Cleanup crews tackle 314 mile Mississippi slick near Le Claire
Officials deploy cleanup crews to contain a 314.4 mile slick stretching along the Mississippi River south of Le Claire. Commanders for C R detectives are in short supply. Gov Branstadt defends an environmental policy shared by Thatcher. Lisbon suffers water outage for second straight day.
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Mississippi River
le Claire
C.R
Terry Branstadt
Margaret Thatcher
LIC
Sports notes on Rose gambling talk and suspensions
Pete Rose discusses his gambling addiction and prospects for a baseball return. Former ISU basketball player Sam Mack is suspended from Arizona State for sexual assault allegations. The University of Northern Iowa hosts its winter sports media day.
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Pete Rose
ISU
Sam Mack
Arizona State
University of Northern Iowa
Armstrong's Dubuque store holds grand reopening
Armstrong's department store in Dubuque announces a grand reopening today at Kennedy Mall. Kodak sends its first employee to Cedar Rapids as part of regional expansion.
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Armstrong’s Department Store
Dubuque
Kennedy Mall
Kodak
Cedar Rapids
Today’s Chuckle Coconut Banana Diet
A light joke notes a coconut and banana diet causing weight loss only if you climb many trees. The punchline mocks dieting by implying activity rather than food controls results.
Iowa lawmakers debate lessons from Tuesday results
Washington report notes Rep. Jim Leach calls anti abortion stance a political mistake after Democratic wins in Virginia and New Jersey and loss of GOP control. Rep. Tom Tauke disputes the link and predicts anti abortion position helps him face Sen. Tom Harkin next year.
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David Lynch
Washington
Iowa
Jim Leach
Virginia
New Jersey
State Assembly
Tom Tauke
Tom Harkin
D Lown
East German crisis prompts Krenz purge and West aid pledge
In Berlin the Politburo reshuffle under Egon Krenz aims to stem Westward flight and placate pro democracy protests. Bonn signals large economic aid if East Germany holds free elections and renounces monopoly on power. More than 50,000 East Germans have fled to the West since Saturday amid reform pressure. Local steps favor New Forum as 25,000 rally for elections and 15,000 protest nearby.
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Gazette Wire Services
Berlin
Communist Party
Egon Krenz
Bonn
Helmut Kohl
East Germany
Bundestag
West Germany
Krenz
Erich Honecker
New Forum
Frankfurt An der Oder
Christian Democrats
ADN
Neubrandenburg
Limbach-Oberfrohna
Karl- Marx-Stadt
Did figures or voters lie pollsters ask
Baltimore Sun reports the margins for black candidates in Virginia and New York contests were tighter than polls predicted. Experts debate if voters lied, poll methods failed, or response bias with black candidates affected exit polling and turnout.
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Baltimore Sun
Washington
Virginia
New York
Bradley
Tom Bradley
California
Lee Miringoff
Marist Institute For Public Opinion
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Cheryl Miller
Miller
Kathy Frankovic
CBS News
Miringoff
AIDS notification rules approved by Iowa board
Iowa health rule changes allow doctors to notify sexual partners of patients who test positive for HIV only when the partner is in danger of exposure or when the patient will not voluntarily inform them. The rules, effective Jan 3, provide liability protections and apply to intravenous drug users and HIV cases.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
Iowa Medical Society
Jack Kelly
Health Department
Legislative Administrative Rules Review Committee
Health Board
Department
Cheryl Christie
Seniors test driving skills with Iowa simulator
Robert Dennett, 67, Cedar Rapids, and other seniors tested driving skills at the Witwer Senior Center using the Iowa Department of Transportation simulator. They sit in a car seat, watch a film, react to scenarios, and are scored. The program aims to raise awareness of aging drivers and potential license issues.
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Mike Kilen
Atte
Robert Dennett
Cedar Rapids
Dennett
Witwer
Iowa
Scott Falk
IDOT
Des Moines
Juanita Dennert
Robert
Falk
Robert Dennert
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Lyle Muller
Frank Ray Chewning
Johnson County
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