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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1983
Page
4
The Iowa Racing Commission began interviews for its executive secretary post with eight candidates. The first applicant requested a closed session citing personal reputation concerns. The position pays 40 800 to 52 500 annually and the commission plans to finish interviews today with six finalists to be chosen.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller warns 50 to 60 firms across Los Angeles Las Vegas and Florida run small business scams promising prizes in exchange for hundreds of dollars of advertising items. Pens and key rings are sold at many times their value with worthless bonuses. Targeted are restaurants auto parts dealers doctors and dentists.
Phyllis Schlafly says she has not been paid for her University of Iowa lecture, seeking $2,250 while sponsors claim funding shortfalls. She criticized the university lecture committee for not covering expenses and described the protest ambience as intolerant. The two sponsoring student groups report lack of funds and the committee says most of the $1,250 allocation was spent on security.
Gov. Terry Branstad leads a ground breaking ceremony for the University of Iowa College of Law building in Iowa City. The circular structure replaces a 50 year old dormitory site and is slated to be ready in two years, creating 600 jobs and injecting 24 million dollars into the local economy. Branstad declines to discuss tuition and says regents will decide. He notes out of state students may see tuition increases at state universities.
Iowa College Aid Commission cuts several grants by small amounts for the 1983 84 academic year due to state mandated spending reductions. Tuition grants averaging 1890 fall by 50 affecting about 10000 private college students. State Scholarships averaging 570 drop 16 per recipient. Vocational Grants averaging 350 fall 10 for about 2800 students. New college bound high school grant program delayed until 1984 85 but applications open January 1 for 500 grants.
A search committee to choose Upper Iowa University's next president has been formed. Members include chairman Dr. Peter Solar of Cedar Rapids, Bruce Campbell of Des Moines, Marvin Chevalier of Postville, Theodore Johnson of Cedar Rapids, Dr. Mardelle Noble of Oelwein, and Lew Churbuck of Fayette. USA President Darcy Coyle announced he will retire July 31, 1984, after five years as president.
Iowa's prison system spends an average of 56 per day or 20 440 annually per inmate. Oakdale tops costs at 105 daily due to high staff to inmate ratios for diagnosis treatment and pre trial evaluations. Anamosa Iowa Men's Reformatory is the least costly at 29 daily amid crowding.
Eastern Iowa merged area school board results show Kenneth Allbaugh losing to Albert Kagan 549 to 470 in Area VII Hawkeye Institute. Harold M. Jensen defeats John Fecik 156 to 55 in the same area. Tom Jacobson beats Veda Reed 925 to 648 in Davenport Area IX. Howard Greiner defeats Harold Mick 431 to 380 in Area XV Indian Hills. Unopposed winners include Kathleen Kotscher Marvin Kuehl George Shearer Malcolm McGregor Walter Fredrick Robert Wede Kirby Kleffmann LaVon Altenhofen Ken Olive and ND Lamberson.
Iowa moves to require reporting of AIDS cases to state health officials. The Administrative Rules Review Committee approved the rule, with Health Department spokesman Fred Appleton noting one Iowa case and one death from a case contracted elsewhere. He called the rule a precaution since AIDS remains rare locally.
DES MOINES AP Jobless benefit payments to out of work Iowans declined in August by 1.5 million from July, with total benefits totaling 22,989,327. Labor Market Analyst Robert Schutt noted a 3.3 million year over year drop despite heavy machinery layoffs that added 955,234 in that sector. About 8,000 workers exhausted their benefits in August and left the rolls.
The National Endowment for the Arts provides a 250000 dollar challenge grant to the University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City. It requires 750000 dollars in matching funds from other sources as part of a 2 million enrichment campaign to finish in 1986. The grant supports expanding the auditorium's performing arts program. Hancher is among 35 recipients nationwide, the only university-based and Iowa recipient this year.
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