Gore warns Iowa caucus flawed as he campaigns in Independence
Senator Albert Gore criticized the Iowa caucus system as unrepresentative during a speech in Independence Iowa, arguing that a national primary like Super Tuesday offers a broader, more accurate test of candidates. He cited low caucus turnout and pledged not to flatter Iowa voters with promises.
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Cindy Kranz
Iowa
Independence
Tennessee
Albert Gore
United States
Gore
Buchanan County
Caucus bill passes Senate in Iowa move to curb falsified results
The Iowa Senate approved a measure to criminalize falsifying or withholding precinct caucus results. By a 41 to 3 vote the bill, urged by Attorney General Tom Miller, advances to the House. Conviction could carry up to 30 days in jail and a $100 fine.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa Senate
Tom Miller
House
Iowa
Miller
Kemp Attacks Caucus System Favoring Primaries
Rep. Jack Kemp argues early state delegate selection favors back room procedures over primaries. He calls the system designed by Rube Goldberg and promotes primary voting as the most democratic method to choose a nominee, noting Iowa straw polls lack binding delegate ties.
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DES Moines
New York
Jack Kemp
Rube Goldberg
Kemp
Iowa
NSC role should be advisory says Sen. Dole
Sen. Robert Dole told a Denison crowd the National Security Council should be advisory if he becomes president. He said the NSC must coordinate policies and not implement them and warned against White House secrecy and improper leaks. He cited Truman and criticized North and Poindexter as patriots not heroes.
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Ken Sullivan
Denison
National Security Council
Robert Dole
R-Kan
NSC
Dole
White House
Harry Truman
Oliver
North
John
Poindexter
Lincoln County hotel owners face $65,000 debt judgment
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co won a Linn County Court judgment over delinquent electric and steam bills owed by Roosevelt Hotel Ltd Partnership and Roosevelt Corporate Apartments Inc. The former owners failed to answer the suit filed last month, and a consortium led by Banc Iowa Savings Bank now owns the hotel. The hotel remains in operation.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Linn District
Roosevelt Hotel
Roosevelt Hotel Ltd. Partnership
Roosevelt Corporate Apartments Inc
Roosevelt Hotel Inc
Peter Bezanson
Banc Iowa Savings Bank
Roosevelt
Iowa teachers to see 5.6 percent raise next year
DES MOINES AP Iowa public school teachers will again receive more than five percent pay gains. The Iowa State Education Association cites an average 5.6 percent raise in 1988-89 contracts based on 74 of 367 districts with unions, with Ames Des Moines Council Bluffs and Davenport among districts noted.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.S
Harold Vietor
Iowa Department of Human Services
Iowa State Education Association
William Sherman
the Education Association
Sherman
Ames
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Democrats Hold Rare Family Summit In Des Moines
Democratic senators and House members met in Des Moines for a one hour closed door session to align priorities for the year including rural redevelopment and welfare reform. Senate leader Hutchins called the meeting a family affair and said both chambers would seek monthly joint caucuses to improve communication and avoid past rifts on groundwater protection and income tax reform.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Democratic
House
Senate
C.W. Hutchins
D-Audubon
Hutchins
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