Branstad Planned Trade Missions to Pacific Rim and Mexico
Gov. Terry Branstad to lead two trade delegations during the holiday season. He will take eight Iowa companies including Midamar Corp. on a weeklong agro industrial mission to Singapore Malaysia and Thailand. A December 27 trip to Yucatan follows to deepen ties with a sister state.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Midamar Corp
Cedar Rapids
Pacific Rim
Singapore
Malaysia
Thailand
Yucatan
Mexico
Branstad
State Department of Economic Development
Japan
Jim Schill
Dear Abby Dear Lucky: Reunion and Adoption Privacy
A Dear Abby column discusses adoption disclosure and reunion prospects. A reader urges sharing medical history with adoption agencies and notes a successful reunion after locating a son. Abby supports birth family contact, and mentions the International Soundex Reunion Registry in Carson City for eligible adoptees and birth relatives to request matching forms.
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Abby
Lucky
International Soundex Reunion Registry
P.O. Box
Carson City
Republicans upbeat as they reelect floor leader Van Maanen
In Altoona 45 GOP House members re elected Harold Van Maanen Oska loosa as floor leader for 1991. Republicans seek more influence on the 1991 agenda and district redraws after gains in the House and Senate. Democrats hold 55 45 House and 28 22 Senate margins. Mary Lundby and Brent Siegrist kept assistant minority leadership. Darrell Hanson and Teresa Garman named to other posts. Wayne Bennett did not seek re election.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Altoona
House
Harold van Maanen
Oskaloosa
Senate
GOP
Mary Lundby
Darrell Hanson
Manchester
Teresa Garman
Ames
Wayne Bennett
Galva
Tom Miller
Cherokee
Bennett
Education seeks 10.5 percent increase for Iowa schools
The Iowa Department of Education proposes a 20.3 million plan to raise community college salaries to the national average within three years as part of a 19 percent boost to the agency’s general fund budget. The package also funds classroom projects, performance assessments, a five-district pilot school transformation, and expanded early childhood education and inmate education programs.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Education
Iowa
William Lepley
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Universal Press Syndicate
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Council Bluffs
Adventureland Inn
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Austin, Ames, Newton & Spencer
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U.S.A
London
London Fog
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Westdale
Lindale
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