Peacenik Palmer's D C trip stirs nuclear freeze resolve
Iowa resident Bill Palmer a former hawk returned home from a 22 hour bus journey to Washington with the nuclear freeze group. He joined 42 fellow lobbyists meeting Rep. Neal Smith and discussing the freeze with Russians near the Soviet Embassy. Palmer criticizes Sen. Roger Jepsen for a brief five minute talk and expects Jepsen to address the issue before the 1984 election. He chairs the Eastern Iowa peace committee and remains committed to the movement.
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Gazette
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
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New Movement
Iowa City
Neal Smith
Moscow
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Tom) Harkin
Charles Grassley
Iowa Nuclear Freeze Organization
Senate
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Peace groups seek broader base beyond campuses
Nuclear physicist Michio Kaku analyzes the revitalized peace movement as about 150 national arms control groups plus hundreds of local chapters. He notes efforts to broaden support to workers and housewives and highlights the Bilateral Nuclear Freeze Campaign as a leading coalition seeking a halt to nuclear buildup.
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Financier offers Fayette large gift of real estate
New Jersey financier David Bolger, who bailed out Upper Iowa University in 1971, will donate Cleveland real estate worth 2.8 million to Fayette. The land, with buildings leased to tenants, will cover the mortgage with rent and allow the city to liquefy the gift after debt is repaid. A public hearing is set for April 24.
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Branstad names new appointees to state boards
Governor Branstad reappoints Dr. Percy Harris 55 of Cedar Rapids to six years on the State Board of Regents. New six year terms go to Charles Duchen Des Moines and Frank Stork Algona, both Democrats, replacing Nolt ing Waterloo and Wen strand Essex. Also reappoints Roger Fair Davenport lawyer to six years on the Transportation Commission and W Caeser Smith Des Moines to five years on the Parole Board.
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Cedar Rapids
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Cloyd Robinson
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Bankers Life Co
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Waterloo
Mississippi River Flood Crest Forecast From Snow Melt
United Press International reports National Weather Service officials warn Iowa residents from Dubuque to Keokuk of rapid snow melt raising Mississippi River levels. Crest projections include 20.5 feet at Dubuque on Thursday and 18 to 30 inches above flood stage at Davenport Muscatine and Keithsburg, with Burlington and Keokuk cresting next Sunday.
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Keokuk
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Clinton
Davenport
Muscatine
Keithsburg
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