Artifacts in creek bed near Iowa City to be housed
Johnson County archaeologists plan to recover turn of the century carriage parts from Ralston Creek riverbank in Iowa City. State Archaeologist Bill Green says an agreement with the Johnson County Historical Society is needed before removing the axle, wheel parts, and wooden planks exposed by low water.
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Sazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
Ralston Creek
Bill Green
Johnson County Historical Society
Mark Anderson
Green
Benton
Gilbert Street
Deaf schools should merge, panel says
Lincoln AP report notes a special education panel urged merging the Nebraska School for the Deaf in Omaha with the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs. The interim report cites inadequate programs, cost savings of about 1.2 million dollars yearly, and potential facility needs, with legislative action planned for the next Unicameral session.
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Nebraska School For the Deaf
Omaha
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska Commission For Special Education
Nebraska
Andrew Cunningham
School For the
Nebraska City
U of I to Acquire World’s Most Advanced NMR Device
Iowa City University of Iowa Chemistry Professor Harold Goff, director of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility, announces a 300000 dollar NIH grant to buy an ultra high field NMR spectrometer. The device will boost national prominence and advance chemical structure analysis for chemists and molecular biologists.
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Iowa City
University of Iown
National Institutes of Health
U of I
Harold Goff
United States
Goff
Mercy Hospital records piggyback heart transplant milestone
Des Moines AP reports Richard G. Carpenter, 21, remained critical after a piggyback heart transplant at Mercy Hospital Medical Center. The procedure marked Mercy’s 26th heart transplant and the fourth piggyback case. Also, surgeon teams performed Marc Riffe’s second kidney transplant after January 1987 rejection.
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Des Moines
Richard G. Carpenter
Mercy Hospital Medical Center
Mercy
Marc Riffe
Cedar Rapids woman receives liver transplant after long wait
Donna Gordon of Cedar Rapids underwent a seven hour liver transplant at the University of Iowa Hospitals. The 27 year old was listed as critical but stable, with a 60 percent survival chance post op. Her old liver was at 10 percent function, and fundraisers raised about 170000 dollars to cover the cost.
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Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
Donna Gordon
Cedar Rapids
Gordon
41St Ave
University of Iowa
Debra Meyers
Cedar Rapids Area
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Meyers
Des Moines
Shasteen
Kmart
Knights of Columbus
Toddville Legion Hall
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