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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1985
Page
1
The Cedar Rapids and Marion gas war drops regular to 90.9 cents a gallon at many convenience stores and some stations. Prices for unleaded and gasohol also fall though less steeply, as Quik Trip Handimart and others cut prices to stay competitive amid rising wholesale costs.
President Reagan said even if a nuclear weapons reduction agreement exists the United States would pursue a space based defense system known as Star Wars. He called for continued research independent of Soviet arms talks and urged the concept of Mutual Assured Security. He also supported covert aid to the contras in Nicaragua and commented on Vice President Bush, South Korea airport chaos, and Fidel Castro's Cuba policy signals.
A delegation of Americans led by Patricia Derian and Robert White said Korean authorities broke two understandings at Seoul airport during Kim Dae-jung's return, denying embassy meetings and a briefing. In Seoul, voters prepared for the National Assembly election as opposition reforms gain momentum.
Gov. Terry Branstad seeks to limit Iowa’s mortgage moratorium to farm real estate loans and require courts to see debt restructuring efforts before foreclosures. He would also restrict moratorium uses to nonpayment of interest, not principal. House Democrats put a $63 million plan to aid about 16,500 farmers as farm crisis dominates talks.
Springville High School band trip to St Louis was canceled by the school board after director Elbert Edelbrock did not obtain board approval. Parents had raised over 4500 for the journey, now redirected as a retirement trip to the Middle East for Edelbrock.
A light joke about following a mental trail as long as it ends in the expected payoff. It plays on the idea that thinking processes are fine if they arrive at a sensible conclusion.
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