Reagan pushes job retraining amid Pittsburgh protests
President Reagan urged federal and local support for retraining and reemployment as thousands of steelworkers protested in Pittsburgh. At Control Data Institute 125 jobless workers trained to repair computers, while demonstrators outside carried banners and jeered the president. He acknowledged hostile territory and pressed for government action to aid economic readjustment.
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Gazette Wire Services
Pittsburgh
Reagan
Control Data Institute
Hollywood
United Steel Workers Union
Pentagon
Pennsylvania
Control Data
Ron Bricker
Soviet SSCX-4 Cruise Missile Threat Emerges
Washington reports that the Soviet Union has developed a long range land attack cruise missile named SSCX-4 with an estimated range near 1900 miles. Intelligence says a mobile launcher could exist, capable of deploying four missiles, potentially targeting Western Europe from Warsaw Pact locations. No operational date is given.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Soviet Union
Europe
U.S
Des Moines teen freed in ransom kidnapping case
A 17 year old Des Moines boy was returned home unharmed after a ransom of 200000 was paid. FBI arrested Lawrence Scovel Timothy Scovel and Ricky Mitchael in rural Cumming Iowa after the boy was abducted at 7 15 am Tuesday. The suspects were later arraigned in Polk County Jail.
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DES Moines
FBI
Herb Hawkins
Francis Arthur
Chip” Wittern III
Lawrence Scovel
Timothy Scovel
Ricky Mitchael
Cumming
Iowa
Hawkins
Witterns
Central Tawn
Wittern
74Th
Army Post Road
Polk County
Fawn Engineering Co
West Des Moines
David Belen
If wives only knew what secre taries think of their husbands
A preposterous line on marital confidences appears to mock domestic assumptions and professional secrets, suggesting wives would react differently if they learned partners’ private thoughts.
Parimutuel faces long odds in Iowa legislature
Des Moines lawmakers clash over parimutuel betting with House Ways and Means deadlock. Speaker Avenson refuses further action this year while Rep. Woods and Gov aides keep hope alive for next session. One vote short after Rep Fey switched sides, others pledge to stand firm.
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Judy Daubenmier
Lazette
Des Moines
Parimutuel Betting
Donald Avenson
D-Oelwein
Doug Gross
House
Ways and Means
Tom Fey
Davenport
Woods
Phil Brammer
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Cats Rescued by Warrant in Iowa City Case
Two thin cats missing from Van Buren Street were found in a vacant house. Police used a search warrant to remove the animals and will present them for court disposition on April 19 under an abandonment ordinance.
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Gaz
Ureau
Iowa City
van Buren Street
Johnson County District Court
Horton
Barbara Sour
S. van Buren St
Tom Smith
Gilbert Court
Bill Gibson
Leslie Henry
Henry
California
Joseph Thornton
Sour
Smith
Richard Boyle
Boyle
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Jack Woods
D-Des Moines
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Terry Branstad
Don Avenson
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