Congress fends off criminal arena shift on EPA Superfund debate
Lawmakers clashed over executive privilege as Gorsuch refused EPA Superfund documents on legal risk. Senate filibuster blocked a nickel gas tax hike while approving a six week unemployment boost and cutting heavy truck tax increases.
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Plane Crash Near Lunken Field Shocks Cincinnati Officials
FBI reports place the crash in a residential area about 10 miles from Lunken Field as the plane neared the airport in its approach pattern. The aircraft plunged sharply, narrowly missing a house across from a bookstore, and passed beneath a 20 foot high…
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Lunken Field
Cincinnati
Record Bankruptcy Filings Hit New 12 Month High
Preliminary data from the Bankruptcy Division shows 468,329 filings in the year ending Sept 30 a record total. The figure compares with 209,543 before the 1979 bankruptcy code change and prompts debate on relief needs and creditor risk.
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Bankruptcy Division
U.S
Walter R. Kurth
National Consumer Finance Association
B-52 Incident Near Sacramento Rendering Plant Scene
The bomber crashed near a Sacramento rendering plant after a leveling descent and a wingtip strike amid a midair collision scare. FBI linked pilot Johnson to 1975 bank fraud and embezzlement cases in Chicago. he later surrendered and led agents to buried cash and planned recoveries.
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Sacramento Rendering Company
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National Bank of Albany Park
Chicago
Lois
Cincinnati
Jepsen to Oppose Domestic Content Bill in Senate Vote
Iowa Senator Roger Jepsen announced he will vote against a House backed domestic content bill that would require foreign car makers to use American parts and labor. He argued the measure harms Iowa farmers and consumers and would not create jobs.
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Washington
Roger Jepsen
Lown
Senate
House
United Auto Workers Union
U.S
Iowa
Charles
Grassley
Tom Harkin
James Leach
Berkley Bedell
Neal Smith
Cooper Evans
Tom Tauke
Jepsen
Police Seek Father in Disappearance of Two Children
Des Moines police issued an arrest warrant for the father of 7 year old Christina Billings and her 6 year old brother Martin after they vanished on their way to school. The mother, Janice Billings, says the ex husband called claiming he has the children and will not reveal their location. The father, a truck driver from Oklahoma City, was last known to have them in his possession. The children were last seen with their mother within 40 feet of their school.
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UPI
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Janice Billings
Oklahoma City
Christina Billings
Martin
Two Year Old Dies After Farmyard Vehicle Accident
Peters burg reports the death of Mark Alan Willenborg a two year old son of Larry and LuAnn Willenborg of rural New Vienna after a yard vehicle accident at the family farm. He died at Mercy Medical Center St Marys Unit Dyersville. Services are planned for Saturday morning.
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Mark Alan Willenborg
Larry
LuAnn Bonert Willenborg
New Vienna
Mercy Medical Center
St. Mary's Unit
Dyersville
Walker Woman Hurt in County Road Crash
A 19 year old Walker resident, Kristine A Loecke, was hospitalized with back injuries after her car flipped several times on County Road W-45, three miles south of Troy Mills. She was listed in good condition at St. Luke's Hospital.
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Troy Mills
Kristine A. Loecke
St. Luke's Hospital
Loecke
Linn County
DSS Chief Orders $4.7 Million Cut in Operating Budget
DES MOINES AP Department of Social Services Commissioner Michael Reagen ordered a $4.7 million reduction in operating spending. The cuts come through attrition staff reductions delayed purchases and reduced travel to balance a projected general fund shortfall.
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Department of Social Services
Michael Reagen
Reagen
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