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15 Dec 1985
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1985
Page
1
They're young and in for life
Blair Greiman, 20, lies in a 9 by 4 foot prison cell as he faces a life sentence. A state study shows Iowa lifers average about 25 years before commuting or release, while national data cite about seven years four months to lifetime release. Greiman pursues appeals and hopes for earlier release or a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair Greiman
Greiman
Iowa
U.S. Bureau of Justice
America
Iowa Men's Reformatory
Anamosa
Farm bill approved by negotiators in Washington
Congress negotiators unanimously approve a new farm bill costing about 52 billion dollars over three years. The measure returns to both chambers for final approval as Senate leaders anticipate a late week vote. Officials praise the compromise despite continuing concerns over the acreage reduction plan benefiting wheat producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lynch
Gazette
Washington
House
Senate
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Agriculture
John Black
Reagan
Dole
Edward Zorinsky
D-Neb
Senate Agriculture Committee
Zorinsky
Ski lift jolts at Keystone. 50 fall 16 badly hurt
A Teller Lift cable snapped at Keystone resort in Dillon Colorado sending about 50 skiers tumbling 40 feet. At least 16 were seriously injured and 14 more remained in serious condition as helicopters evacuated 22 people to Vail and Denver area hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Bob Dodd
Fort Carson
Denver
Vail
George Deimeke
Wichita
Kan
Keystone
North
Colorado Ski Country USA
Keystone Mountain
Colorado
Keystone Resort
U S Leaders Take Aim at Communism in Nicaragua
President Reagan denounces Daniel Ortega as a dictator in designer glasses and accuses the Sandinistas of using Cuban aid and terrorism to subvert Nicaragua. He urges further support for rebel forces against the Mana gua government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Ortega
Reagan
Nicaragua
Managua
Shultz Attacks Split Germany as Inhumane and Unnatural
Secretary of State George Shultz condemned the postwar division of Berlin and Germany as unnatural and inhuman on the eve of his first visit to Eastern Europe. He insisted the United States would not accept Soviet control over Eastern Europe and reaffirmed Western powers resolve to keep Eastern Europe free from Soviet sphere influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Europe
George Shultz
Germany
United States
Shultz
Britain
France
Today’s Chuckle Placeholder Joke
A light humorous line notes that many share worse troubles or take pleasure in others’ comeuppance, a witty aside on human foibles and shared misfortune.
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Metro-Iowa
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