Panel resurrects MX basing plan with new small missile idea
A presidential commission urges Reagan to back a plan to place 100 MX missiles in existing Minuteman silos in Wyoming and Nebraska, each with 10 warheads, and to begin research on a smaller single warhead missile for the early 1990s, signaling a potential shift in arms control strategy. The proposal faces fierce congressional opposition and uncertain support from the White House.
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Special Commission
Reagan
Congress
U.S
Wyoming
Nebraska
Commission
Reagar
Kenneth Adelman
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Air Force
Brent Scowcroft
Presidential Commission On Strategic Forces
Scowcroft
House
Senate
Joseph Addabbo
D-N.y
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
School board endorses plan to keep Wilson open in Cedar Rapids
Six of seven Cedar Rapids Community school board members back Superintendent Guthrie’s plan to keep Wilson Junior High open and close Grant Elementary while converting Wilson into a K through 8 school. The board also delayed its four year high school reorganization pending enrollment and space studies, and will seek to postpone a Des Moines hearing on Wilson’s closing.
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Kurt Rogahn
Wilson Junior High
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Des Moines
Dieter to a friend remark about exercise class attire
Dieter quips to a friend that the advice to wear loose clothing for the class seems redundant if he already lacks such clothing. The remark hints at a lighthearted jab about the need for appropriate attire.
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Dieter
Iowa House Expands Chiropractor Powers To Draw Blood
The Iowa House voted 63 to 32 to allow chiropractors to draw blood and give nutritional advice while rejecting limits on treating diseases. The measure adds safeguards like testing in blood withdrawal and nutrition and bars profits from selling nutritional products. Opponents warn of overreach, while supporters cite a 1982 Iowa Supreme Court decision prompting the change.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Virgil Corey
Tax rich bill heads to Branstad after compromise
A conference committee approved a middle ground on the Iowa tax bill. The plan caps federal tax deductions at 25 000 and eliminates tax on the first 500 of income, reducing the cost later. It shifts to a non accrual system and forecasts 46.5 million over five years.
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Branstad
Judy Daubenmier
Azette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
House
Senate
Gandhi dominates 55th Oscars with eight wins
Gandhi wins eight Oscars including best picture and best actor for Ben Kingsley. Meryl Streep earns best actress for Sophie’s Choice. E.T. follows with four wins. Jessica Lange and Louis Gossett Jr. win best supporting acting honors.
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Gandhi
Ben Kingsley
Meryl Streep
Sophie
Outer Space
Jessica Lange
Louis Gossett Jr
Apostle
India
Gandhi influence noted by Kingsley in Oscar speech
Kingsley cited Gandhi as shaping Martin Luther King and Lech Walesa in his acceptance. He praised peaceful solutions over violence and highlighted the British film's second consecutive Best Picture win after Char Iots of Fire. Streep expressed thrilled reactions as she collected her second Oscar.
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Gandhi
Martin Luther King
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