Branstad Conlin clash over Iowa job plans in debate
In a live Des Moines debate at Grandview College Republican Terry Branstad and Democrat Roxanne Conlin attacked each other’s jobs plans for Iowans. Conlin touted a $300 million general obligation bond plan funded by the state income tax and cuts in supervision, while Branstad ridiculed it as unconstitutional and said it would take years to implement. The candidates also split on tax increases and federal tax limits, and each claimed victory after answering 17 questions from journalists and students.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Roxanne Conlin
Branstad
Conlin
League of Women Voters
Dow Jones tops 1000 as market reacts
Dale Kueter reports on Wall Street briefly cracking the 1000 level for the first time in 15 months. Dick Bump of First Midwest in Cedar Rapids calls it a favorable sign while Dick Roeder of Blunt Ellis & Loews cautions on meaning. The piece compares market uncertainty to analyzing Iowa's football team in a cautious tone.
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Dick Bump
First Mid-America
Cedar Rapids
Dick Roeder
Blunt Ellis & Loews Brokers
Iowa
Great Stampede: Bulls and Bears Debate Market Rise
Indiana comments on Wall Street surge as Dow Jones tops 1,000 for first time since 1960s. Roeder predicts a gradual recovery with stronger profits, while Bump warns the rapid rise may be unsustainable. Lower interest rates appear to boost business sentiment.
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Indiana
Roeder
Bump
Wall Street
8000 Poles Strike in Solidarity Birthplace
About 8000 workers in Gdansk struck for eight hours at three shipyards to protest Solidarity ban. They replaced Lenin signage with Solidarity banners and demanded reinstatement, freedom for 600 internees, and amnesty for martial law cases. Pope John Paul II urged an end to tears and called for conditions for a homeland visit.
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Warsaw
Poland
Gdansk
Baltic
Solidarity
Lenin
Lech
Vatican
John Paul II
Polish People’s Republic
Forces of Order
Szczecin
Neighbor’s Kids Stir Debate Over Grandchild Identity
A brief note reflects on how neighborly children become cherished grandchildren, highlighting the mystery of family ties and affection across households.
Hydrochloric Acid Found in Colorado Visine Bottles
Hydrochloric acid was detected in two Visine A C eye drops bottles in Grand Junction Colorado. Barry Rumack director of the Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center urged the manufacturer to pull the product nationwide after a patient suffered severe eye burns.
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Gazette Wire Services
Denver
Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center
Barry Rumack
The
Poison Center
Veterans Administration
Grand Junction
Colo
Rumack
Larry Micheal Tingley
Target Discount
Kenneth Lampert
Mesa County Health
Tingley
Chicago Area
Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Three Researchers
Two Swedes Sune Bergstrom Bengt Samuelsson and Englishman John Vane shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine for work on prostaglandins. The researchers from Karolinska Institute and Wellcome Research Foundation spoke in Boston at Harvard Medical School events and planned a joint symposium to allocate the $157 000 prize.
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Boston
Sune Bergstrom
Bengt Samuelsson
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm
John Vane
Wellcome Research Foundation
Beckenham
England
Lieve
Harvard Medical School
Bergstrom
Nobel
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Black Hills
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Quincy
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Dale Kueter
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Walesa
Interior Ministry
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Marion
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