Parents protest budget cuts at Iowa Braille School
Three Vinton and area parents urge the Iowa Board of Regents to review budget cuts at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School. They warn legal action to protect required teacher student ratios and Individual Education Plans while detailing layoffs and salary reductions amid a $300000 deficit. Regent Fisher voices sympathy but says no final budget decisions have been made.
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Vinton
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Karla Vansice
Ira
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Blue Grass
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Ang
Thurman
David Fisher
West Des Moines
Russia rejects US proposal to buy ABM consent
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov dismissed a U S offer to purchase Moscow's agreement to withdraw from the 1972 ABM Treaty saying the treaty must stay intact He noted Moscow cannot link S 300 sales to ABM plans while a package for President Bush's June July meetings with Putin is being prepared The U S proposal echoes Moscow's own calls for a shared European anti missile defense route and includes joint assessments and risk reviews The Bush trip spans Madrid Brussels Sweden Warsaw and Slovenia to meet Putin
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Sergei Ivanov
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Europe
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Reflective Tribute memorial honors Upper Iowa WWII student Benecke
A memorial garden at Upper Iowa University will dedicate two statues of James Benecke, a World War II victim and friend of benefactor Stan Lee. One statue in military dress faces a relief showing Benecke in UIU football gear, modeled by a 1940 Lee photo. The project, called Reflective Tribute, includes a wall with Benecke’s football image and a plaque listing local WWII casualties.
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Upper Iowa University
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Iowa
Ralph McKay
Upper Iowa
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Keosauqua
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