Harkin trail to the White House and other musings
A column riffs on Tom Harkin not seeking the vice presidency and the political path to Iowa economic influence. It muses that presidency could boost Des Moines as a seaport and Iowa’s economy, while joking about Harkin’s motives and the VP role’s power. The piece also skewers Bruce Babbitt and ends with Michael Caine’s comment on women.
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Tom Harkin
Red China
Towa
Lowa
United States
Air Force One Jr
Harkin
Iowa
Earth
Des Moines
Waterloo
Cumming
Herbert Hoover
Bruce Babbitt
Henry Aldrich
Great Midwestern Ice Cream Co
Bush
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Kansas
Robert Dole
Paul Simon
Babbitt
Michael Caine
Caine
Iowa researcher wins grant to study cancer drug side effects
University of Iowa professor Dr. John Rosazza secures a 393000 NIH grant to reduce side effects from vinblastine and vincristine used in Hodgkin's disease treatment. He aims to map drug components to separate cancer targeting from healthy cell harm, with colleague Michael Duffel assisting.
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U of I
Lylematic Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
John Rosazza
College of Pharmacy
Rosazza
Michael Duffel
National Institutes of Health
Branstad invites GOP candidates to attend his fete
Gov. Terry Branstad plans a second annual 39th birthday celebration on Nov. 14 at Adventureland Altoona. The $50 buffet aims to retire about 60 000 debt from his 1986 re election campaign. Kansas Sen. Robert Dole tentatively attends, with others possible. Branstad seeks exposure for GOP contenders while staying neutral until Iowa caucuses.
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Judy Daubenmicr
Arate
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Branstad
Susan Neely
Palace Theater
Adventureland Amusement Park
Altoona
Bronstadt
Lowell Jenkins
Neely
Kansas
Robert Dole
Vennor
Hilton Coliseum
Ames
Higher cancer risk for Viet Marines, VA says
The VA study finds Vietnam Marine veterans face higher lung cancer and non Hodgkin lymphoma rates than non serving Marines, with a 58 percent and 110 percent increase respectively. Army veterans show no such rise. Exposure to Agent Orange is suspected but not proven, as the largest study of Vietnam veterans analyzes over 50 000 deaths.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Vietnam
Veterans Administration
I Corps
South Vietnam
Hodgkin
Vietnam Veterans of America
Agent Orange
Mike Leaveck
Revenues rise as Iowa braces for stronger fiscal year
Iowa tax collections rose 8.7 percent in August, boosting the two month total to 370.1 million and signaling higher than expected revenue growth for fiscal year 1989. Officials credit federal tax reform for quicker payments and note better than forecast personal income and sales taxes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Patrick Cavanaugh
Office of Management
Terry Branstad
Cavanaugh
Npeetea
Branstad
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Joint Services
Shonday
Vireo
USA
6Th St
Steel East
South Riverside
Cedar Rapids
Lowa City
Philadelphia
Orlando
Fla) Sentinel
Gazette
Marion
Oelwein
Tom Sweeney
Coe College
North Central College
Naperville, Il
the Gases Company
Cedar Bentes
Therese
Sage
Ted DS Gazette, Inc
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