Tipton plant in Iowa closes after bank seizure
Michigan National Bank of Detroit forced liquidation ends Jameson Corp Tipton plant operations. About 60 to 65 workers lose jobs as Cummins, the plant manager, seeks local buyers and temporary work for remaining inventory while Alma plant stays open for now. Jim Jameson did not respond.
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Bob Cummins
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Alma
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Michigan
Iowa
Jim Jameson
State buys $1.7 million computer without legislative approval
Des Moines Iowa. Sen. Joe Welsh says the central computer division bought a new $1.7 million system without a budget authorization and may owe the state debt through an 18 month lease purchase. Dale Nelson defends the purchase as necessary for growing state workloads and productivity.
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Des Moines
Joe Welsh
Dubuque
Dale Nelson
Information Systems
Executive Branch
Welsh
Nelson
Auditors say counties not violating voting laws
Auditors in eight Iowa counties say James C. Davis is wrong to claim voting machines violate state law. They defend privacy and secrecy provisions, noting sealed secrecy folders and certified machines. Davis calls it political ploy while urging review by Attorney General Tom Miller.
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James C. Davis
Des Moines
Polk
Linn
Buchanan
Cedar
Dallas
Howard
Jasper
Johnson
Davis
Iowa
Tom Miller
Tom
Stockett
Johnson County
Linda Gifford
Jasper County
Gifford
the Gazette
State Voting Commission
Washington County
Curtis Mineart
U of I to name law building after W. Boyd
University of Iowa officials seek State Board of Regents approval to name the new law building after former president Willard Boyd. The designation honors his long tenure and contributions to the university. Construction will be dedicated October 18 with a formal ceremony planned.
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University of Iowa
State Board of Regents
U of I
Willard Boyd
Sandy Boyd
James O. Freedman
Boyd
Howard R. Bowen
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
U of I Law College
Regents OK UI dental lab
AMES The College of Dentistry at the University of Iowa won approval to establish the Center for Dental Clinical Studies where faculty members and students will test commercial dental products. Mark E. Jensen, an associate professor of pediatric dentistry, is named director. The center acts as a clinical counterpart to the Dows Institute of Dental Research and will rely on funding from commercial manufacturers.
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Ames
College of Dentistry
University of Iowa
Proval
Mark E. Jensen
Dows Institute of Dental Research
Cosgroves Named ISU Parents of the Year for 1986
John D. Cosgrove and Cordelia Cosgrove of Cedar Rapids have been named Iowa State University Parents of the Year. They will be honored during Parents Weekend at ISU and recognized at halftime of the ISU versus Indiana State football game. Their son Patrick Cosgrove, an ISU freshman, nominated them. all three Cosgrove daughters are ISU graduates.
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John D
Jack
Cordelia “Cilla” Cosgrove
Hickory Hill Lane
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State University
Cosgroves
Iowa State
Jack Cosgrove
Rockwell International
Collins Defense Communications Division
Cordelia Cosgrove
ISU
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Minneapolis
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