Beckt Case at Supreme Court Draws Unlikely Pairings
The Beck v. CWA case heads to the Supreme Court on January 11 as union dues and political spending collide with rights of nonmembers. The Reagan administration backs the union position, arguing agency fees fund nonbargaining activities.
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Harry Beck
Midwest
Beck
Communication Workers of America
Reagan Administration
Ay Union
Organized Labor
Federal Trial Court
Baltimore
CWA
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Charles Fried
Orier
High Court
Reagan
Howard Baker
Fried
Right To Work
Harry
Robert
Waterloo man receives rare piggyback heart transplant
In Des Moines Mercy Hospital performed a nine hour piggyback heart transplant on 59 year old Waterloo driver George Mulvaney. The donor heart, smaller than Mulvaney's, was added to reduce load while blood vessel disease and coronary condition were present.
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Des Moines
Waterloo
Mercy Hospital Medical Center
George Mulvaney
William Maurer
Maurer
Mulvaney
R&a Trucking Co
Gonorrhea Declines in Iowa Amid AIDS Fear
Iowa reports a sharp drop in gonorrhea cases to about 3,000 for the year as fear of AIDS and enhanced safe sex education influence behavior. Chlamydia rises to about 3,700 cases with syphilis at 50 to 66. AIDS totals reach 40 by mid December. Public health officials cite follow up by investigators and national trends as factors.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John H. Katz
Florida fishing trip ends with captain found dead
Two former Iowans remain missing after a Daytona Beach fishing trip on December 20. The body of captain John DeGoes, 39, was found 12 miles offshore by a fishing boat. The boat carried James Meulemans, 36, and his 12 year old son Jaime, both former Des Moines residents, and a Florida man who is also missing.
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Florida
DES Moines
John DeGoes
Daytona Beach
Fla
Coast Guard
Offic DeGoes
James
DeGoes
Meulemans
Janet
Hunter killed when deer lands on him near Osage
An Osage man, Ron Canny, 45, was trampled to death by a deer while hunting Saturday. He crouched in a ditch as his two sons in law flushed about seven deer across a field at 4 30 p m. One deer reportedly jumped the ditch and landed on Canny breaking his neck. He died at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital in Osage. The accident happened about 10 miles south of Osage.
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Ron Canny
Mitchell County
Richard Boeke
Canny
Mitchell County Memorial Hospital
Osage
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