ISU soil center funding advances under Senate plan
Iowa State University officials announce a tentative 11.1 million dollar Soil Tilth Center funding package, to be attached to a supplemental appropriations bill. Sen Thad Cochran sponsors the measure as lawmakers weigh executive branch funding decisions amid past transfers to Florida citrus growers.
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Antown State University
John Pesek
Ames
Iowa State University
Soil Tilth Center
Agriculture
Richard Lyng
Florida
Pesek
Agronomy Department
Paula Hawkins
R-Fla
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Senate Appropriations Committee
Thad Cochran
Rmiss
Panel says porn leads to violence
A Justice Department commission concludes that most pornography sold in the United States is potentially harmful and can lead to violence. The 211 page report urges action against the industry with harsher obscenity penalties and lists recommendations to be released in July.
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Washington
Justice Department Commission On Pornography
United States
Attorney General’s Commission On Pornography
Soviet say Chernobyl catastrophe averted after reactor blast
Soviet officials said the Chernobyl No 4 reactor nearly burned out last week but averted disaster. The core is sealed in concrete for centuries as radiation subsides. At least six dead and about 200 injured from the explosion and fire on April 26. 92,000 evacuated from an 18 mile zone.
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Moscow
Ivan Yemelyanov
Soviet Union
Kiev
Europe
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Chernobyl
Boris Gudaspov
Communist Party
Pravda
Yevgeny Velikhov
Marcos accused by Shultz over Aquino unrest in Hawaii
Secretary of State George Shultz rebukes Ferdinand Marcos for using Hawaii as a base to stir trouble against President Corazon Aquino. Cardinal Sin says Marcos pays demonstrators and even dresses followers as clergy to gain overseas sympathy. Sin cites paid protests in Manila and money still in the Philippines.
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Washington
George Shultz
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
Hawaii
Corazon Aquino
Shultz
Marcos
Aquino
Jaime Sin
Manila
Sin
Today's Chuckle Standup gag about feet in mouth in crowd
A joke notes that only humans can stand upright before an audience and place both feet in their mouth, a humorous image highlighting unique human behavior.
Prairie students seek ban on satire book in high school library
Prairie High School students object to Derek Tell’s 1977 satirical guide Doctor Bey’s Guide to death by own action. They argue it lacks educational value and could influence vulnerable teens, requesting reconsideration by the College Community Schools committee tonight in the Prairie Junior High library.
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Prairie
Doctor Bey
Prairie High School
Teresa Rierson
the Gazette
Prairie Junior High Library
College Community Schools
Purse Theft Report Hits Store Manager Test
Dyson said the store manager checked a price tag to verify a purse theft incident. The terse note cites tag verification as part of the incident details on page 13A.
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Dyson
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