Rainy delay as farms seek moisture across Iowa fields
Farmers report widespread dry soil despite light rain storms. The weekly crop report notes 0.38 inch rainfall last week, topsoil adequacy at 81 percent, subsoil adequacy at 92 percent, hay shortages, and oats emergence up to 60 percent. Spring soil prep and fertilization nearer full completion.
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Kathy Clemens
Marion
Branstad tax plan questioned over long term limits impact
The proposal’s effect on extending county property tax limits to the end of the decade is questioned. Branstad claims $460 million in cumulative property tax relief through 1999, with $220 million saved for mental health programs and $240 million via education funding and other aid.
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Rutskoi Appeals to Unite Opposition Against Yeltsin
Former Vice President Alexander Rutskoi called on Yeltsin opponents to unite during the Itogi telecast, arriving as Yeltsin nears signing a political truce and communists plan a May Day rally. A second report notes large rallies in Milan by leftist parties protesting Italy's new conservative leadership.
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Calderon Sol Promises Broad Government with Leftist Role
Armando Calderon Sol aims for a broad-based government incorporating the leftist opposition, but his past with ARENA and connections to figures blamed for killings in the 1980s raise scrutiny. In separate news, 129 Vietnamese returned from Hong Kong camps as part of a UN repatriation effort ongoing since 1989, with over 60,000 people sent home.
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Vietnam
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Mike Deupree's World View Column
Mike Deupree writes a weekly column on page 2A offering a Lowan perspective on current events and everyday life. He describes the piece as one lowan's view of how the world operates or fails to work.
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Nixon funeral tests protocol in Yorba Linda
Orange County protocol chief Gloria Anderson coordinates a global turnout for Richard Nixon's funeral with 79 foreign consulates in Southern California. Nixon died in New York after a stroke, with a public viewing at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda and expected presence from President Clinton, surviving ex presidents, and representatives from China, Japan, Switzerland, and Russia.
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Office of Protocol
Nixon funeral details draw national media attention
A funeral for an iconic figure will be held for 1800 invited guests at 4 p.m. at the library’s east end with live coverage by ABC CBS NBC PBS CNN and C SPAN. The public may view a closed casket in the library lobby from 2 p.m. today to 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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