Farm income estimates questioned by lawmakers and farmers
Senate aide Sen. Bob Kerrey presses for GAO probe as farmers dispute USDA figures on net farm income. He cites IRS data showing far lower taxable income and questions the use of non money income categories used by USDA to inflate totals.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
America
USDA
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Bob Kerrey
D-Neb
Kerrey
General Accounting Office
Congress
Runningen
National Farmers Union
Swenson
Marion boy chases star at mall in Hammer event
Thad, a Marion youth, meets the Hammer star at Lindale Mall stage door before a show. He dances with the Hammer posse for tips and may get a backstage pass for a hoped backstage audition. He plans to perform Sunday at the Wellington Heights Showcase.
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Hammer
Marion Boy
C.R. Mall
Thad
Hammer Posse
Lindale Mall
Five Seasons
Hammer Group
Clermont to Close Montauk Historic Site Sparks Local Outcry
Clermont leaders defend Montauk shutdown as state budget cuts hit Iowa historic sites. Residents fear loss of tourism boosts from Montauk, Valhalla Restaurant, Brick City Mercantile and other satellite attractions. Thompson calls closures painful but necessary amid 1990s budget squeezes.
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Clermont
Montauk
Fayette County
Clermont Investment Inc
Valhalla
Kevin Seitz
Seitz
Brick City Mercantile
Marilyn Knutsen
State Historical Society
Thompson
Historic Department
State Historical Museum
Des Moines
Bush admin overstates fetal tissue supply for research
The New York Times reports the Bush administration exaggerated the amount of fetal tissue obtainable for medical research without abortions. Memorandums from NIH officials suggest the claim conflicts with earlier statements that all necessary tissue could be gathered without abortions, amid plans to use miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies.
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New York
New York Times
National Institutes of Health
Reagan
Bush
Remington Blake Sought U of I Presidency After Freedman
Remington Blake, an Iowa City educator and great grandson of Iowa legislator D D Remington, emerged as a candidate for the University of Iowa presidency after the Freedman departure. Interim president in 1987 he sought a short tenure but later pursued research. a search committee and Regents process led to Rawlings winning the post. Remington resided in Coralville and arrangements were pending at George L. Gay Funeral Home.
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Freedman
State Board of Regents
Remington
University of Minnesota
Nils Hasselmo
U of I
Rawlings
Coralville
Gazette
George L. Gay Funeral Home
Iowa City
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East
the Gazette
Blairs Forest
Wayne
Wal Mart
Pires
Norwest Bank
Norwest Visa
MasterCard
Visa
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Discovery
Tory
Ven
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33Rd Avenue
Westdale Mail
Marion
Seventh Avenue
Newhall
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Urbana
Wood Street
Shellsburg
Pearl Street
FDIC
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