Iowa tourism rhetoric and political digs from a writer
A columnist critiques Iowa as a tourism potential and mocks grand plans while praising Amana colonists. He recalls Norman Erbe and an aluminum mill boast, argues Iowa favors slow travel, and contrasts Amana Pleasantness with Williamsburg’s hype. The piece also lampoons Roger Jepsen’s career move and weighs Gary Dotson’s case with a call for clemency.
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Disneyland
Las Vegas
Aspen
Norman Erbe
Iowa
Erbe
Davenport
Fundamentalism grows in Egypt amid push for sharia law
Cairo faces rising calls from Islamic authorities and activists to replace Napoleonic justice with sharia. The government resists full Islamization while debating a constitutional shift, warning that strict Islamic law would alter alcohol, banking, and dress rules nationwide. A separate report notes a Polish boy's return from Stanford after heart surgery aided by donor funds.
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Hosni Mubarak
Egypt
People’s Assembly
Mubarak
Kamal Hassan Aly
Mohammed
West
Piotr Sternik
Gdansk
Poland
Halina
Okecie
Warsaw
United States
Piotr
Stanford University Medical Center
California
Landfill ground water monitoring cited as failing
A House subcommittee report cites widespread noncompliance with groundwater monitoring at federal licensed landfills. Eighteen of 39 landfills tied to abandoned toxic dump cleanups were ordered to monitor after contamination signals, while 559 facilities showed some contamination indication among 1,246 studied sites.
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Washington
House
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Environmental Protection Agency
John Dingell
Dmich
EPA
Dingell
Thatcher Says Aging Brings Stamina And Philosophy
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told a radio audience that aging brings stamina and a clearer philosophy, noting she turns 60 in October and plans to seek a third term in 1988.
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Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Gorbachev Bans Public Drinking and Pushes Vodka Price Rise
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev bans public drinking by Communist Party officials and orders cutback in alcohol production. He weighs doubling vodka prices and halting party funds for drinks as part of a campaign to curb heavy drinking and boost industrial productivity. Cardinal appointments mark John Paul II’s strategic reshaping of the College of Cardinals with conservative supporters.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Communist Party
Gorbachev
Party
Vatican City
John Paul II
Beaumont Gas Line Blast Kills Five in Tiny Kentucky Town
A natural gas line explosion in Metcalfe County Beaumont Kentucky killed five people and damaged six buildings. Victims named were Hazel Nell Shelley 69 Bobby Mitchell Shelley 48 Elsie Gaye Shelley 42 and their 12 year old son Anthony plus Mary Buchanan 56.
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Beaumont
Metcalfe County
Don Butler
Hazel Nell Shelley
Bobby Mitchell Shelley
Elsie Gaye Shelley
Anthony
Mary Buchanan
Young Texas Mayor Remains Unthrilled About Movie Deal
Brian Zimmerman, 12, mayor of Crabb, Texas, expresses indifference to a film project by Anson Williams of Happy Days fame. He has already appeared in press and on Good Morning America but is not excited about the upcoming production.
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Iowa Development Commission
Iowa
Commission
Stone City
Bentonsport
Hoover Library
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Amana
Amana Society
Williamsburg
Roger
Jepsen
National Credit Union Administration
CUA
Roger Jepsen
U.S. Senate
Gary Dotson
Dotson
Illinois
Haley
Alex Haley
West Tennessee
Henning
Tennessee
Floyd Crain
Lamar Alexander
Dallas
Texas
Rockwall
Here
Duncanville
Benny Gracey
Charles Christmas
Johnny Eugene Parker
Rockwall County
William Blair
Good Morning America
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Donald Kaul
Los Angeles Times
Cairo
al Azhar University
Iran
Khomeini
Sudan
Garn
Jake Garn
Utah
NASA
Utah Republican
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Associated Press
Alex Halev
UPI
United Press International
America
Hearing Alp Center
Call Now
Division of
Professional Health
Center Point Road
Naturalizer
Ruth
Eve
2Nd Street
Killian Buile
Cedar Rapids - Marion
Ric Light
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