Police doubt arrest in Mexico is Carlos the Jackal
Investigators doubt the western Mexico City arrest subject with three fake passports and three pistols is Carlos the Jackal. The man claimed Basque nationalist ties and ETA links while Interpol fingerprint checks proceed, as officials caution the case remains unconfirmed.
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Mexico City
UPI
Carlos the Jackal
Justo Ortega Ezquerra
ETA
Spain
Carlos
Daniel Cant
Interpol
International Police Agency
Reynaldo Lopez Malvaez
House acts to bar senators leapfrogging districts
The Iowa House approved a measure 69 to 26 to block senators from leapfrogging into new districts without election. The bill, aimed at closing the 1981 reapportionment loophole, would trigger Cedar Rapids’ district elections and faces an uncertain Senate fate.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa House
House
Cedar Rapids
Jim Wells
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Darrell Hanson
Manchester
Senate
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
Pint-size detectives crack school cases
Seven to ten year old students at Lee Richmond Elementary form the Charles Townsend Detective Agency to solve school mysteries. Guided by principal Jim Parks they study Hardy Boys methods and take on assignments such as The Case of the Restroom Vandal and The Case of the Stolen Puppets.
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Hanford
Calif
Shamuses
Lee Richmond
Charles Townsend
Charlie's Angels
Jim Parks
Parks
Darryl
Friebe
Panel votes to allow surcharge for job fund
Iowa Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee approved a plan to let the Department of Job Service impose a 1 percent wage tax on about 44,000 employers if the state must borrow from the federal government to prop up the unemployment trust fund. The measure also lets employers prepay to bolster cash flow.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee
Merlin Hulse
R. Clarence
Williams resigns Senate amid Abscam expulsion threat
Senator Harrison Williams Jr. of New Jersey quits the Senate under pressure from an expulsion vote tied to his Abscam bribery conviction. He denounces the FBI operation as vile and vows to fight the scandal, while a censure alternative nears passage. His resignation ends 23 years in Congress as Cranston’s plan falters.
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Harrison Williams
U.S
New Jersey
Jeanette
Capitol
Los Angeles Times
Washington
Harrison Williams Jr
D-N.j
Senate
Williams
FBI
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Cranston
Chamber
Jeannette
United States
Disco Tech high school dance classes feature modern study
A local high school promotes modern dance through a new program titled Disco Tech. The initiative highlights contemporary choreography and student participation, aiming to broaden arts education beyond traditional offerings.
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Disco Tech
Senator Bisenius to resign after current session
Iowa senator Bisenius announces he will resign his Senate seat after the current session to take federal employment. He returns from a nearly three week absence amid ethics questions raised by Sen. Palmer over his work as a consultant for the EPA while drawing Senate pay. He pledges a policy clarification to avoid impropriety and cites other members’ absences as precedent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chamber
Steve Bisenius
R-Cascade
Senate
Bisenius
William Palmer
Palmer
Senate Ethics Committee
Washington
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