Iowa House Speaker Breaks Silence in Gambling Debate
House Speaker Van Maanen spoke emotionally on the floor as Iowa lawmakers debated a plan to add slot machines at racetracks. He cited a threatening letter and his wife Luella’s death as he urged restraint and warned that gambling fights would continue. A late amendment linking a tribal casino deal proved close but was rejected by one vote.
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Space Station debated as jobs, science clash
Space Beta Pi hosted a symposium where Ralph De Gennaro of Friends of Earth urged diverting NASA funds from the space station to environmental research. NASA advocates see the station as a long term weightless laboratory. De Gennaro labeled it a jobs program while noting unmanned flights provide most solar system data.
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Whitewater witnesses fight over timetable and hearings
From daylong talks between Senate leaders Mitchell and Dole to a push for Banking Committee scrutiny of Whitewater. Republicans pressed for Capitol Hill hearings on Arkansas dealings involving President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton as Leach demanded a Banking Committee probe next Thursday. Bernard Nussbaum testified under oath after resigning over Whitewater discussions with Treasury officials.
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