Iowa riverboat referendum sparks uneasy talk and legal questions
Lawmakers debate unintended consequences of riverboat referendums while discussing petition rules and timing. Officials note licenses exist for several boats, including in Dubuque and Burlington Fort Madison areas, and warn changes may not boost inland casino viability.
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Pate
Senate
Dubuque
David Millage
R-Bettendorf
Millage
Ketterer
Iowa
Clinton
Scott
Woodbury
Dubuque County
Burlington
Fort Madison
March Jobs Surge Pushes Up Construction Hiring Signals Rebound
Government figures show March payrolls rose by 456,000 with a six year high in employment. Unemployment held at 6.5 percent as construction added 74,000 jobs and manufacturing gained 12,000. Retail jobs rose 74,000 while mining and federal positions fell.
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Labor Department
California
Commerce Department
Commerce
Journalists pull hoaxes in Russia
The Moscow press features fake and real stories as Russians face a rush of hoaxes on April Fool's Day. Reports range from humorous to alarming including commodity gimmicks and a bank note claim, while ITAR-Tass notes genuine currency rates and a reported shift in Communist strategy.
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Los Angeles Times
Moscow
Russian Communist Party
Mikhail Gorbachev
South Korea
Moskovsky Komsomolets
Russia
pro-Communist Agrarian Party
Itar-Tass
Medicaid fertility drugs fuel debate in Iowa legislature
An amendment to the Iowa Department of Human Services budget sought to require mothers on public aid to use Norplant. The amendment was withdrawn. Rep. Lee Plaisir defended continuing infertility treatments, while Sen. Elaine Szymoniak and others argued Medicaid benefits for children raise welfare reform concerns.
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Department of Human Services
Lee Plaisir
R-Sioux Center
Iowa House Human Resources Committee
Plaisir
Elaine Szymoniak
D- Des Moines
Chuck Hurley
R-Fayette
Detention of Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng near Beijing
Wei Jingsheng, a leading Chinese dissident, was detained by police returning to Beijing from northeast China. Tong Yi, his secretary, said about 20 officers from seven cars stopped his car on the highway from Tianjin, showing a detention and interrogation warrant. The move worsens U.S. China tensions over human rights.
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Beijing
Wei Jingsheng
China
Wei
Clinton
Tianjin
Tong Yi
Tong
Standoff Ends in Ohio Double Tragedy at Dayton Motel
In Dayton, Michael Mower killed his mother Rose and then himself after a two‑hour standoff. Deputies, responding to a rambling threatening letter to President Clinton, were wounded but survived. Pepper gas and tear gas were used to force Mower from the Economy Inn room.
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Ohio
Clinton
Michael Mower
Rose
Economy Inn
Montgomery County
Gary Haines
Secret Service
Dick Rathmell
Cincinnati
Mower
California
Cleveland Indians
White House
Dee Dee Myers
Rathmell
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