Branstad names Scalise to head Iowa racing commission
Gov. Branstad selected Lawrence Scalise to lead a five member Racing Commission overseeing parimutuel racing. The group includes Steve Severn Gerald Manatt Lavonne Mydland and Sally Prickett with initial tasks to organize space hire staff and plan the racing system. The Des Moines Register had sued to obtain the applicants names as public records.
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Judy Daubenmier
Luzette
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
State Racing Commission
Monday
Lawrence Scalise
Branstad
Scalise
U.S. Trotting Association
Iowa Harness Horse Association
Lavonne Mydland
Rock Rapids
State Judicial Nominating Commission
Sally Brown Prickett
Cumming
DES Moines Register
Funnel cloud nears Mount Vernon and Lisbon Iowa
A funnel cloud passed within three miles of Mount Vernon and prompted tornado sirens in Mount Vernon and Lisbon. No touchdown or damage occurred as crews watched from multiple points amid a rainy, windy night with gusts up to 40 mph. The alert followed a sighting near Martelle.
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Mount Vernon
Tom Kleineck
Lisbon
Civil Defense
Kleineck
Martelle
Rick
Don Feaker
The age of chivalry in the school class scene
A class scene notes how a teen girl’s dropped book prompts most boys to kick it back to her. The brief observation highlights behavior among students as a social reflex in adolescence.
Famous balloonists die in German crash
World famous balloonists Maxie Anderson and Don Ida died when their craft crashed in a Bavarian forest during a race. Anderson, 48, from Albuquerque, and Ida, 49, of Denver, were attempting an emergency landing near the East German border after 21 hours aloft with 18 teams from nine countries in Paris.
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Schweinfurt
West Germany
Maxie Anderson
Don Ida
Anderson
Ida
Denver
Colo
Frankfurt
Siegfried Brendel
Paris
Brendel
Nuremberg
Senate opens unprecedented floor debate on abortion amendment
The Senate begins historic debate on a constitutional amendment to ban abortions. Orrin Hatch acknowledges uncertain votes but calls it the first step. President Reagan backs the measure as Packwood predicts 42 to 46 votes, with a final outcome uncertain.
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Washington
Congress
Orrin G. Hatch
Utah
Supreme Court
Reagan
Hatch
Bob Packwood
R-Ore
Packwood
States win corporation tax victory
The Supreme Court in a 5 3 decision allows states to tax based on a corporation worldwide income, a move expected to bring in hundreds of millions from multinational firms. Tax experts estimate 23 states with unitary systems could gain at least 625 million annually and prompt others to pursue higher revenues. The court also agreed to study three cases on the exclusionary rule and to potential limits on notifying fathers of illegitimate children before adoption.
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Washington
Supreme Court
California
Boston
Denver
Burbank
Calif
New York
John Paul Stevens
Goldwater Attends Funeral of William Miller in Lockport
Senator Barry Goldwater prays at the funeral for William Miller, Miller’s runner during Goldwater’s 1964 presidential bid, in Lockport New York. Goldwater delivered the eulogy and read Reagan’s message praising Miller.
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Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Lockport
N.Y
William Miller
Goldwater
Reagan
Miller
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