Beckman girls finally beat Prairie for first ECSC win
Beckman Blazers upset Cedar Rapids Prairie 58 to 50 as Patty Wilwert scored 28 on 6 field goals and 16 of 19 free throws. Laurie Lees contributed 19 points while Prairie star Tina Pulver led with 20. Beckman improves to 2-3 as Prairie drops to 0-6.
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Patty Wilwert
Dyersville-Beckman Blazers
Iowa
Beckman
Blazers
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Pat Downey
Prairie
Hawks
Shawna Holthaus
Tina Pulver
Sherry McGurk
Wilwert
Laurie Lees
Beckaman
Pulver
Holthaus
Dyersville
Lori Lakeman
Carol Curve
C.R. Prairie
Shawna Hoilthaus
Jill Johnson
Marion girls roll past Anamosa 75 45 in league game
Janene McElree and Roxanne Jackson combined for 58 points as Marion defeats Anamosa 75 to 45. McElree scores 31 and Jackson 27 to lift the Indians to a 3-2 Wamac record, 5-3 overall, while Anamosa drops to 0-5 in league play.
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Anamosa
Janene McElree
Roxanne Jackson
Marion
McElree
Jackson
Indians
Lisa Hinz
Cheryl Barker
Michelle Kos
Lori Miller
Teresa Vernon
Debbie Rickless
Donna Kula
Amy Kehoe
Darcy Herren
Hall
Duran Beats Brooks In Madison Square Garden Knockout
World lightweight champion Roberto Duran dominated Monroe Brooks of Los Angeles over seven rounds and finished with an eighth round knockout at Madison Square Garden to raise his record to 64-1 with 51st KO. Brooks fell to 41-5-1 after a left hook to the ribs.
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New York
UPI
Roberto Duran
Monroe Brooks
Los Angeles
Madison Square Garden
Duran
Brooks
Arthur Mercante
World Boxing Council
Saensak Muangsurin
Thailand
Ken Buchanan
WBC
World Boxing Association
Wilfredo Benitez
Puerto Rico
Carlos Palomino
Vernon Lewis
Guyana
Johnny Lira
Las Vegas
Nev
Mottram Upsets Gottfried in Davis Cup Opener
Britain's Buster Mottram defeated Brian Gottfried 4-6 2-6 10-8 6-4 6-3 in bone chilling 37 degree temperatures. John McEnroe topped John Lloyd 6-1 6-2 6-2 as Davis Cup finals opened, setting up Sunday singles and a US bid to end a six year title drought.
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Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Britain
Buster Mottram
Brian Gottfried
John McEnroe
United States
John Lloyd
Mottram
Gottfried
Stan Smith
Bob Lutz
Mark Cox
David Lloyd
John
McEnroe
Buckeye Fresh Tries Basketball
Ohio State quarterback Art Schlichter began workouts with the basketball team while football duties remain ongoing. Coach Eldon Miller said he may practice when available but will not travel or dress for December games. Schlichter led the Buckeyes to a 7-3-1 football season in 1978 for Woody Hayes’s squad.
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Columbus
Ohio
Art Schlichter
Ohio State
Schlichter
Miami Trace
Art
Eldon Miller
Buckeyes
Miller
Tennessee
Woody) Hayes
Big Ten
Macalester fires longtime football coach after 42 straight defeats
Macalester College in St Paul ousts Coach Clint Ewald after three seasons and 26 games without a win. Athletic Director Dennis Kiehn begins a quick search for a young proven recruiter to lead the program while the school stays in the MIAC.
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ST. Paul
Macalester
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Kiehn
McCaulley basketball teams in fatal bus crash
A tractor trailer struck a packed McCaulley High School basketball bus on a rural Texas highway, killing four students and injuring 22. The bus was carrying members of the McCaulley Cardinals to a Hermleigh tournament. injured players recalled the crash with shock and blood.
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Earl Williams
McCaulley Cardinals
Horrific bus crash kills four teens in Fisher County
Todd Jeffreys survived the collision as authorities call it the worst wreck in seven years. Four high school students Rita Wilkerson Brit Jeffreys Bonnie Pippin and Loleta Perales among the dead. The 18 wheeler was said to have may have run a red light at a flashing yellow controlled intersection. The bus driver principal and truck driver were among the injured.
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Carly
Todd Jeffreys
Fisher County
Mickey Counts
Rita Wilkerson
Brit Jeffreys
Bonnie Pippin
Loleta Perales
DPS
Roby
Jimmy Price
Warning on toy missiles sparks safety labels nationwide
UPI reports the CPSC and Mattel warn that up to 1 million Battlestar Galactica toy ships may carry dangerous missiles. Labels are being placed in warehouses to advise against aiming at faces or mouths. Three accidents involved swallowing or inhaling missiles. four more incidents are under investigation in Denver and Miami Beach.
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Washington
Denver
Miami Beach
Mattel
Spencer Boise
Carter and Derian Wed at National Cathedral
Hodding Carter III and Patricia M. Derian, both assistant secretaries of state, married Friday afternoon at the National Cathedral. Carter, 44, is assistant secretary for public affairs. Derian, 49, assistant secretary for human rights. Both were previously divorced and met while working on Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign in the South.
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Washington
UPI
Hodding Carter III
Patricia M. Derian
National Cathedral
Friends
Carter
State Department
Ms. Derian
Jimmy Carter
South
Drug arrests reach 143 in LA undercover operation
Police officers posing as students arrested 143 people in an undercover operation that began November 13. Police chief Daryl Gates said most detainees were suspected drug pushers and more than half were high school students.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Daryl Gates
Vance heads to London Middle East to restart Egypt Israel talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance left for London and the Middle East to break the stalemate in Egypt Israel negotiations. Officials warned the trip could extend, possibly prompting a new summit among Carter Sadat and Begin. The trip followed a tense regional climate amid a controversial SWAPO boycott and UN objections to South Africa supervised elections.
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Washington
Cyrus Vance
London
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Andrews Air Force Base
Vance
State Department
Hodding Carter
Carter
U.S
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
Seabrook pledges and threat halt work over bonds
Seabrook reactor project faces a Christmas halt if state backing bonds are not pledged. Public Service Co of New Hampshire would suspend work and sell half its stock, citing a potential loss of 2,500 jobs and a $600,000 weekly payroll. Projected costs have risen from 850 million to 2.3 billion over nine years.
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Manchester
N.H
UPI
Seabrook
William Tallman
Public Service Co
New Hampshire
Hugh Gallen
PSC
Windhoek polls close in controversial pre-independence vote
UPI reports Windhoek turnout reached about 72.8 percent of 439,000 registered voters by Thursday after five days of voting in the Southwest Africa territory election. Results were not yet released.
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Southwest African Peoples Organization
SWAPO
United Nations
South Africa
Windhoek
Southwest Africa
UPI
M.T. Steyn
NATO ministers end two day meeting amid Iran unrest
NATO foreign ministers wrapped up a two day Brussels session expressing concern over Iran's turmoil and potential oil supply disruption. They also discussed China's rise but failed to agree on arms sales with Britain pressing for Harrier jet transfers.
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Brussels
UPI
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Iran
West
NATO
Joseph Luns
China
Britain
Cultist indicted in Guyana slayings trial set for Tuesday
Larry Layton, a Peoples Temple follower, indicted in the November Port Kaituma killings of Representative Leo Ryan and four others. He faces trial in Guyana on murder charges, while other Temple members and allies contend with potential U.S. prosecutions as a federal grand jury investigates.
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Georgetown
Guyana
UPI
Peoples Temple
Larry Layton
California
Jim Jones
Layton
Leo Ryan
Dcalif
Temple
Monica Bagley
Dale Parks
Verney Gorney
Jones
Ryan Party
Ryan
Port Kaituma
NBC
Don Harris
Bob Brown
San Francisco Examiner
Greg Robinson
Patricia Parks
San Francisco
U.S
Notice of Hearing on Zoning Change and Probate Case
The City Council of Acacias plans a hearing on a zoning change to Light Industrial for Life Investors Incorporated land in Linn County Iowa described as SE% of Section 6 783 N Range 7W. Also notice of probate for Michael G. Bellas with Eleonora G. Mpolakis appointed executor and six month claims period.
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Acacias
Iowa Dam
Life Investors, Incorporated
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Milwoux St. Pau
Masconer
Eleonora G. Lakis
Edar Rapids
Lowa
Notifi
Blanche C. Koutsky
Mildred McGinness
PROOE
Iowa District Court
Tow
Aes
the District
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Drake
Scott Impecoven
Iowa Fieldhouse
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Merrick
N.Y
Julio “Diablito
Valdez
Dominican Republic
Francisco Villegas
Alfredo Escalera
Michael Dokes
Muhammad Ali
Ira Martin
Baltimore
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Mideast
Seabrook Guarantees Asked
Namibia
Ted
Is Keller
Martin Roemig
Amana
Blanche Koutsky
Blanche C Koutek
Siftiman, Gray and Stapleton
Seong Publica
Alburnett School
NOTIC
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Alburnett
Alburnett Community
Alburnett Community School
Robert B. Rampulla
Ames G. Tho Attorney
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