Rooftop bar adds outdoor space in downtown Iowa City
Iowa City students Joe's Place on Iowa Avenue expands with a rooftop bar. James Chounramany and Tyler McDermott, University of Iowa College of Medicine students, praise the addition as a welcome outdoor hangout in downtown. They note limited outdoor options and compare with Big Grove and 30 Hop.
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Rebecca F. Miller
the Gazette
Joe’s Place
Iowa Ave
Iowa City
Owa City
James Chounramany
Tyler McDermott
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Chounramany
McDermott
Big Grove
Coralville
University of Iowa
Wild JFK files reveal long list of conspiracies and plots
The National Archives posts thousands of documents on the Kennedy era including an FBI memo about exiles seeking a price on Fidel Castro Raul Castro and Che Guevara. The dump shows decades of espionage and assassination plots and will not end Kennedy conspiracy theories.
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John F. Kennedy
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FBI
National Archives
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Texas
Jack Ruby
the Post
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Raul Castro
Ernesto “Che” Guevara
High priced Hollywood call JFK memo details sums
A 1960 FBI memo described a high priced Hollywood call involving Fidel Castro and other figures. The document notes steep sums initially considered and later reduced to 100000 for Fidel 20000 for Raul and 20000 for Che, amid discussions of expenses.
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Fidel Castro
Fidel
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Che
FBI
Hollywood Call
Iowa Democrats push public option to curb health costs
Sen. Matt McCoy and Rep. John Forbes propose restoring fee-for-service Medicaid in Iowa to fund a new public health option named HIPO. The plan would roll back privatized Medicaid and allow Iowans under 400 percent of poverty to buy Marketplace plans with subsidies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Reorganization Study Targets UI's Largest College
Faculty at the University of Iowa worry the campuswide reorganization study may target the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which enrolls about half the student body. Professors voice concerns of disrespect as the effort unfolds under the 2020 Academic Organizational Structure plan, dating to 1900.
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University of Iowa
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Christopher Brochu
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
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