GOP charity catalog offers presidential gifts and memorabilia
A political gear catalog features presidential themed items from a $8 GOP blue elephant token to $30 sets, plus $650 camellia tribute to Nancy Reagan and $825 for a 250 set medal collection. It markets a 14 inch Ronald Reagan bust at $ unknown with 199 copies. smaller 6 inch version at $140 with 2,500 copies. The catalog includes bald eagle motifs on belts and plates, gift items for Democrats noted as not reflective of GOP, and a $20,000 set of 10 leather signature portfolios for collectors.
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Nancy Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ed Rohn
Guy Vander Jagt
R-Mich
Evan Zeppes
Democratic Committee
Lebanon War Toll and Shifting Israeli Public Opinion
Reports say 89 killed in five weeks of Christian Druze clashes in Lebanon. Aley fighting prompts flare drops by Israeli troops but no confirmed involvement. Israeli support for the invasion wanes from 77.6 to 49.2 percent. 440 Israelis dead. The Palestinian refugee camps massacre triggers domestic outrage and a judicial probe threatening top officials. Syria PLO and Israel stand ready as diplomats seek a political settlement.
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Voice of Lebanon
Chouf
Butni
Lebanon
Aley
Beirut
Israel
Begin
Winter weather triggers Iowa floods and power outages
Wintry weather across Iowa brings rain turning to snow in central and north central counties. Snow, driven by high winds, coats lines and causes scattered power outages while plows work in Winneshiek and Fayette counties. The Churiton River rises near flood stage as rainfall totals reach a half inch at Cedar Rapids airport and statewide rain accumulations vary.
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Iowa
National Weather Service
Winneshiek County
Minnesota
Fayette County
Weather Service
Cedar Rapids
Chariton River
NATO Debates and Europe Tuned to Reagan Era Tensions
Shultz and Felipe Gonzalez urge Spain to reconsider NATO entry while Britain frowns at a UN vote on Argentina Falklands settlement. Europe faces U S pressure to end farm subsidies, and calls grow on Lebanon peacekeeping boosts. The NATO ministers weigh Andropov era stances and Moscow relations.
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Spain
NATO
Britain
U.S
United Nations
Falkland Islands
Reagan
France
Italy
Lebanon
Andropov
Moscow
Weather Outlook for Midwest and Great Lakes
Extended forecast calls for partly cloudy skies from Wednesday through Friday with a chance of snow on Thursday. Temperatures rise from the 20s to lower 30s Wednesday, reaching the lower 40s by Friday with teens to 20s overnight. Snow totals include about three inches in Fort Dodge and Rochester, two inches in Park Falls Boxholm and Albert Lea, with most of upper Michigan seeing one inch.
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Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Fort Dodge
Rochester
Minn
Parkfalls
Wis
Boxholm
Albert Lea
Eastern
Seaboard
Georgia
New England
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Plateau
Rockies
Juvenile transfer patterns show limited sentencing impact
A study of 3,418 known dispositions found 90 percent of cases ended in conviction or guilty pleas with just over half receiving fines or probation rather than jail. Typical youth referred to adult court was 17, male and white, with 12,300 youths sent to adult courts in 1978 across 38 states plus one 19 year old threshold state.
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White
Recipient of man made heart sits up and exercises
SALT LAKE CITY AP Mechanical heart recipient Dr Bar ney Clark sat on the side of his bed and swung his feet Sunday just a day after returning to surgery to correct a lung complication The mild exercise was the first performed since he received his new artificial heart Thursday and begins a program to rebuild his strength per a university center spokesman.
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Salt Lake City
Barney Clark
Clark
University of Utah Medical Center
John Dwan
Three Die On Iowa Highways Sunday Crashes
Three people died in separate Iowa crashes Sunday. Dubuque man John W. Steil, 32, died when his Jeep struck a post near a bridge and rolled over on a wet road at 3:30 p.m. in Dubuque County. A Clinton County single vehicle crash on Highway 61 south of De Witt killed an unnamed 23 year old Breda man, with investigation ongoing. Breda is 83 miles southeast of Sioux City.
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Dubuque
John W. Steil
Finley Hospital
Iowa State Patrol
Steil
Hales Mill Road
Derby Grange Road
Clinton County
de Witt
State Patrol
Mike Snyder
Breda
Iowa
Carroll County
Sioux City
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