Parole Names Disclosure Questioned by Iowa Ombudsman
Des Moines Iowa the state Board of Parole faces scrutiny over releasing parolee names. Ombudsman Ray Cornell warns publication could harm parole chances in cases involving notorious crimes or rural areas. Barbara Freeman says monthly reports of parolees have long been public and accessible.
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Des Moines
State Board of Parole
Ray Cornell
Uals
Cornell
Parole Board
Barbara Freeman
Freeman
Herb Strentz
Strentz
Drake University
School of Journalism
Suit seeks to assure coal plant is clean
Ames based Community Action Research filed a federal lawsuit over the Louisa Generating Station near Muscatine. It argues the EPA rubber-stamped the plant and fights whether scrubbers are required to curb sulfur dioxide emissions affecting crops and health.
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Ames (Ap
Ames-based
Community Action Research
Muscatine
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Skip Laitner
Louisa
Laitner
EPA
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Davenport
Iowa Public Service
Iowa Power and Light Co
Richard Cool
Community Action
Dubuque Parents Seek Later Start for School Year
A coalition of Dubuque PTA members petitioned to delay the start of the school year by about one week. Fulton PTA launched the effort with more than 160 signatures and plans to involve the 10 other PTAs and parochial schools to align calendars and maintain 182 school days. Superintendent Howard Pigg said he would consider the change.
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Dubuque
Parent- Teacher Association
Fulton
PTA
Barb Lenz
Fulton Pta
State to review Iowa foster care program statewide
Iowa's foster care system will undergo a nine month review by a 13 member advisory committee and Department of Social Services officials. The effort aims to assess policy procedures unmet needs and potential licensing gaps while examining placements in foster homes group homes residential centers and independent living settings.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Department of Social Services
Social Services
Michael Reagen
Reagen
Jean Hartgrave
Hartgrave
Health, Education and Welfare
Region VII
Parents Anonymous
Cedar Rapids
Speaker calls abortion sign of diseased society
Des Moines AP report on a two day Christian seminar where Francis Schaeffer and Everett Koops argue abortion infanticide and euthanasia reflect a diseased society They warn these practices could lead to genocide and urge Christian involvement in protecting human life.
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Des Moines
Francis Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Everett Koops
Philadelphia
Children’s Hospital
Hitler
Germany
Booze brush exhibition note at Henry Ford Museum
The booze brush never caught on and saw little use amid hundreds of unusual inventions at the eight acre Hall of Technology in Henry Ford Museum Dearborn Michigan. A January 34 1893 patent was granted for a device combining a clothes brush hidden flask and drinking cup.
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Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn
Mich
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