Hawkeyes prep for VCU in NCAA action Thursday night
Iowa ready to face Virginia Commonwealth in NCAA tournament play as Ed Banach dominated his opponent in 47 seconds to help the Hawks win a seventh straight Big Ten team title. A veteran farm group leader plans to resign after nearly 14 years. A mother expresses shock at her daughter wanting her 3 year old son and 19 year old sister at the birth of her second child.
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Congressmen Rush To Reelect Themselves For Living Laws
A sharp quip notes why many congressmen seek reelection they fear to earn a living under the very laws they enact. The line reflects political humor of the era and hints at public sentiment toward legislative accountability.
Severe Southeast snowstorm kills scattered victims and cripples cities
A Midwest coastal storm dumped two feet of snow with 60 mph winds from Florida to North Carolina. At least 36 died, 13 in North Carolina. Norfolk ordered streets closed. Florida citrus crop damaged as freezes curtail oranges. Tornadoes caused over seven million dollars in Broward County damage. Governors declared emergencies across several states.
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Midwest
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Norfolk
New Jersey
Pensacola
Miami
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Florida Citrus Mutual
Tampa
Orlando
Daytona Beach
Virginia
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Billy Bank
Chesapeake
Broward County
Indiana
Ohio
New England
Missouri
South Carolina
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Maryland
Winter storm heads for Iowa with mixed precipitation
United Press International reports a winter storm forming over Iowa with rain freezing rain and snow possible late tonight and Tuesday. An arctic cold front and a Rockies low pressure area drive the system as the front moves in and the low travels from the plains into central Missouri, bringing heavier snow to the southeast half of Iowa.
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Iowa
Rockies
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Missouri
Stayner returns home after seven year abduction case
Merced California reports Steven Stayner, 14, who vanished in 1972 with kidnaper Kenneth Parnell, was reunited with his family in a tearful homecoming. Timmy White, 5, found by Stayner, was also reunited with his parents in Ukiah. Parnell jailed on kidnapping charges. no charges yet for Stayner's disappearance. Police recount the rescue and return.
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Merced
Calif
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Steven
Timothy Lee White
Ukiah
Here
Kenneth Eugene Parnell
Parnell
Manchester
Timmy
David Johnson
Jim White
U S court reviews bank looting case against Olmsted
Federal court weighs allegations that George Olmsted looted Mercantile Bank of Freeport Bahamas hurting nearly 1,000 depositors in the United States Canada and the Bahamas Audits show a 25 million loss The suit seeks 28 million for creditors plus 10 million punitive damages The bank and remaining assets may yield at most 3 million Depositors face possible pennies on the dollar if the suit fails
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Washington
George Olmsted
Olmsted
Des Moines
Iowa
International Bank
Dubuque
Morris Plan Co
Cedar Rapids
Mercantile Bank of
Milwaukee balks at C R rail service pending ICC papers
Shippers on the Cedar Rapids Marion line lost service as Milwaukee refused cross-ownership trains from Illinois Central Gulf and Crandic until the ICC service orders are physically delivered. An ICC official said paperwork may delay trains until Wednesday, with Milwaukee noting no authority to run over its tracks.
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Cedar Rapids
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