Parimutuel bill clears House committee after shifts
Des Moines lawmakers end weeks of deadlock as the Ways and Means Committee approves the parimutuel betting bill 18 to 14. Several opponents flipped to support to allow floor debate, with Rep. Jack Woods planning to tack the measure onto a state building funds bill.
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Judy Daubenmier
Sette Mar
Des Moines
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Jack Woods
D-Des Moines
Rep
David Osterberg
Mount Vernon
Iowa Lawmaker Wins Ticket Concession For Public Access
Des Moines Iowa U of I officials pledge 200 game tickets from Carver Hawkeye Arena to noncontributors next season and 500 seats may be made available to the public after three years Rep Richard Groth says the move marks a small victory. university officials defer details on timing and method of sale while the arena remains sold out to major donors.
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Des Moines
University of Iowa
Carver-Hawkeye
U of I
Bump Elliott
Richard Groth
D-Albert City
Groth
Elliott
Albert City
Larry Bruner
Bruner
Dennis Nagle
Hayfever volunteers sought for Iowa City study
The University of Iowa College of Medicine invites 100 hayfever sufferers to earn 50 dollars by spending June 4 5 or 11 12 at City Park in a human subject trial of azelas tine an antihistamine from Wallace Laboratories Cranbury New Jersey The drug has been tested in Europe and Japan and may enter the U S after parallel tests at multiple centers.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
College of Medicine
City
United States
Wallace Laboratories
Cranbury
N.J
Europe
Japan
U of I
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Airport bond proposal cut by 2 million
The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission seeks authorization to sell 9.5 million in general obligation bonds for a new terminal, down from 11.5 million after last year’s plan was scrapped due to a lawsuit by Ozark and Mississippi Valley airlines and a local attorney. Bond sale set for June 2 with closing June 28, contingent on suit dismissal.
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Dick Hogan
Cedar Rapids Airport
Ozark and
Mississippi Valley Airlines
Robert McMahan
Tom Aller
Aller
Congress approves 760 million mortgage aid bill in recession
The House passed a 760 million government loan program to save homeowners facing foreclosure amid the recession by a 216 to 196 vote. The Reagan administration opposes the measure as costly and unnecessary.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
House
Reagan
Congress Advances Multiple Defense and Aid Measures
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved El Salvador aid with a clause to cut military aid if talks with guerrillas stall. The House Appropriations defense subcommittee backed MX missile funding, with a 9 to 3 vote. Reagan pledged a broad arms control review and deployment of the MX as a bargaining chip.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
el Salvador
U.S
House Appropriations Defense
Soviet Union
House
Appropriations Defense Subcommittee
Reagan
Today's Chuckle America Bailout Joke
A quip notes a defendant released on bail while the jury is kept behind bars in a satirical gag about the justice system. The line labels the practice as a humorous take on legal procedures.
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