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26 Apr 1987
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1987
Page
1
Sandinistas Attack Contras in Northern Nicaragua
In Nicaragua the Sandinista army attacked 600 to 800 contras concentrated in the north near the frontier village of Wina. Humberto Ortega said Honduran shells followed the push as rebel units infiltrate from Honduras. President Daniel Ortega rejected a policy of revolutionary justice amid a broader clash over U.S. aid and rebel actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Sandinista
Humberto Ortega
Wina
Ortega
Daniel Ortega
U.S
IRA guerrillas kill top Irish judge and wife in Belfast bombing
Lord Justice Maurice Gibson and his wife died when a car bomb exploded, turning their vehicle into a fireball near the Northern Ireland border. Six others were wounded including rugby players. police say IRA likely responsible and a second gun attack on an off duty soldier occurred later in Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Ulster Defense Regiment
Pomeroy
Jim Green
IRA
Maurice Gibson
Irish Republic
Gibson
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Dublin
David Irwin
Teen Survives 16 Days After Wreck In Water-filled Ditch
Claudia Michelle-Boley, 17, a McAdory High senior, suffered a broken leg and head injuries when her car left a Alabama highway and plunged into a ditch. Found after 16 days, she survived due to access to water and was listed in satisfactory condition at Carraway Methodist Medical Center. The crash occurred near Bessemer on April 8. police had searched since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irmingham
Ala
Claudia Michelle-Boley
McAdory High School
Carraway Methodist Medical Center
Boley
Bessemer
Robert Sherman
Memphis
Tenn
Bettendorf Teen Fatally Shot in Squad Car Outside Police Station
A 17 year old Bettendorf girl in a police patrol program was shot twice in the head while sitting in a squad car outside Bettendorf Police Headquarters at 3 a.m. The shooting is ruled a homicide with no strong suspects. investigators from multiple agencies search the parking lot for evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettendorf
Scott County
Jim Ottesen
R.M. Perkins
Horak
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Scott County Sheriff's Department
Bettendorf Police Department
Bettendorf High School
California tops DoD contracts in 1986 while Iowa ranks 33rd
The 1986 DoD contracts spotlight California leading the nation with the most contracts valued at 25 000 or more. Iowa sits at 33rd. The ranking includes military and Army Corps of Engineers civil work and assigns contracts to states by where most work occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
U.S. Department of Defense
Iowa
Army Corps of Engineers
Iowa Firms Push for More Federal Contracts Through Outreach Center
Iowa firms use the Iowa Procurement Outreach Center at Kirkwood Community College to win federal contracts. In 1984 Iowa ranked 50th in federal work. by 1986 the state rose to 44th with 102 contracts totaling 22 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kannon Ashby
Steve Meyer
Judy Coffman
Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Terry Branstad
U.S. Department of Commerce
Kim van Eck
California
TODAY'S CHUCKLE Irony of savings and a Nevada transfer
A light reader note highlights the irony of saving for a rainy day only to be unexpectedly transferred to Nevada, framing the move as a humorous twist in everyday planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
South Africans raid Zambia killing five in Livingstone
South African troops assaulted Livingstone Zambia in a helicopter to motorcycle operation killing five people the Zambian government says were civilians. The ANC claims the dead are civilians and denounces the raid as murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zambia
Johannesburg
South Africa
African National Congress
Livingstone
Milimo Punabantu
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Kenneth Kaunda
ANC
The
Lusaka
Pretoria
Dambwa
Punabantu
Zambia National Provident Fund
Neil van Heerden
Department of Foreign Affairs
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