Word: sioux
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BORN: Sept. 27, 1938, Sioux City EDUCATION: U of Iowa; U of Tulsa FAMILY: Wife, Nancy; four children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army, 1955-56; Army Reserve, 1956-63 OCCUPATION: Radio broadcaster; store owner; police officer; farmer POLITICAL CAREER: Corsicana, Texas, city commission, 1974-76; U.S. House, 1984- ADDRESS: 2711 Grand Avenue, Des Moines...
...LATHAM (R) District 5 (Northwest--Sioux City; Fort Dodge...
What the move to bring back Sambo unhappily reveals is that we have less sophistication as adults than we did as children. But happily the original version of the story is still obtainable. I intend to order mine right away, before the book burning begins. AUSTIN MASON Little Sioux, Iowa...
...state with ads attacking the "despicable" charges without stating specifically what they are, blames Johnson and his allies for bringing one of the book's co-authors, columnist Alexander Cockburn, into the state to replay the rumors. Johnson points out that Cockburn's address to a private club in Sioux Falls last month was arranged by former South Dakota Senator James Abourezk, who has his own feud with Pressler. Besides, Johnson says, "if Pressler hadn't made such a big deal about it, there wouldn't be 50 South Dakotans who ever heard of the book...
...many South Dakotans are hearing about it, if only because they are an easy audience to reach. The state's voters are concentrated in two small media markets (Sioux Falls and Rapid City), where 30 seconds of prime-time TV costs $500 (in contrast to $60,000 in Los Angeles). Both sides are gearing up for another roll in the mud, Pressler with a new round of ads attacking Johnson for the Washington Babylon rumors, Johnson with charges about Pressler's use of campaign funds for personal expenditures. South Dakota voters hoping for a probing debate of the issues...