Budget talks make progress in stalled seven year plan
President Clinton and Republican leaders agreed to restart negotiations after a White House meeting aimed at overcoming a government shutdown. They pledged to pursue a balanced budget by year end using congressional budget assumptions and figures in future talks.
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Dallas Morning News
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White House
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Gore
Senate
Bob Dole
R-yan
Mike McCurry
White House Budget Office
Fed cuts rate to 5.5 percent aids housing and autos
The Fed trimmed the federal funds rate by a quarter point to 5.5 percent while leaving the discount rate at 5.25 percent. Banks may follow, lowering consumer and business loan benchmarks, with housing refinances and auto purchases likely to rise in the near term.
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Banc One
Gordon Richards
National Association of Manufacturers
David Seiders
National Association of Home Builders
School panel backs use of R-rated film
A ten member Reconsideration Committee in Iowa City voted to allow eighth graders at South East Junior High to view the R rated film Last of the Mohicans as part of Civil War lessons. Parent Peggy Rowell opposed the decision and may appeal to the school board.
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Heather Sloman Wood
Johnson County
Iowa City
Cathy Stewart
Last of the Mohicans
Peggy Rowell
Stewart
South East Junior High
Rowell
Barbara Grohe
Rachel Hardesty
Mary Jo Dane
South East
Tim Grieves
Mary Jo Langhorne
Paul Davis
Grant Wood
Victoria Walton
Mann Elementary
Lyra Dickerson
Julie Nosek
Equity Advisory Committee
Nancy Perkins
Cindy Parsons
Christmas song revisions spark new holiday versions
Up Close reports several recent releases reimagining classics like Little Drummer Boy White Christmas and Jingle Bells. A survey of 91 Eastern Iowa manufacturers and service firms shows over 40 percent plan to hire new workers in the first quarter of next year.
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Iown
Kirkwood program aids dislocated workers in job market
Representatives from job service agencies participated in a free Kirkwood Community College program last night aimed at helping dislocated workers reenter the employment market. Details on 3B.
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Kirkwood Community College
Fatal fire prompts debate over assisted living use
A deliberate blaze in a town house leased by Systems Unlimited killed resident Mark Cook and raised questions about the suitability of assisted living for disabled adults. Fire setter Shawn Schrader, 21, faces first degree murder and arson charges. bond set at 50,000. The incident underscores ongoing debates about supported living models and supervision levels for consumers.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
Mark Cook
Rebecca Kurt
Association For Retarded Citizens
ARC
Kurt
Systems Unlimited
Shawn Schrader
Cook
Schrader
Sylvan Glen Ct
Department of Human Services
Blood pressure in midlife linked to later thinking trouble
A study of 3735 Japanese American men shows high midlife systolic pressure greatly raises later cognitive risk. Each 10 point rise in systolic BP increases poor cognitive function by about 9 percent, with higher midlife pressure tied to more silent strokes and reduced thinking ability in old age.
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Chicago
Lenore Launer
National Institute For Public Health and the Environment
Netherlands
University of Hawaii
U.S. National Institute On Aging
Journal of
American Medical Association
Kamal Masaki
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