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Des Moines, Iowa, is missing. So are Deming, N.M., the Albuquerque police department, the New York Stock Exchange, the Dallas Cowboys and countless ordinary folk. An alien plot? Close. The once simple act of obtaining long-distance information has become the latest casualty of deregulation. These days a call for...
Could the Minneapolis plan be the model for a kinder, gentler managed care? Its success is by no means assured. Some executives say privately that the plan would have to grow to twice its present size--112,000 enrollees--in order to spread costs over a wide enough base to...
Inferiority is a big public issue here at the moment: the Minnesota legislature is debating whether to build a stadium for the Minnesota Twins, who might skip town if they don't get one, and where would that leave us? Back in the minor leagues, that's where. No different...
BORN: Jan. 20, 1940, Lacey EDUCATION: U of Iowa, B.A., 1959-63 FAMILY: Husband, Michael Percival RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Weather reporter; community child advocate; teacher POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 1020 Walnut Street, Des Moines 50309. Tel.: 515-280-1285
BORN: Nov. 17, 1934, Des Moines, Iowa EDUCATION: U of Tulsa, B.A., 1973 FAMILY: Wife, Kay; four children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: Army, 1954-56 OCCUPATION: Real estate developer; insurance executive POLITICAL CAREER: Oklahoma House, 1967-69, Senate, 1969-77; Mayor of Tulsa, 1978-84; U.S. House, 1987-94; U.S. Senate...