Clinton budget would tilt aid to middle class families
The proposal adds college tax breaks phased out above 80 000 income and expands child and energy credits while raising some export taxes. It aims to ease costs for average families but would increase deficits by 2002 and affect borrowing costs for households.
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Academia
Clinton
Clint Stretch
Deloitte & Touche
GOP
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National Association of Manufacturers
Lawmaker Plans Committee On University Teaching Time
Des Moines Cedar Rapids lawmak er Charles Larson will form an ad hoc House committee next week to question state universities about how much time professors spend in classrooms. He cites University of Iowa numbers showing few core professors teach under five hours weekly, while UI disputes the data as misleading.
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Larson
U of I
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa State University
Native grasses dot Marion bypass in windshield view
Motorists tired of barren landscapes can enjoy a windshield view of native grasses and wildflowers along the Marion bypass. Readers are directed to Outdoor page 50 for details.
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Marion
Stolen Corvette parts lead to Independence arrest
Independence police traced a stolen 1989 Chevrolet Corvette convertible's scattered parts to Jeremia h Pillard 19. The car valued at 21900 was stolen from Dunlap Motors on April 17 and later found in segments near Silver Creek and Buffalo Creek wildlife areas and Union Avenue in Winthrop. Fingerprints linked Pillard and he faces first degree theft charges.
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Pillard
Dunlap Motors
Silver Creek
Ryan
Delaware County
Buffalo Creek
Buchanan County
Union Avenue
Winthrop
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Darwin Meyer
Ecuador Congress moves to oust president El Loco Bucaram
Ecuador's Congress voted 44 to 34 to remove President Abdala Bucaram for mental incapacity amid a six month crisis in which he staged stunts and protests. Interim leader Fabian Alarcon named as interim president as protests continue and calls for new elections within a year.
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Ecuador
Congress
Abdala Bucaram
Bucaram
el Loco
Fabian Alarcon
Iowa lawmakers seek 48 hour hospital stay after mastectomy
State Rep Rosemary Thomson introduced a bill requiring insurers to cover at least 48 hours of hospital care for mastectomy patients. The measure aims to ensure proper recovery time, with support from Rep Minnette Doderer who backs the effort. Health insurers warn against mandates, while lobbyist Jim West notes no mastectomies are currently done as outpatients.
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Des Moines
Rosemary Thomson
Marion
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Iowa
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Doderer
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