Grinnell and Central presidents cited in leadership study
Grinnell College president George A. Drake and Central College president Kenneth J. Weller were named among 100 top higher education leaders in a two year Exxon Foundation funded study. The project measured personal traits backgrounds and attitudes of effective presidents.
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Iowa
George A. Drake
Grinnell College
Kenneth J. Weller
Central College
Pella
Exxon Educational Foundation
James L. Fisher
Council For Advancement and Support of Education
Washington, D.C
Martha Tack
Bowling Green
Ohio) State University
Fisher
Davenport police warn of con artist posing as officer
Davenport police seek a man who calls elderly residents claiming to be a police officer and offers to store valuables in a safe place after spotting a suspicious character in the Quad Cities. Three such calls have been reported since 10 a.m. Monday.
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Davenport
Quad Cities
Clif Siems
Freedman seeks support for 25 million laser lab
University of Iowa president James O Freedman appeals for a 25 million dollar grant to build a laser and biotechnology lab in Iowa City near Van Allen Hall. He aims to recruit three leading laser scientists with a 3 million endowment funded half by lottery money and half by private gifts.
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Freedman
Mason City
University of Iowa
James O. Freedman
U of I
Mason City Rotary Club
Iowa City
Dubuque Street
Iowa Avenue
van Allen Hall
Service Club
Deere and UAW Hold Talks as Strike Idles Illinois Plant
Deere and United Auto Workers meet at Moline as a labor dispute keeps about 13,000 workers idle since August. Iowa sets November 17 for hearings on unemployment benefits for Deere workers who say they are not striking, with additional hearings planned in Davenport Des Moines Ottumwa Waterloo and Dubuque on nearby dates.
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Associated Press
Deere & Co
The
United Auto Workers
Moline
Iowa
Deere
Des Moines
Davenport
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Dubuque
Illinois
Union and Dubuque Packing Reach Pension Agreement
The United Food and Commercial Workers union says a multimillion dollar deal ends a four year pension dispute with Dubuque Packing Co. The plan requires $5 million upfront and $2 million annually, with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. covering most benefits. Court approval in Cedar Rapids is needed.
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Dubuque
Dubuque Packing Co
FDL Foods Inc
Dubuque Packing
Federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
The
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
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Drake
Oxford University
England
University of Chicago
Colorado College
Holland, Mich
Weller
Hope College
University of Michigan
Central
George Drake
Kenneth Weller
Siems
Jim Ken Terry
Morris Plan Companiva
Marion
Montgomery Ward
Visa
MasterCard
Denver
Continental
West Coast
Hawaii
South Pacific
Frontier
Lin On
Boise
Stion
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