Reagan proposes big cuts and delay of Social Security increases
President Reagan plans to abolish Education and Energy departments next year and defer cost of living increases for Social Security and other entitlements. He seeks about 16 billion dollars in budget cuts for 1982, including 75 thousand federal jobs phased out over three years and across the board 10 percent cuts in non-defense, non-entitlement programs. Stockman briefed key Senate leaders as the plan targets higher deficits and shifted timing of COLA payments from July to October 1982.
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Washington
Reagan
Departments of Education and Energy
Congress
Two Men Held on 2 Million Bond in Bluffs double murder
Two men, John Hrbeck and Charles Chadwick, are jailed on 2 million dollar bonds after a high speed chase and gunfire on Highway 275 near Council Bluffs. They face first degree murder charges in the killings of Kate Fisher and her son Stanley Fisher. The victims were found in two cars, both shot multiple times, with the chase ending near a farmhouse. Further details suggest the Toyota pickup linked to the suspects was taken from Bluffs Toyota.
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Council Bluffs
Interstate
John Lee Hrbeck
Omaha
Charles Chadwick
Elkhorn
Kate Fisher
Glenwood
Stanley Fisher
Charles Lee Hrbek
Omaha, Neb
Male birth control hormone drops sperm to near zero
A Vanderbilt study reports LHRH hormone injections sharply cut sperm counts in eight healthy men over six to ten weeks, raising hope for a male contraceptive. Researchers caution five more years are needed to assess safety and effectiveness. impotence is a noted side effect.
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Boston
Vanderbilt University
New England Journal of Medicine
David Rabin
Rabin
Students protest tuition hike talks
Iowa state university students protest proposed tuition increases at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and University of Northern Iowa. Regents consider hikes to take effect in 1982 summer session, with further increases planned from last June.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
State Board of Regents
Iowa School For the Deaf
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
ISU
U of I's College of Medicine
River search for missing man near Palisades Kepler Park
Dragging operations began late Wednesday on the Cedar River near Palisades Kepler State Park for the body of Mark Allen Cady 25 of Marion. Cady's abandoned truck and fishing poles were found in the park and his family reported him missing at 6 37 p m after he failed to return home. Mrs Cady said he often fished in the late morning and authorities found his pickup in the park.
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Cedar River
Palisades Kepler State Park
Mark Allen Cady
22Nd St
Marion
Cady
Highway 30
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Wanda
Doc
Baron Notes Middle-Plain People Cut Defense Spending Signals
Baron's barometer tracks midline sentiment toward the Reagan administration from his Washington desk. He identifies trends by watching shifts among Southern congressmen and Iowa delegates like Neal Smith Jim Leach Tom Tauke and Senators Grassley Jepsen. The message: the middle has the power to signal the administration's fortunes.
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Washington
Alan Baron
Baron
Sioux City
Iowa
Ronald Reagan
Neal Smith
Jim
Leach
Tom
Tauke
Charles) Grassley
Roger
Jepsen
Harkin
Couple’s round the world cruise reveals slogans on board
A couple who saved for a round the world cruise discovers the ship is filled with slogans as a contest winner emerges. The voyage shifts from luxury travel to a branded experience as crew and passengers navigate marketing prompts and themed activities.
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Howard Baker
Budget Committee
Pete Domenici
Appropriations Committee
Mark Hatfield
Finance Committee
Bob Dole
Stockman
Robert Michel
Illinois
Lyle Brown
Bluffs
Toyota
Richter
Iowa City
R. Wayne Richey
Richey
River
Jonathan Reed
Gazette Statt
Ken Sullivan
Gazette
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