Reagan admits ordering Libyan waters training exercise
President Reagan said he personally ordered the exercise that led to the dogfight with Libyan jets in disputed Gulf of Sidra waters. He noted past Navy restraint and defended crossing the line to assert international waters while aiming to impress enemies of freedom. He spoke aboard the USS Constellation and at a re enlistment ceremony, emphasizing deterrence and readiness.
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Costa Mesa
Calif
Reagan
Libya
Muammar Khadafy
United States
Black Sea
Caribbean
Constellation
America
Mediterranean
Gulf of Sidra
Dennis Storm Slams Norfolk Coast With Grassroots Winds
Dennis storms into Virginia coast as a Norfolk woman braces her home edge against winds rain and surf. In Virginia Beach a resident named Boomer faces Dennis winds and rain. The storm routed thousands of tourists from Carolina and Virginia coastal areas Thursday then moved back to the Atlantic where it gathered hurricane force winds of 75 mph. It was not expected to make landfall again.
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Norfolk
Dennis
Virginia Beach
Carolina
Virginia
Atlantic
Income Dream Falls Below Poverty Level in Later Life
A reflective note on aging and finances suggests that the once-set annual income goal declines to poverty level as people live longer. Copyright retained.
Illinois woman charged in arsenic deaths of two sons
Mildred McSparen 28 of Lomax Illinois is charged in Iowa with first degree serious case in the deaths of her sons Stephen 6 and Michael 9. Authorities say the arsenic doses were given while the boys were treated at University Hospitals in Iowa City and Burlington. Michael died April 6 and Stephen June 17.
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Iowa City
Illinois
Burlington
Mildred McSparen
Lomax
Ill
Johnson
Des Moines
Stephen
Michael
Henderson County
Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation
Iowa
Real median family income drops 5.5 percent in 1980
Census Bureau reports that inflation drove the 1980 real median family income to a 5.5 percent decline the largest postwar drop. The year saw 3.2 million more people below the poverty line while nominal income rose 7.3 percent to 21020, after inflation eroded gains.
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Washington
UPI
Census Bureau
Bureau
Health costs rise in Iowa on per capita basis
Iowa per capita health care spending jumped 305 percent from 1966 to 1979, with public funding rising from 21 percent to 32.5 percent. The report notes national trends mirror Iowa while per capita expenditures stayed about 80 percent of national levels from 1974 to 1978, rising from 170.60 to 695.17 dollars.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
State Health Systems Agency
United States
Friendly campaign promotes politeness and kindness nationwide
Los Angeles AP reports comedians Carol Burnett and Charles Grodin spearheading a nationwide friendliness drive. They urge polite acts and greeting, stressing no formal group or funds, just a mass movement endorsed on TV talk shows.
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Los Angeles
Carol Burnett
Charles Grodin
Wilson Foods chief optimistic on standalone future
Wilson Foods Corp. regained independence from LTV and its chief Kenneth Griggy in Cedar Rapids said the firm can return to profitability after two years of losses. He outlined $10 million annual savings from closings, a $3 million avoided LTV fee, and further cuts, with Cedar Rapids as the key plant employing about 1,900.
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Wilson Foods Corp
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth J. Griggy
Wilson
LTV
Wilson Foods
Griggy
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