Wet weather delays planting across Iowa crops
A statewide crop report shows 85 percent of corn and 20 percent of soybeans planted as wet conditions and heavy weekend rains hinder field work. Amana Farms in Iowa County report over a third of corn and soybeans left, with mud and continued rain delaying progress. Farmers warn of potential yield losses if frost arrives and note moisture levels improving after prior shortages.
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Bert Kreitiow
Venseue Rural Affairs
Amana Farms Inc
Iowa County
Stan Butt
Amana
Richard Hemphill
Scott County
le Roy Thomson
Garwin
Iowa
Thomsen
Kurt Heitman
Heilman
Harry Hillaker
Hillaker
Gunman takes hostage and kills self at church
In Melbourne Beach Florida a heavily armed man identified as Douglas Pearson wounded two people and held a hostage for seven hours inside St. Sebastian By The Sea Episcopal Church before killing himself. Deacon George Smodell escaped as officers used tear gas and entered the building.
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Melbourne Beach
Fila
St. Sebastian-By-The Sea Episcopal Church
Douglas Pearson
Pearson
Census official weighs confidentiality in crime cases
Cedar Rapids Census Bureau director Tom Moss describes an alleged marijuana incident as requiring higher authority to inform police. He stresses strict confidentiality, noting that names and addresses should not be disclosed except in serious crime cases.
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Tom Moss
Cedar Rapids
The
Census Bureau
Larson
Moss
Bureau
Abortion Protests Draw Court Rebuffs and Debates
The Supreme Court rejected Operation Rescue's appeal after lower courts found against the group in New York. The 2nd U.S. Circuit upheld an injunction banning demonstrations near clinics, invoking the Ku Klux Klan Act to protect women's rights. NOW praised the ruling while activists discuss future legal actions and free speech limits. The case centers on access to abortion services and state and federal protections.
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Operation Rescue
Atlanta
Georgia
Supreme Court
New York
National Organization For Women
Terry
Molly Yard
2Nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ward
Tobacco exports spark moral outrage over health abroad
Former Surgeon General Everett Koop calls U S efforts to open overseas tobacco markets a moral outrage that endangers developing nations. He cites foreign ads targeting women and youth and lack of warning labels, while experts warn smoking rises overseas as U S access expands.
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Boston
Everett Koop
United States
Koop
Judith MacKay
Hong Kong
Iowa State Game TV Deal Nears ABC Agreement
Officials at the University of Iowa consider televising the Iowa State game as ABC signals an exception to precedents. The decision follows political pressure from Gov. Branstad and senators Grassley and Tauke, amid a longstanding Iowa Iowa State rivalry televised since 1985 and consistently sold out.
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ABC
New York
University of Iowa
Big Ten
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Charles Grassley
Tom Tauke
Tauke
House
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