Iowa routs Michigan State behind Marble and Armstrong
Roy Marble scored 23 points and B J Armstrong added 20 as No 11 Iowa beat Michigan State 103 87 to move to 21 7 overall and 11 4 in the Big Ten. Pam Postema the only woman umpire drew praise after the Braves 5 0 exhibition win over Georgia as she hopes to reach the majors.
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Roy Marble
B.J. Armstrong
Iowa
Michigan State
Hawkeyes
Pam Postema
Atlanta Braves
University of Georgia
Postema
Today’s Chuckle Litigations: why lawyers want your tales
A light quip notes that others rarely want to hear your troubles unless the listeners are litigation lawyers. The joke frames lawyers as the one group eager for grievance tales, turning ordinary complaints into legal fodder.
House Rejects Humane Aid for Contras in Vote
The House defeated a Democratic plan to provide 30.8 million in humanitarian aid to the Nicaraguan contras 216 to 208. 45 Democrats and 171 Republicans opposed the proposal, signaling partisan tensions as Speaker Wright weathered the rebuke.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
House
Jim Wright
D-Texas
U.S
Wright
Will Rogers
Iowa population forecast clash over 2000 numbers
The Census Bureau projects a 10 percent population drop for Iowa to 2,549,000 in 2000, down 285,000 from 1987, while demographer Willis Goudy and state economist Harvey Siegelman predict a stable trend with 2,875,000 people by 2000, up 41,000 from 1987.
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Harrison Weber
Iowa
Assn
Des Moines
U.S. Census Bureau
Iowa Newspaper Association
Census Bureau
Willis Goudy
Iowa State University
Harvey Siegelman
Goudy
Siegelman
Senate votes to bar most polygraph tests
The Senate approved a bill by a 69 to 27 vote to bar private employers from using polygraph tests to screen applicants or to conduct random honesty checks. The measure allows limited use at nuclear plants, security firms, and armored car companies and for specific investigations with safeguards. Violations incur fines of up to 10,000 and notices are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Hatch
Iowa
Tom Harkin
Charles Grassley
Conference Committee
Dan Quayle
Reagan
House of Cards
Quayle
Kennedy
Don Nickles
R-Okla
Labor Department
Iowa air traffic plan would shift jobs to regional centers
Des Moines air traffic operations could lose most of its 46 tower positions as radar control moves to regional facilities near Minneapolis and Chicago under a $10 billion National Airspace System Plan. FAA officials say the plan is tentative and could change by the mid-1990s, with radar operations consolidated at 40 to 50 centers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minneapolis
Chicago
Federal Aviation Administration
Bill Ellis
FAA
Des Moines International Airport
Ellis
Weighty question in bowling alley soap opera
A humorous wrap of Steve Benz owner of Cedar Rapids Bowling Center sorting a pin weight clash. An ABC check finds pins near the 54 to 58 ounce spec while a misread scale at stores and the Post Office creates confusion. Benz resolves the misreadings in a melodramatic local page turn.
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Sian Winer
Steve Benz
Benz
Cedar Rapids
Blairs Ferry Road
American Bowling Congress
ABC
UPS
Marion
Gazette
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Bach
Gage
Metro
Bob Jaeger
Dave Nagle
Amtrak
Abby Ee
Marion Ewer
Sue Tees
Ge Pasha Es
Tys
Rena Castelnuovo-Hollander
West Bank
Hebron
Time Magazine
Farmington
Minn
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