Branstad Faces Skeptics Over 30 000 Iowa Jobs Claim
Gov. Terry Branstad asserts Job Service of Iowa figures show 15 000 new jobs in the first six months of his term and says the state is on track to meet his 180 000 in five years. Legislators challenge the counting method citing out migration and unemployment benefit exhaustions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Job Service of Iowa
House
Thomas
Tip” O’neill
Beirut
U.S
Senate
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Lebanon
Baker
State Department
Middle East
Donald Rumsfeld
Gemayel
Baabda
George Shultz
Brazil
Reagan
Restaurants leading the way in Iowa jobs 1983
Iowa Job Service reports 15 183 jobs created in the first six months of 1983 as Gov. Branstad aims to 30 000 total. About 3 734 of those early jobs came from eating and drinking establishments. Branstad expects similar strength for the remainder of the year.
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Job Service
Beirut erupts in fierce battles as U S forces join chaos
Gunmen demand Gemayel resignation and seize West Beirut in street fighting. A U S naval air response targets rebels while a Marine base and airport face rocket attacks. Casualties include a French soldier killed and several wounded. political leaders push for settlement or withdrawal as global pressure grows.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Amin Gemayel
West Beirut
U.S. 6Th Fleet
U.S. Marine
Reagan
U.S
Gemayel
Syria
Snowbound after Buddy Holly tribute storm traps travelers
A traveler recounts being stranded for hours in a Clear Lake cafe during a fierce blizzard that blocked Mason City access after the Buddy Holly tribute show. He notes the danger from the Minnesota blizzard deaths and recalls the Feb 3, 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, and Richie Valens.
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Clear Lake
Buddy Holly
Minnesota
Mason City
Holly
the Big Bopper
Richie Valens
Shuttle fails again as satellite reaches useless orbit
The space shuttle launched a second satellite into a unusable orbit, similar to a twin launched days earlier. Richard Brandes of Hughes Aircraft noted eerily similar orbits while noting a related balloon failure.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle
Richard Brandes
Hughes Aircraft Co
Astronauts Plan Lifeline-Free Space Walk
Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart prepare for a five hour space walk outside the shuttle at 6 15 a m CST. The mission aims for a milestone free-floating excursion roughly 300 feet from the craft without a lifeline.
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Space Shuttle
Bruce McCandless
Robert Stewart
Reagan Visits Boyhood Home on 73rd Birthday
President Reagan revisits his boyhood home in Dixon Illinois with wife Nancy and brother Neil after the dedication of the two story wood frame house. A parade followed by a speech in Eureka marked the day in his honor.
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Reagan
Dixon
Ill
Nancy
Neil
Eureka
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