Four Teamsters Convicted in Cedar Rapids Conspiracy Case
Four Cedar Rapids Teamsters Local 238 members Harry J. Wilford Herman J. Casten Everett G. Dague and Herman B. Boeding were found guilty on felony conspiracy counts for conspiring to extort non union truck drivers. They allegedly demanded 49 from drivers without providing union representation. Jurors deliberated from 3 20 p m to 10 p m. felony penalties reach up to 20 years and 10000 fine.
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Teamsters Union
Harry J. Wilford
Herman J. Casten
Everett G. Dague
Herman B. Boeding
U.S. District Court
Teamsters Local 238
Teamsters
Reagan calls Americans home from Libya amid danger
President Reagan urged about 1,500 U.S. citizens in Libya, many oil technicians, to return home to avoid being pawns in a possible Libyan showdown. The State Department barred travel, with belief Khadafy may threaten hostages. officials warned the directive is hard to enforce though journalists are exempt.
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Reagan
Libya
U.S
State Department
Italy
Muammar Khadafy
Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Turmoil in Gainesville as youths clash after police shooting
Gainesville residents reel from protests following the shooting of 16 year old Columbus Williams by a white officer. A man sustained head injuries and others faced cuts as rocks and bottles flew in a cordoned area near the University of Florida. Williams remains in satisfactory condition. investigators plan a full review while his mother pleads for calm.
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Florida
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State University
Don Dean
University of Florida
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Williams
Swate Department
Eugene Whitworth
Doris Davis
Warren
St. Louis
State Attorney's Office
Ernest Bridges
Bridges
House backs GOP plan for 4 billion in spending cuts
In a 218 to 197 vote the House approved a Republican backed plan to trim 4 billion from domestic programs for the current fiscal year, while an alternative Democratic proposal for 3 billion in cuts was defeated 222 to 194. Several Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the GOP plan, including Berkley Bedell. The Senate soon began debate on the measure.
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Reagan
Chamber
Iowa
Berkley Bedell
Cooper Evans
James Leach
Tom Tauke
Tom Harkin
Neal Smith
Senate
Federal prosecutors drop charges against 161 draft resisters
The Justice Department abandons plans to indict 161 of about 800000 who skipped 18 year old draft registration. Rusty Martin of the University of Northern Iowa, who burned his card last year, is among those spared prosecutions as Reagan weighs ending the draft requirement.
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Rusty Martin
University of Northern Iowa
U.S. Justice Department
Justice Department
John Russell
U.S
Reagan
Punchline from a Housewife on Lean Meats Price
A housewife asks her butcher for lean red meat at two dollars per pound. He instead provides raspberry Jello, delivering a comic mismatch between expectation and reality. The quip highlights consumer price concerns with a humorous twist.
Cut nitrites in meat study urges reductions
The National Research Council urged processors to cut nitrite and nitrate preservatives in bacon and other meats. It favors ending most uses of related compounds until possible cancer links are clarified, noting no direct cancer evidence in animals or humans yet.
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National Academy of Sciences
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Agriculture Department
Food and Drug Administration
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