Iowa State Fair Longest Country Song Tests Taste
Amateur verses flood the Iowa State Fair online contest for the World’s Longest Country & Western Song. The piece lampoons romance and farm life as contributors, including references to Conway Twitty and an old boar, flood the fair with humorous verse.
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Anne
Iowa
Kathie Swift
the Fair
Ray Regembo
Mason City
Ridgecrest
Calif
Darlin
Conway Twitty
Regembo
Jeffrey Dois
Des Moines
Fred
Eric Prosperi
Prosperi
Alexander GOP outsider appeal echoes in Iowa meeting
Former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander urged Republicans to nominate a candidate from outside Washington to beat Clinton in 1996. He said undecided voters are large and emphasized the need for a practical nominee with real-world experience, speaking in Anamosa and Cedar Rapids after earlier Dubuque events.
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Anamosa
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Tennessee
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Washington, D.C
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Lawrence Community Center
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Republican Congress
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New York
New Jersey
Washington
Richard Nixon
George Bush
University of Tennessee
Dubuque
Greene Square Park
Cedar Rapids
Rural housing cuts hit Iowa towns in budget clash
Clinton official warns House budget cuts harm rural areas by slashing single family housing funds from 13.3 million to 7.1 million and reducing water treatment funds from 22.9 million to 16 million. Dunn says 300 of 900 rural communities need sewer upgrades and 20 towns seek 26 million in wastewater funds.
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Senate
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Iowa
America
Iowa Rural Economic and Community Development Office
AGs push federal limits on prisoners lawsuits
Half of the nations state attorneys general backed federal legislation to require inmates to exhaust administrative remedies before civil suits and allow partial filing fees. Iowa AG Tom Miller joined 24 other states in lobbying in Washington for Senate action. The effort follows a House-approved proposal and state bills signed by governors to curb frivolous inmate filings.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
National Association of Attorneys General
Iowa
Tom Miller
Terry Branstad
U.S. House
Senate
July tax receipts rise 11 percent boosting state revenues
Iowa fiscal 1996 shows an 11 percent July gain in tax collections led by a 16.3 percent rise in personal income tax and a 28.7 percent jump in corporate income tax. Dennis Prouty of the Legislative Fiscal Bureau says swings are likely before stabilizing near 3.2 percent yearly growth.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Legislative
Prouty
Bureau
Ing Investment
Glickman Argues Clinton Plan Reduces Farm Subsidy Losses
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman compares GOP and Clinton budget plans at Farm Fest 95. He says a 300 acre Iowa corn farmer would lose 6700 under the GOP plan by century end versus 2700 under Clinton. He cites total subsidy cuts of 8.5 and 13.4 billion over five to seven years for the GOP and 3, 4.3, and 6.1 billion over five, seven, and ten years for Clinton.
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David Lynch Gazette
Washington Reporter
Washington
Iowa
Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Clinton
Glickman
Redwood Falls
Minn
Congressional
Question and story suggestion line with contact numbers
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