Gloria lashes Atlantic Seaboard then weakens inland
Hurricane Gloria battered the East Coast with 130 mph winds tearing down power lines and flooding low areas. More than 2.75 million customers lost power as the storm moved north from North Carolina toward New England before weakening to a tropical storm in Maine and into Canada.
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Soviet propose 50 percent cut in nuclear arsenals
Washington reports Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze urged a 50 percent reduction in offensive US and Soviet weapons. He outlined a formal plan, tying cuts to ending space shield work on Star Wars. He said Geneva would receive a detailed Soviet proposal next week.
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Iowa expects longer colder winter with heavy snowfall
State climatologist Paul Waite predicts a longer and colder Iowa winter with at least 40 inches of snow from November through April, about 8 inches above the average 32 inches. He warns of heavy snows early and late in the season amid a warmer than usual late fall.
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Jury Deliberations in Walters Murder Case Resume Monday
In Muscatine County, a five-woman seven-man jury began weighing 21 verdicts in the Ernest Walters murder and kidnapping case after closing arguments. The jurors were sent home for the weekend by Judge J Hobart Darbyshire. The case centers on whether Walters entered Robert Becks Jackson County home uninvited on June 8 with a pistol during an armed burglary and killed Beck. A first degree murder conviction requires intent to hurt Beck during the burglary, with a mandatory life sentence if convicted.
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Chuckle Caption On Spirits Turns Ghostly Joke
A light humor item notes that drinking too many spirits leaves a person a ghost of their former self, delivering a playful quip about excess and appearance.
State urges clerks to push lottery tickets in stores
Iowa Lottery officials urged all 3,300 retailers to ask customers if they want to buy lottery tickets. Lottery Commissioner Ed Stanek said display placement and more advertising can boost sales, noting tickets are impulsive purchases often not in sight.
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