Union seeks earmarked donations to labor-backed agencies
Davenport union leaders urge other unions to keep donating to United Way but mark gifts for agencies that use union labor on construction projects. IBEW Local 145 business manager Gerald Kavanaugh says non union workers’ use prompts concerns. United Way opposes earmarking to avoid rivalries among agencies.
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Federal buyout urged for Red Rock flood land
An Iowa proposal to have the federal government purchase land regularly flooded by Lake Red Rock water releases. Harkin aide Don Stanley backs the buyout as the best solution, with state support from the Iowa Department of Water, Air and Waste Management. Grassley aide Fred Schuster notes prior easement payments totaling 735000.
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Iowa scientist on top of world as spacecraft rendezvous
University of Iowa space scientist Donald Gurnett watched the International Cometary Explorer fly through the Giacobini Zinner tail 44 million miles from Earth. The mission, supported by Soviet Japanese and European observers, showed the craft performed flawlessly gathering data on solar winds plasma dust and magnetic fields. The team plans further use of the spacecraft to monitor space before a possible return in 2012 to the Aerospace Museum.
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