Regents to weigh health fee alongside tuition plans
Discussion centers on a proposed health fee tied to next year's tuition. Regents to review recommendations in Dubuque with concerns about future campus fee expansion. UI and ISU officials cite budgets and potential phased implementation amid calls to freeze tuition.
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State Board of Regents
Dubuque
Anderson
Susan Phillips
U of I
Phillips
Warren Madden
ISU
Madden
University of Northern Iowa
UNI
Ex-firefighter charged after string of arsons in Jefferson
A former Jefferson firefighter, Lalumiere, is charged with arson in an August 23 fire at his brother Michael's cabin. Jefferson's 850 residents have endured 21 suspicious fires since a May grass blaze, with many incidents late at night near backs of buildings. No fatalities reported, but fear and evacuations grew as residents slept in shifts and patrols formed.
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Carroll
Jefferson
Belfast
Beirut
Charles Bond
Lalamiere
Groveton
Lalumiere
Skywood Manor
William Perkins
Perkins
Sloper
Michael
Cities ranked by psychological well being by Levine team
Levine with Kuni Miyake and Marta Lee developed a city rating system using alcoholism, self harm, divorce and crime as yardsticks to gauge social stress and subjective well being. They contrast earlier studies that tied living conditions to happiness and cite Fresno as the worst city in America from a 1984 geographer’s study.
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Levine
Fresno
America
Kuni Miyake
Marta Lee
Debate shapes voters on Dukakis Bush in Winston-Salem
A New York Times CBS poll shows Bush leading Dukakis 47 to 42 nationally while ABC News Washington Post finds Bush ahead in 21 states with 220 electoral votes. Dukakis aides stress authenticity and character as decisive factors despite the debate.
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Riley
Bush
Los Angeles
New York Times
CBS News
Dukakis
ABC News-Washington Post
ABC
Washington, D.C
Eddie Mahe Jr
Mahe
Court action begins in Petrak vs Gerber
Testimony opened in Cedar Rapids as Patricia Petrak and husband Michael sue Gerber Products Co. over glass shards found in two jars of Gerber baby food fed to their infant daughter Sarah Lou in 1986. The Petraks seek unspecified damages for the child's injuries and emotional distress.
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Cedar Rapids
Gerber Products Co
Marion
Gerber
Patricia Petrak
Sarah Lou
Michael
Valleyview Dr
Robert Waterman
Davenport
Petrak
Fort Smith, Ark
Petraks
Steven Martin
Iowa State University
Ames
Tom Riley
Commuter plane comes close to Air Force One near Trenton
A commuter plane and Air Force One nearly breached safe separation while President Reagan traveled from Philadelphia to Newark. The jets stayed at least two miles apart horizontally and 500 feet vertically, with FAA noting an operational error in air traffic control.
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Washington
Air Force
Reagan
Philadelphia
Newark
N.J
Federal Aviation Administration
White House
Mark Weinberg
Marlin Fitzwater
Fitzwater
FAA
Bob Buckhorn
Trenton
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Ue Power Equipment, Inc
Iowa City
Brenneman Seed & Pet
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Manchester Row
Marengo Brown Hardware
Millersburg
Jim Elwood
Alwein
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Yamaha
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Winston- Salem
N.C
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Edward Rollins
Reagan White House
California
John Sasso
Oval Office
Sasso
Thomas Kiley
Petrak Vs
Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courts
Reebok
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Deen
Brooks
Town and Country Shopping Center
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