Jackson’s surge tests Democratic chances in 1988 race
The piece argues Jesse Jackson’s Michigan win and Connecticut speeches reveal his growing influence and the party’s dilemma. It questions whether Jackson can overcome white voters’ prejudice and Jewish concerns while Dukakis lags but gains ground. The author suggests Jackson could win the nomination and debate Reagan’s successor.
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Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Michael
Dukakis
Michigan
Mr. Inevitable
George Bush
Connecticut
Chicago
Jesse
St. Marie
Democratic Party
Israel
Ronald Reagan
Czechoslovakia
Jackson Fair and Square
Mondale
McGovern
Reagan
Actress Britt Ekland Gives Birth To A Son
Actress Britt Ekland has a third child a boy named Thomas Jefferson Ekland McDonnell weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces. This is her first child with husband James McDonnell who is a former Stray Cats drummer. The couple has been married four years and the manager Paul Cohen confirmed the news.
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Britt Ekland
Thomas Jefferson Ekland McDonnell
Ekland
James McDonnell
Paul Cohen
McDonnell
Stray Cats
Jeff Blatnick retires as world class athlete and person
Jeff Blatnick, the Greco Roman heavyweight legend, announced his retirement on Saturday. Dukes hails him as not only a world class athlete but a world class human being in a tribute piece on sports page 1B.
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Gazewe Sports Canor
Dukes
Jeff Blatnick
Sports
Career Corner Warns Students From Herd of Bad Fits
UNI career services coordinator Ken Jacobsen visited Cedar Rapids for an admissions reception to steer students away from unsuitable career paths, urging careful selection and advising.
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Ken Jacobsen
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Today
Matlin backs Harkin bill for National Institute on Deafness
Award winning actress Marlee Matlin endorses legislation by Iowa Senator Tom Harkin to create a National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders within the National Institutes of Health. The note appears in Lifestyle sections, referencing pages 19A and 2F for related trivia.
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Marlee Matlin
Iowa
Tom Harkin
National Institute On
National Institutes of Health
Duran builds DAD Manufacturing into a 50-employee firm
From a one man snip started in February 1980, David Duran built D.A.D. Manufacturing into a business employing about 50 people in Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha. He advocates that American workers can compete in the world market. Money, page 1E.
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David Duran
D.A.D. Manufacturing
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Duran
20th Anniversary of MLK Assassination Remembrance
Political historians recall the civil rights leader as a pivotal figure in 20th century America on the 20th anniversary of his assassination. The note appears in U S World, page 10A.
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Martin Luther King Jr
America
U.s.world
Professor Meets Voice Of His Dream In Romance Tale
Decatur Illinois AP report tells of Dick Ferry a 60 year old Millikin University educator and columnist who fell for a recorded Scottish voice from a Dundee NCR project. Sally Masterson a 29 year old Scottish radio host will visit central Illinois to meet him, while Ferry hopes his wife attends. Masterson calls the possibility flattering and ferry muses on competition from other admirers.
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Decatur, Ill
Voice
Dick Ferry
Sage
Central Illinois
Ferry
Sally Masterson
London
Decatur Herald & Review
Money Network
First National Bank
Ing
Masterson
Dundee
Scotland
NCR Corp
Euan Williamson
NCR
Decatur
Millikin University
Carol
Fisherman nets rocket part off Cape Canaveral in Atlantic
A scallop vessel 22 miles east of Cape Canaveral hauled in a 1,000 pound solid-fuel Delta rocket booster piece. Fire officials warned of fire risk, while Coast Guard and Air Force identifications named it a Castor 4 motor. Debris will be burned at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. no explosion expected.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Dave Sargeant
Air Force
Cape Canaveral Complex
Canaveral Seafoods
U.S. Coast Guard
Dan Brosseau
Brosseau
Billy Phillips
Coast Guard
Sargeant
Air Force Ordnance
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Ken Warren
Patrick Warren
Delta
Huntsville
Ala
Rocky Raab
Morton Thiokol Inc
Brigham City
Utah
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Mark Rutenberg
Zachary
Marsha Garces
Gazette Wire Services
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la Crosse
Wis
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Reymart
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Meee
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Ly Taupe
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Lynch
Veterans’ Advocacy Committee
Ill
John Steer
Living Word Ministries
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Susan Bondy
Grete
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