Iowa State Fair Art Row Tests Free Speech Limits
The Iowa State Fair faced a controversy over two works in its art exhibit a chalk drawing of a woman’s legs and a photo of a woman in a sheer gown fairgoers complained drawing and photograph were removed then restored after LIU suit filed In court the board vows new rules to avoid future clashes and asserts it will decide what constitutes art
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Lowa State Fair
Fair Board
The
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
Fair
Iowa State Fair Board
Prairie Village teens’ arrests surge as underage drinking falls
Johnson County police report 242 alcohol related arrests of juveniles this year up from about 17 annually a year ago. Despite the rise in arrests, injury crashes drop 22 percent, larcenies down 29 percent, thefts 18 percent, and narcotics arrests down 27 percent amid changes. Coincidence or cause and effect remains debated.
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Prairie Village
Johnson County
Bachelor to take Human Sexuality course at UI
A Burlington writer relates planning to enroll in the University of Iowa Human Sexuality course, noting its large enrollment, mature classmates, and broad coverage. He expects four exams and journal work while reflecting on society’s focus on sex, AIDS, and various curricula. He seeks a single class to fit work commitments and aims for a liberal studies degree.
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Burlington
Iowa
University of Iowa
Division of Continuing Education
Dr. Ruth
University of Town
Ottawa Herald subscription rates July 1 1986
Subscription rates listed for Ottawa area carrier and motor routes one month four dollars three months eleven dollars six months twenty one dollars fifty cents one year forty dollars. Franklin County and adjacent counties mall rates four fifty thirteen dollars twenty five dollars for six months and forty eight dollars for a year. All other areas by mall rates five fifty sixteen dollars thirty one dollars for six months and sixty dollars for a year. Out of state subscribers pay five and one half percent sales tax.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Recovery After Brain Surgery at Mayo Clinic
A patient recounts post operative recovery at Mayo Clinic after brain surgery by Dr Patrick Kelly and chief resident Chad Abernathy. He loses voice partially due to nerve damage, faces high blood pressure during operation, contemplates teflon vocal implant, and details gradual recovery, hospital bills totaling 16865.83, and plans to resume activities.
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Patrick Kelly
Chad Abernathy
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mayo Clinic
Thad
Nature's puzzling grip on life and death in Maine
A narrator muses on nature's harshness and interlinked fates from chipmunks to a cat, then discovers a dead kitten killed by a predator or a familiar threat. The tale links wildlife behavior, grief, and a strangling vine threat as it travels past maple trees overrun by wild grape.
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Margie
Colwich Centenary Reflections From a Native
Hutchinson recalls Colwich,Sedgwick County as a town of fond memories from childhood. He describes the central Catholic Church, Spike’s and Schmidt’s groceries, the post office, and changes like expanded stores, new tennis courts, and K-96 realignment. He notes Colwich’s growth to 900 families and its identity near Wichita.
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Hutchinson
Colwich
Kansas
Sedgwick County
Colorado Avenue
Spike's Grocery
Schmidt's Grocery
Spike's
Schmidt’s
Raymond Geren
Schmidt
Kenny
Wichita
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