Public TV exec seeks limits on Friends control
Des Moines Iowa Public Television faces a dispute with Friends of Iowa Public Television over who controls funding and programming. IPT's Larry Patten warns FCC rules may bar a private group from having final say on budgets and local shows, referencing a pending contract renewal due November 29.
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Des Moines
Iowa Public Television
Federal Communications Commission
Friends of Iowa Public Television
Friends
Ted
Larry Patten
IPT
Patten
Friends Board
Public TV
Three Vehicle Crash Injures Four On East Post Road
A three car crash on East Post Road south of Marion injured four people Saturday afternoon. Merlin Hoffman 48 of Marion was hospitalized in critical condition later upgraded to fair with head chest and abdominal injuries. David Storer 41 of Mansfield Ave SE was treated and released. Jean Edlin 25 of Oklahoma City and Roxanne Harshman 27 were treated and released. Hoffman charged with drunken driving and crossing center line.
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East Post Road
Marion
Merlin H. Hoffman
15Th St
Mercy Hospital
Hoffman
David W. Storer
Mansfield Ave
Storer
Cottage Grove Avenue
Jean A. Edlin
Oklahoma City
Okla
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Edlin
Roxanne D. Harshman
St. Luke’s Hospital
Language barrier irks students with foreign instructors
Iowa City the University of Iowa faces student frustration over foreign instructors in statistics and math classes. Quotes from Cindy Lowery and Theresa Peters illustrate communication problems with instructors from Korea India Vietnam or Japan. Foreign students number 1 513 at Iowa with 600 undergrads and 900 pursuing advanced degrees amid a record fall enrollment of 29 599. At Iowa State University 1 915 foreign students from 100 countries and one quarter of graduate students teach undergraduates including many in engineering. Officials do not track exact teaching assignments by nationality.
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Tom Walsh
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Cindy Lowery
Theresa Peters
Iowa
U of I
College of Engineering
Iowa State University
ISU
Iowa State
Early caucuses set poll leave loophole
Iowa 1954 precinct caucuses to be held Feb 20 with option to move to Feb 27. Democrats face conflict with the DNC rule against tests of candidate strength before mid March. Republicans keep flexibility via central committee polling to resolve Democratic date.
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Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
Iowa
Democratic
Republican State Central Committees
Democratic National Committee
New Hampshire
Rolf Craft
Decorah
Central Committee
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Judy Daubenmier
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Japan
Syria
U.S
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Lebanon
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Zahrieh
Arafat
International Red Cross
Nahr el-Bared
Central
Linn County
Midwest
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