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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1987
Page
9
Merchants National Bank sponsors the MNB Bike Races at Bever Park with a predicted record turnout. Theresa Chapel reports 525 medallions ordered and heat races eliminated to handle overflow. Helmets become mandatory for riders 12 and older. training wheels banned on the main track.
Harvest Films seeks to lease Jackson Elementary in Cedar Rapids for 60 days to build props and shoot interior scenes for Farm of the Year starring Richard Gere. Negotiations target August 23 move in with zoning checks pending and potential on set work near Edgewood Road. Casting for Khrushchev role underway with many applicants from across Iowa.
The Schnier farm near Worthington is pitched as the perfect farmstead for a movie location. Filming centers on a 1959 Krushchev visit in Iowa then jumps 25 years later to a burned farm run by two sons. Richard Gere was seen at the nearby tavern as scouts continue.
The five presidents reach a cease fire framework with rules for compliance and a 120 day progress review. Contadora nations and international bodies will monitor, while the Nicaraguan rebels and Sandinistas face new terms and possible aid suspensions.
President acknowledged informing Congress about Iran arms sales was delayed and backed tighter oversight. The agreement would require presidential approval for covert actions in writing, end after the fact findings, and push Congress to supervise national security operations more closely. Congress leaders view it as a step toward bipartisan cooperation despite ongoing bills to formalize limits.
President Reagan discusses the July unemployment figures noting jobless Hispanics 7.9 down from 8.5 and teen unemployment 15.5 down from 15.9 while advocating his economic bill of rights. He contrasts the civilian unemployment rate with the alternate 5.9 percent figure including military personnel. Manufacturing payroll gains offset a 190,000 June loss.
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