Simon expands Iowa lead as polls place him front runner
Des Moines report says Senator Paul Simon tops Iowa Democrats with 24 percent in a Des Moines Register poll influencing fundraising. He warns of intensified attacks if he remains ahead, while launching a 10 day Iowa TV spot blitz featuring his wife Jeanne and former governor Harold Hughes. He credits openness and honesty for gains and cautions national frontrunner status remains unsettled.
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Vaupens “Gazette
Des Moines
Burea
Paul Simon
Iowa
Simon
Des Moines Register
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Towa
Illinois
Jeanne
Harold Hughes
Troy
Hil
Pat Mitchell
Jackson seeks early Secret Service protection after Klan threat
Jesse Jackson's Democratic campaign cites a Ku Klux Klan death threat and right wing threats as it renews calls for early Secret Service protection. The Treasury Dept has not decided, while the FBI and Justice Dept confirm investigation and protection considerations remain unresolved. Jackson plans to speak in Cedar Rapids on poverty issues as the SPLC reports an alleged Klan plot uncovered in Alabama.
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Jesse Jackson
Treasury Department
Secret Service
Jackson
Cedar Rapids
Frank Watkins
FBI
South Carolina
Watkins
Deborah Wade
Civil Rights Division
Justice Department
Seriou
Baton Rouge, la
Jackson to speak at Cedar Rapids poverty hearing
Rev. Jesse Jackson will address a Cedar Rapids hearing on child poverty joining 11 other presidential candidates at First Christian Church. The event runs 2 to 7 30 p m with Jackson speaking 7 to 730 p m. About 113 000 Iowa children live in poverty as panels outline programs. A second Iowa hearing is planned in Des Moines.
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Cedar Rapids
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First Christian Church
Third Ave. SE
Iowa
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Des Moines
Children’s Defense Fund
United Methodist Church
United Church of Christ
Iowa Inter- Church Agency For Peace and Justice
Tom Jochum
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Waterloo
Bernie McKinley
UNI Social Work
Ruth Anderson
Church Women United
Bobbie Berry
Joan Lipsky
Marengo United Church of Christ
Robert Loffer
Linn
Jean Oxley
Neill Richards
New York
Kathy Guy
Washington D.C
Dee Jepsen to stump for Robertson in Iowa campaign tour
Dee Jepsen wife of former senator Roger Jepsen will campaign in Eastern Iowa for Rev. Pat Robertson. Public appearances scheduled include Decorah Cedar Falls Manchester Cedar Rapids Iowa City Muscatine Maquoketa DeWitt Clinton Davenport venues with times from afternoon to evening over three days.
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U.S
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Iowa
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Scenic Broadcast Co
Decorah
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Falls
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Manchester
Public Library
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Cedar Rapids
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Clinton
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Davenport
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