Reagan lose bid for Nicaraguan aid sparks political clash
The House voted 222 to 210 to block Reagan’s plan to send 100 million in military aid to Nicaraguan rebels. Reagan called it a dark day for freedom and vowed to press the fight, while UNO leader Arturo Cruz condemned the decision as a blow to democracy. The Senate fate looms next week.
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Washington
Reagan
Soviet Union
Larry Speakes
Senate
Congress
Speakes
Nicaragua
House of Representatives
Arturo Cruz
Amendment revives soil lab funding in Iowa
The House Appropriations Committee voted to restore 11.1 million dollars for a soil laboratory in Ames Iowa after Secretary Lyng had redirected the funds to a Florida indemnity program. Rep Neal Smith introduced the amendment to the catch all bill which now faces a possible veto from the Reagan administration.
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David Lynch
Washington
U.S. House Appropriations Committee
Ames
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Richard Lyng
Florida
Lyng
Paula Hawkins
R-Fla
Charles Grassley
House Appropriations
Jamie Whitten
D-Miss
Whitten
Tom Harkin
Drowa
Senate Appropriations Committee
Neal Smith
Soil Lab
House
Reagan
Today’s Chuckle Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
A light humor note jokes that the best way to cut your ae teeth is to bite off more than you can chew with a playful pun.
Egg Upright Trick Question at Equinox Experiment
Interstate Collection Bureau workers test if an egg can stand on its end at the equinox. Lois Hessing recalls an autumnal attempt that lasted hours before a knock over. Coe College physics professor Paul Smith notes no scientific basis for equinox quirks. The team instead balances an egg on its large end to avoid embarrassment.
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Interstate Collection Bureau
Marion
Virginia Paisley
Cedar Rapids
Lois Hessing
Greg Henderson
Central City
Pat Hyland
Hessing
Paul Smith
Coe College
Contac maker warns of tampering threats across drugs
SmithKline Beckman Corp urged consumers to stop using Contac capsules and two other drugs after investigators detected tampering. Officials reported threats of poison but no poison found, with corn starch in Contac, Teldrin, and Dietac capsules in Orlando and Houston.
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New York Times
Washington
Smith- Kline Beckman Corp
SmithKline
Orlando
Fla
Houston
Brown
FBI
Westchester County
N.Y
Johnson & Johnson
Compa
Des Moines Mercy Hospital seeks local heart organ sharing
Mercy Hospital Des Moines says Iowa rivals refuse to reveal heart availability. Dr Steven Phillips notes four transplants last year, claiming Methodist Hospital harvested two hearts nearby without informing Mercy, potentially denying patients on Mercy's waiting list.
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Roger Over
Des Moines
Iowa
Steven Phillips
Mercy Hospital
Mercy
Phillips
Bill Mauer
Iowa Methodist Hospital of
Methodist
Two Hazleton Teens Drown After River Rafting Accident
In Iowa near Fontana Park Buchanan County two Hazleton High students Jeff Roepke 16 and Lee Fox Jr 17 drowned after an inflatable raft flipped in flood waters near a 15 foot dam on Otter Creek. Principal Grasso said many students stayed after mourning with families planning services Saturday.
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Deb Wiley Gazette
Bureau
Oelwein High School
Hazleton
Jeff Roepke
Lee Fox Jr
Otter Creek
Fontana Park
Buchanan County
Dominic Grasso
Grasso
Roepke
Fox
Upper Iowa University
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United Nicaraguan Opposition
UNO
Thomas O'Neill
D-Mass
Bob Michel
Ill
O’neill
Abby
U.S
Gazette
Rita Reed
Contac
U of 1
D.M. Hospital
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