Branstad Miller Clash Over Court Order on Pornography
A political clash unfolded Monday between Gov. Terry Branstad and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller tied to a federal court order permitting inmates to receive hard core pornography. The report also notes a state debt-low perch, a new Linn County health building budget, a Lotto America prize dispute, hunting accident injuries, a Chubb drought settlement review, and a farming hazards coalition push.
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Terry Branstad
Iowa
Tom News Miller
Today’s Chuckle Drives and Ownership Humor
A light humor item contrasts two driver types. One group acts like they own the road while the other acts like they own the car, delivering a playful social observation in a concise quip.
Bakker Indicted On Fraud And Tax Charges
PTL founder Jim Bakker and former aide Richard Dortch were named in a 24 count federal indictment charging mail fraud wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the public through lifetime partnerships at Heritage Village in Fort Mill South Carolina. Potential penalties include up to five years in prison and $250000 fines per count. Tammy Bakker was not indicted.
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Charlotte
N.C
PTL
Jim Bakker
Bakker
Richard Dortch
Heritage Village
Fort Mill
S.C
Tammy
Jim
Hovis
Gorbachev Eyes Trade and Arms Talks in New York Visit
Mikhail Gorbachev heads to New York for a high stakes visit likely to pressure US trade limits and propose steps to cut conventional weapons in Europe. He may outline human rights, Middle East, and Afghanistan initiatives and discuss a potential full summit with Bush.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
New York
United States
Europe
U.S
Moscow
Middle East
Afghanistan
Gorbachev
Raisa
Kennedy International Airport
United Nations
East 67Th Street
Manhattan
Soviet Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
U.N. General Assembly
Reagan
Bush
U.N
Georgi Arbatov
Central Committee
Arbatov
Iowa revenues surge boost projected state budget surplus
Iowa revenue growth defies forecasts with 19 percent jump in November. State revenues total 253.4 million, 40.7 million above 1987, prompting predicted surplus to rise toward 60 million versus 0.5 million earlier. Finance officials expect 11.4 percent year to date growth, though sustainment remains uncertain.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cavanaugh
Kirkwood student heads to Donahue over dating contract
Kirkwood Community College student flies to New York City after a campus story about dating contracts. Roy Schenk, a Madison chemist, will join the Donahue show to discuss an agreement that outlines sexual expectations on dates while both parties pay their own way to avoid pressure.
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Arnell
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
New York City
Channel 9
Schenk
Donahue
College Press Service
Prairie Fire report cites farm poverty in 1986
Des Moines AP. The Prairie Fire farm advocacy group released a 36 page report claiming nearly one third of America's farm households were below the federal poverty level in 1986. The group says despite record farm subsidies in the 1980s rural conditions remain dire.
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DES Moines
America
Ostendorf
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