Retailers push against cash rebates by manufacturers
Iowa retailers press for removal of cash rebates to avoid consumer disadvantage. Ford recalls about 300 1988 heavy trucks and 25 000 Mercury Sable cars for missing assembly parts. Iowa rises four spots to fifth in AP poll as Top 10 upsets unfold. Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemi ski elected to Hall of Fame in first-year eligibility.
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Ford Motor Co
Iowa
Johnny Bench
Carl Yastrzemski
Today's Chuckle Diaper Service Dig at Daily Rebirth
A lighthearted quip compares others’ daily renewal to a diaper service, humorously highlighting personal inertia. The lines play on fresh starts and a sense of being left behind in a gentle, self-deprecating tone.
Bush to Revise Reagan Budget Message on Defense
President elect George Bush is expected to overhaul Reagan’s final defense budget. He may kill some programs, delay others, and scale back spending. Lawmakers warn the current request faces opposition as Bush prepares his first defense plan to Congress.
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Gazette Wire
Washington
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Reagan
Congress
Les Aspin
D-Wis
House Armed Services Committee
Aspin
John Sturdivant
Branstad backs education initiatives
Rescue personnel freed Cedar Rapids man Charles Draker 62 after a Monday one car crash on Oakland Road NE. Draker was northbound when his vehicle left the road and struck a utility pole at 2 p.m. Police identified him and reported he was critically injured.
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Cedar Rapids
Oakland Road
Charles Draker
Center St
Draker
Mercy Medical Center
Branstad pushes funds for at risk four year olds and fiber system
Governor Branstad plans to offer cash incentives of 500 per pupil to school districts creating early education programs for at risk four year olds. He also seeks a pilot regional fiber optic educational communications system in southwest Iowa. The package accompanies the Condition of State Address to lawmakers.
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Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Iowa
William Lepley
Department of Education
Dick Vohs
North judge seeks secrecy affidavit in North case
U S District Judge Gerhard Gesell demanded Attorney General Dick Thornburgh certify that national security concerns prevent a fair public trial for Oliver North on conspiracy and theft charges. The judge would not dismiss the case without an affidavit from high Reagan officials confirming classified information restrictions. Walsh hopes to obtain the affidavit by Thursday as Thornburgh and Walsh discussed the matter last week.
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Dick Thornburgh
White House
Oliver North
U.S
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Lawrence Walsh
Gesell
Walsh
Thornburgh
Justice Department
Love Miller
Department
North
Promise of trip turns lesson in crime for Scouts
Dawn Batie, treasurer of Hiawatha Boy Scout Troop 63, is charged with second degree theft for allegedly misappropriating 3816.54 of the troop’s funds over two years to personal use. The Linn County Attorney’s complaint says she admitted the crime and a court summons will be issued within 30 days.
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Boundary Waters
Hiawatha
Dawn Batie
Minnesota Wilds
Linn
Batie
North Towne Lane
Apt. 5
Hiawatha Boy Scout
Court to review case testing abortion ruling
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a Missouri law case that would test whether Roe v. Wade could be overruled. The 1986 law bans abortions and says life begins at conception, with lower courts striking it down. Missouri, backed by the Reagan and Bush administrations, seeks to challenge the 1973 decision. We will turn to 8A: Abortion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Missouri
Bush
Dick Thornburgh
Yard
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