Farm aid bills face veto as White House opposes
Senate and House approved measures expanding the emergency farm credit program and authorizing CCC loan advances this spring. Reagan would veto any bill with farm credit provisions, while Grassley and Harkin said a veto override is unlikely. A vigil by Democrats in Lafayette Park highlighted farm closures as cross-shaped memorials.
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House
Senate
USDA
White House
Reagan
Iowa
Charles Grassley
Tom Harkin
Commodity Credit Corp
Edward Zorinsky
D-Neb
Zorinsky
Bob Dole
Kan
Dole
Harkin
Lafayette Park
Pennsylvania Avenue
Grassley
Rally speakers pound Reagan at Iowa farm protest
In Ames at Hilton Coliseum over 15,000 farmers from major producing regions gathered for a National Crisis Action Rally. Speakers led by Devon Woodland denounced Budget Director Stockman, Ag Secretary Black, and President Reagan for farm policy, while protest coffins outside signaled demand for policy change.
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Hilton Coliseum
Iowa State University
David Stockman
Stockman
John Black
Reagan
Family Farm
National Crisis Action
Rose Garden
Devon Woodland
National Farmers Organization
Ames
Woodland
David
Woodshed
U.S
United Rural America
Minnesota
Cedar River green plan for St Patrick's Day faces state rules
Cedar Rapids Irish group seeks to turn the Cedar River green with food coloring for the St Patrick's Day parade. Officials caution the act could affect aquatic life and requires state approval, likening it to spray painting protected river resources. The parade may start on the west bank and cross the Third Avenue bridge, a first in 10 years.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Jim Hynes
State Department of Water, Air and Waste Management
Hynes
Regent St. NE
Third Avenue Bridge
Chicago
Brown
Illinois
Grand Canyon
Anamosa youth charged with Cedar Rapids murder
An 18 year old from Anamosa, Bradley Lynn Yahnke, was arrested and charged with first degree murder in the January death of Joni Helms, 18, in a southwest Cedar Rapids apartment. Police say robbery motive, items taken, and a linked murder weapon connect him to the case. Bond set at $250,000. Yahnke held in Linn County Jail. Helms was a Kirkwood College student originally from Monticello.
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Cedar Rapids
Bradley Lynn Yahnke
Anamosa
Linn
Joni Helms
Gerald Hinzman
Yahnke
Jones County
Rainbow Supper Club
Old Highway 151
Hinzman
Heims
Helms
Monticello
INDEX To the winner go the spoils but who wants them if they're spoiled
A concise note questions the value of spoils for the winner when spoils are spoiled, implying a critique of outcomes and rewards in competitive contexts.
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