Parimutuel Racing Bill Backed by Iowa Lawmakers
Rep. Harold Van Maanen warns of a second-rate track as the bill creates a five member commission to decide whether to allow horse or dog racing and locations. Licenses go to non profit groups while a dog racing option gains support to aid passage. The proposal includes a strict anti drugging measure and limits on farmland use and bonds, with startup contributions and no mandatory wagering tax.
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Harold van Maanen
Roskaloosa
Ak-Sar
Ben
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Doderer
Woods
Belly dancer entertains lawmakers at Iowa Statehouse on birthday eve
At the Iowa Statehouse in Des Moines a birthday cake and belly dancing surprise greet Sen. Robert Carr as colleagues gather for a mid morning show. Later Catholics hold Mass in a main floor room arranged by Sen. Joe Coleman and Tim McCarthy to observe a holy day without leaving the building.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa Statehouse
Robert Carr
Carr
Dubuque
Budget battle sinks Reagan plan in Senate GOP bid
Senate Republicans faltered as Sen. Baker and Domenici backed a budget with $8 billion in tax hikes over two years and a 7.5 percent defense rise. Democrats opposed plus five moderates, while Heflin of Alabama supported the plan. Deficits projected at $192.4 billion in 1984 and $186.3 billion in 1985.
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Senate Gop
Slade Gorton
Sen
Baker
Reagan
Senate
Sen. Baker
Pete Demenici
R-N.m
Senate Budget Committee
White House
Baker-Domenici
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Charles Mathias
Maryland
Robert Stafford
Vermont
Lowell Weicker
Connecticut
Mark Andrews
North Dakota
Robert Packwood
Howell Heflin
Alabama
Sioux City Man Dies in Two-Car Crash Near Cherokee
Louis Ritz, 77, of Sioux City died in a collision at the intersection of Cherokee County Roads L-51 and C-38. Ritz failed to stop at the stop sign and was struck by a westbound car driven by Betty Harmon, 29, of Marcus. Harmon was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Cherokee, Iowa
Louis Ritz
Sioux City
Cherokee
Iowa
Ritz
Betty Harmon
Marcus
Harmon
Marian Health Center
11th Circuit Rules Alabama Prayer Laws Violate Establishment Clause
The 11th Circuit overturned prior reasoning and held that Mobile County classroom prayer activities violated the First Amendment. It said state laws advance religious activities, include government led prayer, and fail secular purpose tests. The court stressed adherence to Supreme Court precedents and rejected Hand's view.
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Alabama
11Th Circuit
Supreme Court
Hand
Appeals Court
Mobile County
Congress
Watt Defends Coal Leasing Amid Fire Sale Allegations
Interior Secretary James Watt testified before a House subcommittee defending the coal leasing program amid charges of a fire sale and a leak of confidential data. He noted changes to bid procedures after the Powder River Basin sale, while GAO and congressional reports questioned sale values and disclosure.
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Washington
James Watt
U.S
Watt
House
Powder River
Montana- Wyoming
Richard Mulberry
Powder River Basin
GAO
Appropriations Committee
House votes to kill Clinch River reactor
The House approved a plan to end government financing for the Clinch River breeder reactor near Oak Ridge Tennessee unless private industry covers more of its 3.6 billion cost. The chamber also backed a six year 1.5 billion funding proposal conditioned on private cost sharing.
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Clinch River
Washington
House
Tennessee
Claudine Schneider
R-R.i
Jan Bearden
National Taxpayers Coalition
House Appropriations Subcommittee On Energy
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Congress
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D-Des Moines
Betty Hoffmann-Bright
R-Muscatine
Parimutuel
Tary
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Iar Iy
Marion
Marvin’s Mens Wear
ARROW
Haggar — Levi’'S
KEY — Bvd
WLY
Bolasiae
Marvin Ledermar
Lal
PVG Te
Equipmen
Mulberry
General Accounting Office
Department
FIN
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