chicago round trips starting August 1 with three daily weekday flights and reduced weekend service. Dick Fontaine, VP of marketing and planning, notes the schedule details.
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MVA
Waterloo
Chicago
Davenport
Mississippi Valley Airlines
Moline, Ill
Dick Fontaine
Waterloo-Chicago
University of Iowa hosts conference on child sexual abuse
The two day gathering at Iowa Memorial Union draws 108 social workers officers and teachers. Workshops cover prevention interviewing victims and court remedies with speakers from Brookline Minneapolis Decorah and Des Moines. The event is endorsed by state departments and law enforcement bodies.
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Ann Mittman
Iowa City
America
Linda Tschirhart Sanford
Sanford
Brookline
Mass
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa State Health Department
Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Abuse
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Area Prosecutors Training Council
Iowa
Cordelia Kent
Minneapolis
Michael Tallman
Illusion Theater
Decorah
Johnson County
J. Patrick White
Des Moines
Channing Dutton
The Gazette Friday Entertainment Preview
Readers are invited to enjoy Friday entertainment coverage featuring behind the scenes industry stories trends and profiles of stars. The section promises updates on programs films talk shows actors vocalists and comedians and children’s television.
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