Iowa legislators reject tax hikes to balance budget
Iowa legislative leaders say the state will avoid major tax increases and cut as much as 60 million from agency budgets for the year starting July 1. They anticipate a revenue shortfall tied to slow growth and $107 million in automatic budget increases, with details to come as lawmakers prepare for the 1986 session.
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Iowa
Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Walter Mondale
Roger Halvorson
Monona
Halvorson
Senate
Lowell Jenkins
D Montrose
House
Donald Avenson
D. Oelwein
William Krahl
Terry Branstad
Crusaders push to bar magazines from Cedar Rapids stores
Cedar Rapids groups led by Citizens for Decency Through Law push to remove Playboy Penthouse and other explicit mags from retailers. They vow pickets and store boycotts to force shops to stop selling adult magazines to adults, arguing material promotes rape and child molestation. Some retailers had already dropped titles. others cite weak sales. The battle continues as organizers seek broader local restrictions.
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Larry Johnson
Citizens For Decency Through Law
Playboy
Penthouse
Steve Barlow
Barlow Foods
Neil Gallagher
Gallagher
Linn County Association of Evangelicals
the Gazette
Barlow
Dole rules out tax hike this year in deficit fight
Senate Republican leader Robert Dole says there is zero chance of a tax increase this year as he pushes a deficit reduction plan. He favors across the board spending freezes, including Social Security and military budgets, with further tax actions labeled as last resort if rounds of cuts fail.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Robert Dole
Kansas
Dole
Senate Republicans
Republicans
Lincoln Loses Illinois Senate Race After Debates
In 1858 Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas faced off in a defining Illinois Senate race. Lincoln wins public debate acclaim but Douglas secures the seat in the U.S. Senate race, illustrating a political mismatch between public persuasion and political outcome.
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Lincoln
U.S. Senate
Illinois
Albany Bishop wins court order to block abortion clinics
The Roman Catholic bishop of Albany New York obtained a temporary court order halting Planned Parenthood clinics in Albany and Hudson from receiving final operating licenses. Justice John Pennock delayed state approval while a hearing set for January 25 examines procedures. The diocese emphasizes opposition to abortion and promotes alternatives.
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New York Times Service
New York
Albany
N.Y
Howard Hubbard
Planned Parenthood
State Health Department
Hudson
State Supreme Court
John Pennock
Upper Hudson
Hubbard
Health Department
Diocese of
Russell Shaw
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Washington, D.C
Vessey Arrives in China for Talks on Navy Port Calls
Gen John Vessey Jr arrives in Peking for talks with Chinese defense leaders on potential U S Navy port calls in Chinese ports for the first time in 35 years. He meets Yang Dezhi as Beijing welcomes him with a red carpet and notes Taiwan remains a hurdle.
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China
John W. Vessey Jr
Yang Dezhi
Vessey
Peking
People’s Liberation Army
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Taiwan
John Vessey Jr
U.S. Navy
U.S
Adm
William Crowe
U.S. Pacific Forces
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Cedar Rapids
Johnson
Citizens For Decency
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