Parole Board Supports 200-Bed Drunk Driver Prison Plan
Iowa Parole Board urged lawmakers to create a 200 bed facility for drunken drivers to ease crowding and fund programs. Chairman Charles Larson cited a 132 percent rise in drunken driving inmates and said inmates could work to offset costs, with an interim panel to study the concept next month.
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Des Moines
Iowa Parole Board
Charles Larson
Larson
Parole Board
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Wine school aims to educate Iowa wine enthusiasts
Des Moines businessman Duane Schutter expands Iowa Educational Institute with a full scale wine school led by Ruth Whipp and Carolyn Prusa. It will offer 16 classes from introductory to advanced tasting, with guest lecturers, weekend tastings, and courses for retailers and hospitality staff across the state.
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Carolyn Prusa
Ruth Whipp
Des Moines
Duane Schutter
Whipp
Whipr
Prusa
Spain
Italy
Germany
France
California
Iowa
Des Moines-Ames
Iowa Educational Institute
Schutter
Call for more education aid in Iowa legislature
A legislative committee heard witnesses urge significantly more funding for Iowa schools. Experts debated spending methods but agreed on adequacy as a prerequisite for excellence. Proposals included a statewide pay scale and a 25 year service bonus up to 500000 in retirement funds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jan Reinicke
Iowa State Education Association
George Chambers
University of Iowa
Lamansky to commute to Iowa City job on work release
Lamansky, a former Urbana counselor and coach, will serve his sentence on work release, commuting from Benton County to Iowa City to work as a painter for a local decorator. Benton County will use wages to cover jail costs while Johnson County objects to his work-release placement.
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Lamansky
Iowa City
Hughes
Benton County
Tom Noonan
Kenneth Popenhagen
Noonan
the Gazette
Urbana
Regents approve $25 million bond sale for UI Human Biology Facility
The State Board of Regents unanimously approved a 25 million dollar bond issue to fund a 128 550 square foot Human Biology Research Facility at the University of Iowa. Construction starts late this fall with completion expected in spring 1988, next to Bowen Science Building.
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Board of Regents
Karen Herzog
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
James O. Freedman
State Board of Regents
U of I
Freedman
U of I College of Medicine
Bowen Science Building
U of I Facilities Corporation
Regents
R. Wayne Richey
University Facilities Corp
Grant Wood mural shipped to Minneapolis for restoration
The 8 by 16 foot Grant Wood mural Early Days Of Kanes ville linked to Council Bluffs has been moved from City Hall to the Minneapolis Institute of Art for care after years in storage. Iowa Western Community College may host the piece temporarily while a permanent home is arranged.
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Council Bluffs
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Kanesville
Council Bluffs City Hall
Chieftain
California
Iowa Western Community College
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Friedmans
Westdale
Econofoods
Cedar Rapids
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