Iceberg Experiment Opens Arctic Water Hope
At Iowa State University a four day conference on iceberg utilization gathers over 200 experts as Prince Mohammed Al Faisal funds tests to tow 100 million tons of icebergs from the south polar cap to desalination alternatives. An airlifted one ton iceberg arrives for lab tests before processing.
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Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Iowa State
Iceberg Transportation Co. International Ltd
Iowa
Anchorage
Alaska
Portage Glacier
Ed Kronig
Point Barrow Naval Research Station
Minneapolis
Minn
Kronig
Mohammed Al-Faisal
Ames
ISEA Targets Organizing College Professors in Iowa
DES MOINES The Iowa State Education Association presses a campaign to recruit 400 to 500 new members from college ranks this year. Jim Sutton, organizing specialist, notes a sizable commitment of personnel and program and reports growing interest among professors, despite past conflicts with private institutions.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Education Association
Jim Sutton
ISEA
Sutton
ISEA Eyes Bargaining Units Across Regent Institutions
Sutton outlines potential union expansion at regents schools Iowa Iowa State and Northern Iowa with about 3 000 professors plus another 3 000 in research He notes private colleges like Wartburg Luther and Iowa Wesleyan show interest and aims to form a bargaining unit at Iowa State by year end The NEA plans a November regional meeting in Des Moines to support organizing efforts and training programs.
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Sutton
State Board of Regents
Iowa
Iowa State
Northern Iowa
ISEA
University of
Wartburg
Luther
Iowa Wesleyan
Ames
National Education Association
Des Moines
NEA
Lawmakers face bounced expense checks from conference
Iowa lawmakers who attended the Clear Lake legislative improvement conference may find expense checks from Legis 50, a Denver nonprofit, bouncing. Bank disputes tied up $6,500 in conference reimbursements. new checks will be issued within two weeks, and lawmakers are urged not to cash existing ones.
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UPI
Clear Lake
Legis 50
Denver
Colo
Iowa
al Kelly
Legis
Mobile Home Destroyed in Iowa City Fire
A trailer at Bon Aire Mobile Home Court in Iowa City was gutted by a late Sunday fire leaving John Morris homeless. Firefighters battled the blaze for nearly two hours. no injuries were reported and the cause is undetermined.
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Iowa City
Bon Aire
John Morris
Morris
Roads Group Urges Senate Panel To OK Highway Bill
Iowa Good Roads Association urges approval of House style highway bill by a Senate panel. The measure would raise gasoline tax by three cents and diesel by 3.5 cents, adding 55 million dollars to road funds, aiming to approach 110 million annual shortfall to restore 1970s road levels. C W Sloan notes 1983 revenues may rise 26 percent while costs could jump 50 percent.
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Senate
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Iowa Good Roads Association
House
C.W. Sloan
Igra Execu
Tive
Sloan
Oxford Jet Youth In Serious Condition After Car Crash
OLIN A 17 year old Oxford Junction youth was in serious condition in the intensive care unit of St. Luke's Hospital with multiple injuries from a late Sunday night crash. Terry Wink was admitted around midnight. Richard Andre 17 of Olin was treated and released from St. Luke's in connection with the same accident.
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Olin
Oxford Junction
St. Luke’s Hospital
Terry Wink
Richard Andre
St. Luke’s
Woman Pays 1957 Garbage Bill After 20 Years
Pearl Yeater of Fort Worth Texas found a garbage bill dated November 1957 and sent Oklahoma City a $6 check with a note of moral obligation. Her husband Eu gene echoed that they must meet their maker someday.
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Oklahoma City
Pearl Yeater
Wapello Debates Charter Change Over Women and Antiquated Rules
Wapello councilwoman Dottie Hicklin says the city charter, issued in 1856, bars women and non whites from office and imposes Sunday business bans and dancing platform rules. A Nov. 8 vote will decide amending and modernizing the charter and ordinances to align with current law.
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UPI
Dottie Hicklin
Iowa
5Th General Assembly
Louisa County
Hicklin
William Weaver
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