Iowa Senate Approves Lottery Plan Amid Compromise
Iowa senators resolved differences on a state lottery bill after hours of debate and a rapid Friday morning session. The measure passed 31 to 12 and moves to the House for a major overhaul. A two year start with a separate agency then consolidation into a single gaming authority is planned.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House of Representatives
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
George Kinley
D-Des Moines
Senate
Lowell Jenkins
D-Montrose
Lottery bill at a glance
A proposed bill would end July 1 1990 unless extended. It creates a dedicated lottery board to run the state lottery and an umbrella gaming commission in 1987 to oversee gambling including bingo parimutuel betting and lottery. Lottery revenue would fund an economic development fund with 45 percent in prizes and 0.5 percent of gross receipts reserved for a gamblers assistance fund.
Lottery bill compromise shields troubled board
The article notes a separate lottery board facing loss and describes how another potential trouble-spot was avoided through compromise. The piece mentions a draft plan to deposit all funds and directs readers to Page 13A for Lottery coverage.
Gift puppy rabid prompts six immunizations
Six Spencer residents including two adults, two children, a babysitter, and a neighborhood youth began a five shot rabies immunization series over 28 days after the Christmas present English sheepdog tested positive. The dog bit 17 month old Summer Elaine, 6 year old Gabe was involved, and costs run about 300 dollars per child and 800 dollars for adults.
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Jane Sewell Campbell
Iowa
Pencer
Spencer
Vern Brown
Summer Elaine
Gabe
Inmates seize cellblock at Indiana Reformatory
At Pendleton Indiana Reformatory inmates with knives took over a cellblock injuring five guards and two inmates. Hostages were released after 15 hours following a state inquiry proposal involving FBI and state police investigations and inmate negotiator talks.
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Pendleton
Ind
Department of Correction
Gordon Faulkner
U.S. Justice Department
FBI
Faulkner
General Assembly
Indiana Reformatory
Craig Hanks
Correction Department
Red Army assassin kills West German engine firm chief
Ernst Zimmermann aged 55 head of a West German engine maker for NATO tanks and aircraft was shot by a gunman likely linked to the Red Army Faction. The attack follows a wave of leftist violence across Germany and Portugal tied bombings near a NATO base.
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Red Army
Washington Post Service
BOM
West Germany
NATO
Ernst Zimmermann
Beja
Portugal
Lisbon
Direct Action
Rene Audran
Defense Ministry
Paris
Federal
Karlsruhe
Jobless rate rises as 350,000 new jobs appear
The unemployment rate ticks to 7.4 percent in January with 8.5 million jobless, while a U. S. Labor Department report shows 350,000 new jobs created mostly in services and a rise in labor force participation. Analysts cite underlying economic strength despite the higher jobless tally.
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Ashington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Alfen Sinai
Shearson Lehman-American Express
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