Telemarketing push targets Hispanic market in Midwest
APAC ROMEX plans to hire 100 telemarketers by November, rising to 300 next year, mostly part time. The Iowa City operation focuses on Spanish-speaking workers from West Liberty Muscatine and the Quad Cities to serve a Fortune 500 client and expand Hispanic market outreach.
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Puerto Rico
Fernandez-Barros
Florida
New York
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Miami
Apacromex
Iowa City
Iowa
West Liberty
Muscatine
Quad Cities
APAC
Cedar Rapids
911 Call Sparks Quick Rescue From Lisbon Fire
A Linn County boy Lucas hung up before 911, but dispatcher Jeff Harnish traced the call and alerted Lisbon police. Chief Malcom Kimble and volunteer firefighters arrived within minutes, rescuing Lucas as investigators determine the fire was accidental and occurring during a Fire Prevention Week lesson at Lisbon Elementary.
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Lucas
Linn County Sheriffs
Jeff Harnish
Harnish
Lisbon
Malcom Kimble
Hamish
Illiams
Williams
Red Cross
Pat Chavez
Regina Roberts
Randy Roberts
Des Moines
Iowa crops seen near but not reaching 1986 corn record
USDA forecast predicts Iowa corn harvest of 1.636 billion bushels and national fall harvest of 8.022 billion. Average corn yield projected at 120.3 bushels per acre, down from September’s forecast but up 7 percent from 1989. Soybeans total 1.823 billion bushels nationwide, with Iowa at 308.1 million.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jim Greif
Monticello-area
Iowa
Budget tax hike proposals clash over rich payers and capital gains
Democrats draft a plan to raise the top personal rate to 33 percent for the wealthiest Americans and impose a 10 percent surcharge on those earning over a million dollars. Bush counters that compromise limits prevent dictating terms to Congress. The package also envisions $10 billion in Medicare cuts over five years amid broad tax reform considerations.
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Congress
White House
Ways and Means Committee
House
Grandy amends arts funding bill over obscene works
Washington Rep. Fred Grandy amended the House compromise on NEA funding for obscene art. If a work is deemed obscene, funds must be returned and the creator faces ineligibility until repayment. The measure passed 382 to 42 after earlier rejection of stricter moral limits. Rep. Jim Leach condemned censorious moves.
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Washington
Fred Grandy
Alowa
House
Senate
National Endowment of the Arts
NEA
Grandy
Jim Lightfoot
Iowa
Jim Leach
NEA Funding Battle Signals Victory For Arts Agency
NEA Chairman John Frohnmayer welcomed the House victory and urged that the issue be laid to rest. Rep Pat Williams lauded the defeat of the Rohrabacher amendment as a stand against intolerance, while a second NEA bill and Senate action loom amid a tight congressional schedule.
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NEA
John Frohnmayer
Washington
Pat Williams
Williams
House
Senate
George Mitchell
Maine
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