Juilliard Quartet to headline UI Chamber Music Series
The University of Iowa Chamber Music Series at Hancher Auditorium will feature the Juilliard String Quartet described as a model of the modern quartet. Also on the bill are musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic and the Netherlands, with tickets on sale to season subscribers. The program includes Rostropovich, Speculum Musicae, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra closing the series on April 26.
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Juilliard String Quartet
University of Iowa
Hancher Auditorium
Robert Mann
Wart Certye
Iain: Semel Rhodes
Viele
Deel Kreanieh
Iowa City
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Netherlands
Midwest
Vienna Choir Boys
New York
City Center
Joffrey Ballet
Mstislav Rostropovich
Speculum Musicae
Musical Mirror
New York Shakespeare Festival
Ursula Oppens
U of I
Schoenberg
Stravinsky
Bartok
Charles Wuorinen
Donald
Teco
Foss
Piston
Carter
Babbitt
Seasions
Mennin
Schumann
Alf
Rotterdam
Concertgebouwe
Berlin Philharmonic
Hander Auditorium
Lucerne
Vienna
Edinburgh
Salzburg
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra
Iowa lawmakers push stretch drive toward adjournment
Iowa lawmakers ready to adjourn as major priority bills head for rapid debate. Senate and House leaders set a schedule to maximize floor time while committees cut meetings. Key items include education, transportation, social services, nursing care, social gambling, malpractice insurance, IPERS, and a large state employee salary package.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Joint Appropriations
Senate
George Kinley
House
Jerome Fitzgerald
Fort Dodge
Kinley
Education
Departments of Transportation
Department of Social Services
Fitzgerald
Senate Human Resources Committee
William Gluba
D-Davenport
IPERS
Spring Means a Biological Birthday Says Iowa Scientist
University of Iowa biophysicist Edgar Folk links spring to a biological birthday after winter hardship. He notes climatic shifts alter physiology in people and animals, predicting future energy limits will heighten spring fever and related restlessness as warmth and humidity are regulated.
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University of Iowa
Edgar Folk
U of I
Folk
Carabou
Crawfordsville Lions offer Master Corn Growers Contest
The Crawfordsville Lions Club announces another Master Corn Growers Contest as part of a state event. Farmers must submit entries by June 3. For details contact Haydn Thomas or any Crawfordsville Lions member.
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Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Lions Club
Haydn Thomas
Farm Bureau chief lauds Ford veto of 1975 act
William J. Kuhfuss president of the American Farm Bureau Federation and a Mackinaw Illinois grain cattle farmer praises President Ford for vetoing the Emergency Agricultural Act of 1975. He argues the veto preserves fiscal responsibility protects farmers and consumers and maintains access to world markets for U S agriculture.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
William J. Kuhfuss
Mackinaw, Ill
Ford
Kuhfuss
Farm Bureau
Cattle Prices Rise as Slaughter Drops and Beef Demand Up
Iowa State economist Gene Futrell ties higher prices to a drop in winter cattle slaughter and aggressive beef promotions. From March to April, choice steer prices rose to the 42 to 44 per cwt range while total slaughter edged up 13 percent through April 19.
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Iowa State University
Gene Futrell
Towa
Fed
USDA
Statistical Reporting Service
Iowa
Nebraska
Texas
Futrell
Rates Set for Columbus Pool Use and Access
Columbus Jct May 3 Rates set for the Columbus Community School swimming pool include 25 cents for kindergarten through 8th grade and 75 cents for older swimmers single admissions. Season tickets run 10 dollars for youngsters and 18 dollars for adults, with family season tickets at 90 dollars listing each family member on the back. Water safety lifeguards earn 1.80 an hour, regular lifeguards 1.60, plus a 50 dollar season bonus. Darrell Borchardt of Washington named district sales manager for Jacques Seed Company in Prescott Wisconsin, to oversee southeastern Iowa supervision and dealership activities.
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Helene
Dillon Columbus Junction
Columbus Community School
Darrell Borchardt
Washington
Jacques Seed Company
Prescott
Wisconsin
Don Glennie
Deal Southeastern
Iowa
Borchard
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McCarthy
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Dorothy McCarthy
Marycrest College
Davenport
Rainbow Girls
Washington Assembly
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Temple
OES Chapter
Tip
Duane Buenzow
Nheim Murphy Iopereey
Iowa News Service
Golden Touch
Golden Touch Decorators
Southwest Corner Square
Washington, Ia
Jim & Evelyn Bash
Columbus
Thurs
John Deerew
Hydro
Hennigan Inc
Washington, Iowa
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