Come explore the heartland Iowa tourism campaign
Iowa launches a $180000 advertising drive to lure families and retirees from neighboring states. The heartland theme will run 30 and 10 second TV spots, 60 and 30 second radio PSAs, color ads in six national magazines, and travel-section ads in 17 newspapers.
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Judy Daubenmie
Gazette Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Heartland
Iowa
Paul Comer
Iowa Development Commission
Lake Okoboji
Amana
Development Commission
Commission
Jack Bailey
Reagan vetoes Salvador human rights bill over aid condition
President Reagan overruled State Department advice and vetoed a bill requiring yearly reporting on El Salvador human rights progress as a condition for U S military aid. White House spokesman Speakes called the pocket veto deliberate to avoid hampering aid and reforms. Democrats condemned the move as signaling less pressure on Salvadoran security forces and death squad abuses. The certifica tion rule expired Sept 30 and may be reintroduced when Congress returns.
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el Salvador
U.S
White House
Larry Speakes
Congress
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
Michael Barnes
House
Latin America
Senate
Salvador
Bus plunges 40 feet in Texas crash killing six
A Continental Trailways bus speeding rear-ended a truck and plunged 40 feet into a muddy creek near Livingston Texas, killing six aboard and injuring the driver plus five others. Rescue workers freed passengers after 90 minutes. four people were flown by helicopter to a Houston hospital.
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Continental Trailways
Livingston
Texas
Livingston, Texas
Houston
Richard Paloma Garcia
U.S. 59
Back-up generators eased ordeal on rural Iowa farm
The Ward family near Coggon credit a decade old generator for keeping heat water and lights on during a 64 hour power outage from the Sunday ice storm. Neighbors faced 79 hours without power as 1,200 Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative customers lost service before full restoration by Wednesday.
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Chris Manahan
Assistart
Ward
Matt
Beirut airport shelled as PLO truce breaks in Lebanon
Druse militia shelling closes Beirut airport while fights resume in Tripoli and East Beirut. The cease fire collapses with civilian deaths and new clashes as Walid Jumblatt accuses army and Christian militias of targeting Druse areas. Arafat warns Syria massing forces for renewed drive on Tripoli.
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Gazette Wire
Beirut
Lebanon
Druse
Tripoli
Palestine Liberation Organization
Christian East
Progressive Socialist Party of
Walid Jumblatt
Souk el- Gharb
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Associated Press
Syria
Home Guard
Mideast
Nothing is ever a total failure in this Chuckle
A playful quip notes that even a bad result can function as a bad example for others. It frames disappointment as a learning moment and keeps a light, tongue in cheek tone.
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People
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