Farmers Protest Bank Auction Amid Farm Crisis in Iowa
In Sigourney and Sioux City Iowa farmers rallied over mounting losses from bank seizures and plunging land values. An auctioneer sold Roger Escher's tractors and 14 items amid protests as 4 000 farmers from Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota pressed for a 1985 Farm Bill to boost prices and avert foreclosures.
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Sigourney, Iowa
Sioux City
Roger Escher
Escher
Anyody
Joanne Neuzil
Paul
Iowa City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
James Exon
D-Neb
Emerson, Neb
Kalona
Terry Branstad
Des Moines
State Senate
Branstad
Vigil set as abortion clinics plan overnight protests
Alabama counselor Kathryn Wood and others from 25 clinics in 18 states plan NOW organized overnight vigils to defend abortion rights amid threats and injuries from antiabortion activists. Wood described fear, threats, and a past attack, while NOW leaders pledged determination to stand up to violence and intimidation.
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Washington
Alabama
Kathryn Wood
Women’s Community Health Center
Huntsville
National Organization For Women
Supreme Court
Crew tricks hijacker as plane lands in Orlando
A man threatened to ignite a gasoline can aboard Eastern Flight 403 and demanded Cuba. The A300 jet diverted to Orlando where Lazar de Hernandez, 30, of Passaic N J, was arrested after an unscheduled landing. All 129 aboard were unharmed. The hijacker was taken into custody within minutes of landing.
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Orlando
Fla
Eastern Airlines
Cuba
Havana
Eastern
Newark
N.J
Miami
Paula Musto
Lazar de Hernandez
Passaic
Carolyn Fennell
Orlando International Airport
Roger Myers
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
Oil allowances at 100 percent across Texas February
The Railroad Commission kept the statewide oil allowable at 100 percent for February marking the 96th consecutive month at maximum. Major buyers nominated 2,228,213 barrels per day, up 11,417 from January, while East Texas remained limited to 86 percent to curb waste.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Commission
Texas
East Texas
Buddy Temple
United States
Amoco
Conreo
Exxon
Gulf
Mobil
Phillips
Shell
Union of California
Meditation leader promises heaven through unity plan
In Washington near the White House Maharishi Mahesh Yogi advocates a plan to end national and world troubles in Reagan's term. He seeks 7,000 trained followers to practice Transcendental Meditation daily in one location to achieve global coherence. A new Maharishi university aims to study ancient Indian knowledge and natural law.
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Washington
White House
Reagan
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Heaven
Earth
Washington, D.C
Maharishi
Maharishi Vedic University
Maharishi International University College of Natural Law
Age of Enlightenment
New University
India
Deaths and funerals in Baytown and Channelview
Obituaries record Edna Anna Lyons 93 of Baytown with services at First Baptist Church and burial at Memory Gardens. Survivors include son, sister, five grandchildren and other relatives. Channelview memorial for Anne Brady 75 with services at St Andrews Catholic Church. She was a retired teacher with two daughters and three sons and eleven grandchildren.
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Brady
North Plainfield
N.J
Mary Persha
Ero Beach
Fla
George Stoudohar
Dututh
Minn
St. Andrews Catholic Church
Earthman Funeral Home
Baytown
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Houston
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