McFarlane disputes Reagan arm sales timeline with Iran
McFarlane tells the Senate panel Reagan approved arms sales to Iran through him in August 1985 and would supply replacement parts. The claim contrasts with Meese and other officials who said Reagan was only informed after the September 1985 shipment. The Israeli démarche and hostage release are noted as context.
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Washington
Robert McFarlane
Senate Intelligence Committee
Reagan
Israel
Iran
McFarlane
Edwin Meese
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
David Kimche
Foreign Ministry
Lebanon
Benjamin Weir
George Shultz
Puppet troupe visits Cedar Rapids school for puppet lessons
Jeri Goodall rehearses with a hand puppet at Taylor Elementary as the Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre from Iowa City visits Cedar Rapids under the Iowa Arts Council. Puppeteers taught children to craft hand puppets and marionettes for performances today featuring European folk tale stories.
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Jeri Goodall
Taylor Elementary School
Cedar Rapids
Eulenspiegel
Iowa Arts Council
Congress plans Iran arms inquiry amid Reagan probe
Congress moves to create Watergate style committees to probe the Iran arms sales and funding of Nicaraguan contras. Reagan says Cabinet members may refuse to testify and FBI Director Webster notes no evidence the president lied, while postponing retirement due to the敏 sensitive inquiry.
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Washington
Reagan
Oval Office
Oscar Arias
Costa Rica
FBI
William Webster
Iran
Webster
Iowa State professors warn of growing teacher shortages
A survey by ISU professor Trevor Howe shows a widening shortage of teachers in Iowa. Small schools face the greatest difficulty, with overall shortages projected across disciplines within five years as retirements outpace new graduates. English language arts joins math physics and chemistry in shortage.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Iowa State University
ISU
Trevor Howe
Iowa
Howe
Researchers take major step toward AIDS vaccine
A consortium reports that a fragment of the HIV protein can induce neutralizing antibodies in animals and be mass produced via engineered bacteria. While promising, it remains uncertain if the fragment will elicit protection in humans and a practical vaccine is years away due to extensive safety tests. Dr. Robert Gallo notes excitement as chimpanzee testing begins.
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Washington
Robert Gallo
National Cancer Institute
Gallo
Marion firm gets loan for home alert system
One Touch America of Marion has secured a 100000 loan from the Iowa Product Development Corp to fund tooling and FCC and Underwriters Laboratory approvals. Monitor America will staff a Marion monitoring office starting January with about 15 employees. The firm reports 10000 back orders for a smart telephone linked to home monitoring devices, with initial production to be subcontracted out of state. Tooling aims to shift manufacturing to Iowa within eight months.
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Iowa Product Development Corp
Larry Kurtenbach
One Touch America
Federal Communications Commission and Underwriters Laboratory
Central Iowa Power Cooperative
Highway 151
Marion
Monitor America
Kurtenbach
Iowa
Student 14 Kills Teacher At Fergus High School
A 14 year old student at Fergus High School in Lewistown Montana killed substitute teacher Henrietta Smith and wounded vice principal John Moffatt and two classmates with a .41 caliber Magnum. The attacker Kristopher Hans fled home, was captured by police, and faces deliberate homicide charges. He was placed in juvenile custody in Billings.
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Lewistown
Mont
Fergus High School
Tom Killham
Fergus County
Craig Buehler
Kristopher Hans
Hans
Buehler
Billings
Jerry Cloyd
Henrietta Smith
Moore
Dunnington
Smith
John Moffatt
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