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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1995
Page
7
Linn County Democrats nominate Todd Taylor a 28 year old union staff representative to run in the June special election for the Iowa House District 54 seat vacated by Richard Running. The Cedar Rapids district covers Precincts 28 to 38 and Running resigned to join the U S Department of Labor. Taylor was nominated at a Sunday meeting of district precinct members.
Iowa City chapter report notes a Jefferson High School graduate with degrees from Graceland College and the University of Iowa. The individual has served on the Linn County Democratic Central Committee since 1990 as Republicans hold a nominating convention Thursday night for the special election entry.
State Board of Regents hears a proposal approving a 4 percent average salary hike for faculty and staff at the University of Iowa Iowa State University University of Northern Iowa Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School and the Iowa School for the Deaf effective July 1. Regents meet in Council Bluffs to review the plan and appoint an acting UNI president as Constantine Curris leaves for Clemson University.
The University of Iowa College of Medicine was reaccredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education through 2001 2002 with praise for clinical facilities junior faculty and research. The team urged stronger strategic planning and more classroom space. Four finalists will be chosen for an appointment. a name was not released. Regents also consider naming four residence hall spaces Eikler Hall Mavis Holmes Anna McGovern and Daryl Pender graft. ISU seeks approval for a 58 million engineering complex while UI proposes remodeling Schaeffer Hall.
In Montezuma the first degree murder trial of 16 year old Michael Coffman, charged in the July 25 killing of 15 year old Jeremy Allen outside Ottumwa High School, is set with a 125 person jury pool. The trial, moved to Poweshiek County, could run two to three weeks with 20 to 30 witnesses anticipated.
More than 100 residents returned to their homes in Hinton after ten Burlington Northern rail cars derailed carrying butadiene. No injuries or leaks were reported. A Red Cross shelter operated overnight and a section of US 75 reopened.
GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan schedules East Iowa campaign stops this week. He plans events in Waterloo, Coralville, Washington, Burlington, Davenport, and Dubuque with listed times.
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