Bonds of friendship endure after Vietnam era loss
Sawatha veteran Jim Felker recalls a six month bond with Terry Wiles formed in the Marines. In June 1966 near Hill 55 south of Da Nang in Quang Nam, Wiles tripped a land mine and died, leaving Felker shaped by the shared danger and the memory of a likable comrade.
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Sawatha
Jim Felker
Terry Wiles
Wiles
Felker
da Nang
Quang Nam Province
South Vietnam
Rossey brothers gathered for WW II oral histories in Linn County
Three Rossey brothers from Linn County served in World War II. Relatives compile oral histories and military documents to preserve their stories. Felker was wounded in combat with abdomen injuries and a ruptured spleen. He underwent emergency surgery and was evacuated to the Philippines, California, then St. Albans Naval Hospital on Long Island for bullet removal.
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Rebecca F. Miller
Gazette
Marilyn
Jim Felker
Hiawatha
Jim
Felker
U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam
Terry Wiles
Linn County
Rosseys
Philippines
California
St. Albans Naval Hospital
Long Island
N.Y
Veterans Day Events Today and Saturday LOA
A list of veterans Day activities is planned today and Saturday across the LOA area. Local organizations host parades ceremonies and community gatherings to honor service members with veteran speaker programs and wreath laying.
University of Iowa hires firm to review bias policies
The University of Iowa chose Fredrikson & Byron to audit hiring, promotion, documentation, compensation and termination policies for faculty and staff. The one year agreement caps fees at 95000 with travel and lodging expenses excluded, starting with the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and expanding to other units and UI Health Care.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
University
Fredrikson
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Fredrikson & Byron
Bruce Harreld
Cliff Jette
the Gazette
Iowa
Tracey Griesbaum
Jane Meyer
Newkirk Zwagerman Law Firm
Des Moines
Senate tax plan would scrap deductions and delay corporate cut
Senate Republicans unveiled a tax reform proposal that eliminates all state income and property tax deductions. It delays lowering the corporate rate to 20 percent until 2019 to avoid adding over 1.5 trillion to the deficit. The top individual rate would drop to 38.5 percent for those earning 500000 or more.
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Washington
Senate
House
Donald Trump
House tax plan may hit wind projects in Iowa
MidAmerican Energy says a House Republican plan to scale back the wind production tax credit from 2.3 to 1.5 cents per kilowatt hour undermines the certainty for expanding wind power in Iowa. The Ways and Means Committee cleared the plan as a Senate version awaited release. If the House provision holds, wind expansion could be affected.
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MidAmerican Energy
Iowa
U.S. House
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Finance Committee
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Ed Tibbetts
Quad-City Times
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