Winter storms churn across the Midwest and threaten California
A powerful Rockies snowstorm dumps up to 18 inches in Colorado and Wyoming, closes highways, cripples Denver airports, and forces school closures. A second Pacific storm heads toward California amid fears of record snowmelt flooding in the Sierra Nevada and Nevada basins.
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Associated Press
Colorado
California
Denver
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Iowa
Department of Transportation
Ames
Midwest
Prairie View
Kansas
Rockies
Wyoming
Minnesota
Jim Caplan
Dave Scherer
Stapleton International Airport
Limon
Plains
Highway Patrol
Wolf Creek Pass
Colorado 24
Colorado Springs
Boulder Canyon
Twin
St. Paul
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Sierra Nevadas
Nevada
Iowa may form separate Department of Adult Corrections
Iowa could create a stand alone Department of Adult Corrections this fall, moving adult corrections from the Department of Social Services. The plan, led by Sen. Richard Drake, would establish a new agency with its own director and a five member advisory board. Governor Branstad supports the concept and urges passage as part of a broader corrections package.
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Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
State Government Committee
Department of Social Services
Richard Drake
Muscatine
Drake
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Court denies rehearing in Williams case
The Eighth Circuit refused to reconsider its reversal of a murder conviction in the 1968 Christmas Eve slaying of a 10 year old Iowa girl. Williams who is also known as Anthony Erthel Williams remains in prison as the state appeals to the Supreme Court with 90 days to file.
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Gazette
Gazette Wire Services
ST. Louis
U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Iowa
Robert Williams
Bill Roach
Tom Miller
Williams
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Soviets Cut Oil Prices Undercutting OPEC Move
The Soviet Union slashed its oil price by $1.25 a barrel to $28 retroactive to March 1, targeting Western Europe’s markets and signaling a potential price war as Britain weighs its response to OPEC’s cut to $29. Nigeria and others were cited as possible followers.
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Gazette Wire Services
London
Soviet Union
OPEC
Britain
Europe
Norway
Nigeria
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Yamani
House Democrats propose 1984 budget with tax hike and defense cuts
Democratic leaders unveil an 863.5 billion dollar budget for 1984 that reduces Reagan’s defense spending rise by more than half and raises about 30 billion in new tax revenue. The plan links the revenue to ending the July 1 10 percent income tax cut, though Ways and Means would decide details. Reagan opposes altering the tax cut.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
House
Reagan
Senate
White House
Iowa
Charles Grassley
House Budget Committee
James Jones
D-Okla
Jones
Ways and Means
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