Victim Bequette lectures on abduction prevention
Dale Kueter reports Bequette who at 13 was kidnapped and held for 18 months now speaks to educators in Cedar Rapids. He warns teachers and teens about abduction dangers at seminars by Grant Wood Area Education Agency and with his parents he founded Project Missing Children in Omaha.
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D Bequette
Omaha
Terry Roy Holman
Todd
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Hawaiian Inn International
Cedar Rapids
Bequette
Boise
Idaho
FBI
Soviets end summit delay seek Washington talks date
The Soviet Union told the United States it was ready to discuss a date for Foreign Minister Shevardnadze to meet Secretary of State Shultz in Washington. Anatoly Dobrynin will handle scheduling as the outgoing ambassador returns for farewell calls and a White House meeting with President Reagan is planned.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Arthur Hartman
U.S
Eduard Shevardnadze
Anatoly Dobrynin
Shevardnadze
George Shultz
Dobrynin
Central Committee
State Department
Reagan
White House
Shultz
Administration
Nevada
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
West Berlin nightclub bombing kills 2 and injures 150
A bomb exploded at the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin early today, killing two and wounding about 150 as U.S. soldiers and civilians crowded the venue. Police said most victims were patrons. at least 30 severe injuries were treated in hospitals. Berlin police led the investigation with no immediate political links found.
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Gazette Wire Services
Berlin
West Berlin
U.S
la Belle
Washington
Defense Department
Reagan Administration
Europe
Middle East
Libya
France
Paris
Muammar Khadafy
Five die in three East Iowa crashes Friday afternoon
Three crashes in Eastern Iowa killed five people and left one injured. A 79 year old Dubuque man died after a head on collision near Mount Vernon, two others perished in a three car crash near Traer, and a single vehicle wreck near Greene claimed a fatality with uncertain identity.
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Iowa
Mount Vernon
Traer
Tama County
Greene
Butler County
Dubuque
James McDonald Sr
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Highway 1
David Underwood
Springville
St. Luke’s
Iowa State Patrol
Underwood
McDonald's
Highway 63
James B. Luther
Ankeny
Cletus T. Lewis
Lewis
Daniel Michael Mask
Richard Hambright
Winona
Hambright
Luther
John McDonald Sr
McDonald
Gunman holds hostage after deadly Chicago attack
Police say John L. Pasch Jr. killed his landlord and a police officer then took an elderly woman hostage. Negotiators report he made breakfast for her and drew up a will while remaining in contact. Officers urge surrender as standoff nears 24 hours.
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Chicago
John Townsend
Chicago Police Department
Wieaseeng
John Byrne
Ed McCloskey
Fred Rice
John L. Pasch Jr
Pasch
Rice
INDEX TODAY'S CHUCKLE Middle-aged joke
A light humor item notes a person ten years older than you are chasing a quip about aging. The piece plays on generational gaps and self awareness with a friendly, observational tone.
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