Branstad orders across the board cuts to avert special session
Governor Terry Branstad uses executive power to cut state spending by 2.8 percent to close an estimated 91 million deficit, saying a special session would be costly. He cites possible service delays and layoffs while aiming to protect essential functions and avoid partisan gridlock.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Tamanrate
Branstad
Robert Ray
Branstad Budget Cuts Warn Of Welfare and Tax Shifts
Gov. Branstad trims the Iowa budget with 2.8 percent state cuts that may force welfare reductions layoffs and higher property taxes for schools and local governments. Officials warn local programs face tighter funding and potential service reductions as state responsibilities shift.
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Judy Daubenmie
Azette
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Reagan mulls measured response to 747 downing
President Reagan and advisers weigh a measured response to the Soviet downing of a South Korean 747 that killed 269, including 51 Americans. Officials say sanctions unlikely. Shultz to meet Gromyko in Madrid to pursue options and address international norms violations.
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Reagan
Soviet Union
United Nations
United States
California
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
George Shultz
Madrid
Andrei Gromyko
Shultz
Europe
Moscow Unaware Soviets React Calmly to Downed Airliner
In Moscow, many citizens know little of the South Korean airliner being shot down. Tass offered only vague notices about an unidentified plane entering airspace and leaving toward the sea of Japan. Pravda’s brief mention puzzled readers while foreign reporters faced a different reaction.
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Moscow
United States
Tass
Sea of Japan
Pravda
Communist Party
Multi million dollar dent in Iowa marijuana industry
Johnson County authorities harvested nearly 2,000 plants valued at 3.8 million dollars. In four raids, state and local officers cleared more than 10,000 illegally grown plants from Johnson, Clayton and Wapello counties. The Ottumwa area raids destroyed about 9,000 plants on two rural farms 14 miles northwest of Ottumwa. Sheriff Bud Erwin said the operation began after an aerial search and an anonymous tip.
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Iowa
Johnson County
Johnson
Clayton
Wapello
Wapello County
Ottumwa
Bud Erwin
Tion
Ottumwa Area
Erwin
Dieting Advice Says Silence Beats Talking
A terse adage in the text counsels that discussing dieting is ineffective and that restraint is the recommended approach. The note references copyright in a compact, ironic fashion.
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Richard Ovinnikov
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