Parimutuel Betting Advances in Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate approved moving parimutuel betting toward legalization by a 28 to 21 vote and sent the measure to the House. Supporters urge quick committee action as opponents warn the proposal risks family life and crime, while backers say it creates jobs and state revenue.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Senate
House of Representatives
Senate
Lee Holt
R-Spencer
William Dieleman
Duella
Dieleman
George Kinley
D-Des Moines
Jobless aid backed as new claims drop in February
The House subcommittee approved up to 10 more weeks of supplemental unemployment benefits through Sept 30 for over 1 million jobless workers. New jobless claims fell to 510,000 in the first week of February, the fifth decline in six weeks in 1983.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Congressional
House
Ways and Means
Labor Department
Subcommittee On
Insanity plea reused as killer faces new murder charge
Matthew Quintiliano formerly with Stratford Police, already acquitted by insanity for the 1965 murder of his first wife, is charged with second wife Sally's murder in Milford. He appeared in Milford Superior Court and awaits grand jury action set for March 15.
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Milford, Conn
Matthew Quintiliano
Milford Superior Court
Quintiliano
Superior Court
Martin McKeever
Ansonia
Sally
Mary Ploski
Mary Ann
Bridgeport Hospital
Stratford
Quintili
Branstad Deflects Crime Alarm Over Parimutuel Betting
Governor Branstad rejected the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation warning that legalized parimutuel betting could boost organized crime. Senators pressed for disclosure timing, but the Senate passed the measure 28-21 as Branstad urged caution and enforcement tools.
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Wwe
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
DCI
Tom Slater
D-Council Bluffs
Gerald Shanahan
Slater
Senate
Shanahan
Iowa
Branstad
Lavelle defies subpoena May face contempt vote
Rita Lavelle, former head of the EPA hazardous waste program, defied a House subpoena and risks contempt if she again refuses to cooperate with Rep. John Dingell’s investigation into the 1.6 billion super fund. The White House clarified Reagan would not assert executive privilege over requested documents.
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Washington
Rita Lavelle
Environmental Protection Agency
House
Congress
John Dingell
D-Mich
House Energy and Commerce Investigations Subcommittee
Lavelle
Reagan
Dingell
White House
Cuments
EPA
Larry Speakes
Justice Department
Department of Justice
Speakes
Levitas Committee
Elliott H. Levitas
D-Ga
Chuckle Note on Self Discovery and Getting Lost
A humorous line jokes about searching for oneself ending with the idea that someone tells you to get lost, reflecting a playful take on self and direction. The quip frames a light misdirection about finding personal path amid social hints.
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