Settlement ends Caterpillar suit over ogling co workers
Luanna Cash McChane settles a 1.5 million lawsuit against Caterpillar Inc claiming she was fired for being too attractive. The case before the Iowa Civil Rights Commission settled privately with terms undisclosed. She gains pride and self esteem as she rebuilds life with husband Dan McChane and daughter Tiffany in Clinton. HBO producer Thomas Bird contemplates a TV movie.
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Branstad rejects sales tax plan to cut income tax
Gov. Terry Branstad opposes raising the sales tax to reduce a $170 million income tax hike. He says the move is regressive, hurts low income Iowans, and he favors negotiating a compromise with lawmakers for a quick special session. He leaves all options open but doubts boosting the sales tax.
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Iowa Boat Accidents Up In 1986 Says DNR
Iowa boaters were involved in 68 reported accidents in 1986, killing eight and injuring 36 with damages over 100000. The 1985 figures were 50 accidents, 10 deaths, and 28 injuries. Lakes and federal reservoirs caused 44 accidents while inland streams and border rivers caused 24. Capsizing, waterskiing, and vessel collisions accounted for the incidents.
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Thompson High bans Pulitzer novel The Confessions of Nat Turner
Thompson High School in Iowa removed William Styron’s Pulitzer winning novel The Confessions of Nat Turner after a seventh grade boy’s parent complained about sexual passages. The ban, approved 3-2, drew mixed reaction from board members and staff with critics arguing the book’s literary value and historical context.
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High speed chase ends in Oelwein with arrest
Jeffrey Hayes, 31, of Waterloo, was captured after a 25 minute pursuit reaching 128 mph. An Iowa State Patrol rammed the fleeing car after deputies attempted to stop him for warrants. No injuries were reported.
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April lottery sales set Iowa record at ten point five million
Iowa Lottery reports 10.5 million in April, the highest monthly total in history. Director Ed Stanek cautions about finishing the fiscal year with the 93 million goal and notes May and June may lag after Dallas Center farmer Larry Hanbaker won a 5 million jackpot on April 16.
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Rural Washington County House Burns Down
An unoccupied two story house three miles west of Washington on County Road G-38 burned to the ground Saturday morning. The cause is not determined though a fire department spokesman believed it to be electrical. The owner is John Combs, a long distance truck driver who apparently lives elsewhere.
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