Harkin leads call for special prosecutor in sex scandal probe
Congressman Tom Harkin urges a special prosecutor to investigate claims that members solicited sex from male pages. The House Ethics Committee is already reviewing the matter as House Speaker O'Neill says lawmakers must have faith in the institution. Critics fear whitewash if the inquiry is incomplete or biased.
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Tom Harkin
Iowa
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House Ethics Committee
Harkin
Margaret Heckler
Massachusetts
House
Tip O'Neill
Iowa Borrower Scene Signals Waste in Federal Loans
A 1982-83 trend shows a 31 percent drop in Iowa student loan recipients after Congress tightened need tests. Officials say higher income households now must prove need, reducing abuse where funds funded high interest accounts or nonessential expenses. Banks resist new parental loans despite favorable rates as recession dampens demand.
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Iowa
Congress
Iowa College Aid Commission
Court narrowens death penalty scope in Enmund ruling
The Supreme Court rules capital punishment cruel and unusual for accomplice Enmund in a felony murder case. He drove the getaway car in a Florida robbery where an elderly couple was killed, and the decision hinges on required intent to kill for the death penalty.
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Earl Enmund
Florida
Enmund
Justice White
White
O’connor
Marchers claim world peace rally makes history in New York
Hundreds of thousands packed Manhattan streets from the UN to Central Park for a mass anti nuclear protest with 700000 estimated by police and up to 1 million by marchers. Iowa delegates and leaders from CIPAR UNA and the University of Iowa joined a national coalition urging disarmament and a push to extend the U N special session.
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Big Apple
United Nations
Central Park
Great Lawn
United Nations’ General Assembly
Europe
United States
Iowa
New York
Dan Clark
General Assembly
U.N
Schramm
America
Prominent Iowa Journalist Cy Douglass Recalls Career
Periodic observations invite thoughtful Eastern Iowans to share views. Cy Douglass of Marion, retired journalist, formerly AP bureau chief in Oklahoma City Boston and Des Moines, later led the United Nations Association Iowa Division as executive director.
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CIPAR
Consortium On International Peace and Reconciliation
New York
Iowa
Dubuque
Ames
Burlington
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Sioux City
Waverly
David M. Paul
Schramm
United Nations Associaton
Chester Guinn
C. Maxwell Stanley
Muscatine
General Assembly
Midwest
U.S
Cy Douglass
Marion
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Boston
United Nations Association
Cedar Rapids Public Library needs invest in professional growth
A letter argues the Cedar Rapids City Council underfunds the library and trims staff travel to the American Library Association meeting. It contends sending director and assistant director only is shortsighted and that professional development for public library staff, not just top officials, benefits users and the library's new structure.
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Cedar Rapids
American Library Association
ALA
World Cup Final Broadcast Bypassed by Cedar Rapids CBS Affiliate
Local readers protest KCRG for not airing the World Cup final on July 11 opting for a Cubs baseball game. The miss sparked criticism of limited soccer exposure in Cedar Rapids with calls to prioritize global championship broadcasts in 1986 and beyond.
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Iowa
Cubs
Spain
U.S
ABC
KCRG
Cedar Rapids
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