Grain pact kept Soviets in market with six million ton minimum
Iowa farm leaders reacted to a one year extension of the grain contract with the Soviet Union setting a six million metric ton minimum for the coming year and a maximum of eight million tons with U.S. permission. Officials debated whether the minimum should be higher while Reagan administration positions and set aside proposals sparked further farm policy debate.
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U.S
Iowa
National Corn Growers Association
Jack Parsons
Wapello
Gazette Farm
Block
Reagan
Des Moines
Rep
Cooper Evans
Brown
Congress
Fed policy shift fuels Wall Street rally and debt talks
Markets surge on reports the Fed may ease credit instead of taming inflation. Investors react to Reagan tax package progress, lower interbank rates, and Mexico debt talks as authorities signal possible easier money policy.
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Federal Reserve System
Fed
Federal Reserve
Congress
Albert Gross
Refco Partners
New York
Reagan
Federal
Mexico
Standard & Poor's
Lombard-Wall
Gross
County offices weigh flex time benefits and drawbacks
County employees in payroll and claims divisions gain earlier starts and longer evenings for family time and daylight work, with early shifts 7 30 to 4 and 8 to 5. In the employment relations office four workers rotate shifts causing phone coverage gaps and management access concerns.
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Kopel
Becky Shoop
Center Point
Shoop
Sherry Oellrich
Steve Moshier
Trude Elliott
Lisa Dawson
Oeltrich
Moshier
Steve
Elliott
France Lebanese clash as Marines mass in Beirut port scene
On the Beirut dock a Lebanese army colonel clashed with a French officer amid a deployment of French troops to secure the port amid a Green Line crossing. A Lebanese departure followed by 800 U.S. Marines and 532 Italian soldiers is planned to oversee the Palestinian withdrawal alongside French forces and Lebanese troops. President Reagan announced a limited non combatant U.S. role with up to 30 days in Beirut, while Marines may use self defense if attacked.
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West Beirut
U.S
Washington
Reagan
Pentagon
Henry Catto
PLO
Regional Arts and Festivals Roundup With Concerts and Activities
Grecian Festival at Riverside Roundhouse features Greek food music and imports. The Athenians from Chicago perform at 4 and 6 p.m. Admission 1.25. Great River Days includes runs parades crafts tractor pulls dances puppet shows and a police concert at Five Seasons Center with 12.50 admission. Also town State Fair Des Moines Big Four Fair Postville crafts at Indian Creek Nature Center and a basket weaving session with reservations 362-0664.
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Riverside Roundhouse
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Outdoor Bicycle Tour Waubeek Cedar Valley Trail
A 50 mile bicycle tour along Cedar Valley Nature Trail begins at 8 a.m. from Bever Park and is sponsored by the Hawkeye Bicycle Association. Nature Day runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Camp Waubeek Central City with Linda Gucciardo plant dye demos and Robert L. Thomson edible plant seminar. Sack lunches are included and admission is free.
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Waubeek
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Bever Park
The
Hawkeye Bicycle Association
New Nature Trail
Camp Waubeek Central City
Linda Gucciardo
Marion
Marion City Square Park
Marion Retail Bureau
Double shooting at Hialeah gun shop leaves six dead
Witnesses say a panama-hat gunman killed six to eight people before being chased by two scrap-metal shop owners. Ernestine Moore 67 Magnum Moore 78 Carl Lee 47 Martha Steelman 29 Juan Tres Palacios 38 Pedro Vasques 44 all Miami victims named. Three employees wounded stable at hospital. Bob Moore away in Bahamas.
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Hialeah
Mark Kram
Ernest Hammett
Kram
Hammett
Florida Scrap Metals
A. Juliacis
Ernestine Moore
Bob Moore
Magnum Moore
Carl Lee
Martha Steelman
Juan Tres Palacios
Pedro Vasques
Miami
Nelson Barrios
Opa-Locka
Loni Jeffries
Miramar
Carlos Vazquez
Carlos
Eduardo Lima
Hialeah Hospital
Bahamas
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Muscatine
Lisbon
Police
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Old Creamery Theater
Garrison
Postville
Indian Creek Nature Center
Robert L. Thomson
Westdale Mall
Engles
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Marion’s Garden Theatre
7Th Ave
10Th Street
Jorge Castelleda
Moore
Hall
Simmons & Hide-A-Beds
Norwalk
Mastercraft
Clearance Center
Thayer
Collins Rd
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Coe College
Coe
Dot Hinman
Ollins RD. NE
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