Cubs Bid Sparks WPWR Interest in Tribune Co Ownership
WPWR-TV made a 50 million dollar bid for the Chicago Cubs to the Tribune Co owner of the NL club. The bid followed a news conference and a letter to Tribune president Stanton Cook. The page notes an Olympics data column and other Cedar Rapids news.
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Wpwr-Tv
Chicago Cubs
Tribune Co
WPWR
Cubs
Stanton Cook
Calgary
Mike Hlas
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Citizen Action Network
Sharon Farrey
Jones County Community Credit Union
Todays Chuckle: People Prefer Collecting Money Over Making It
A light column notes that most people prefer the idea of accumulating wealth to the effort of earning it, lampooning the gap between ambition and action with a humorous take on financial mindset.
Branstad vetoes welfare hikes in Iowa
Des Moines AP reports Republican Governor Terry Branstad vetoed welfare increases, including a 6.5 percent AFDC rise, saying Iowa cannot afford about 20 million in next year’s costs. He used line-item veto to remove increases, restore 1.4 million, and rejected funds for homeless shelters, nursing home reimbursements, and other welfare programs.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad
AFDC
Department of Human Services
Iowa Finance Authority
Human Services Department
Fatal Crash Leaves Two Dead and One Critically Hurt
An elderly driver Ezra Werndt aged 82 from Wyoming died in a two car collision. his wife Leona Werndt suffered critical injuries. A description notes the other driver Deskin and his car engine was hurled into a nearby field. The youngest daughters perished in the same crash according to witnesses.
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Ezra Werndt
Wyoming
Leona
Deskin
Tragic Iowa Crash Kills 2 Sisters Near Anamosa
Two young rural Anamosa sisters died and their mother and two older sisters were in critical condition after a Friday morning head on collision east of Marion. An 82-year-old Wyoming man also died, his wife critically injured. authorities described the crash as the worst in years.
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Kelly Deskin
Highway 151
Marion
Deskin
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Wyoming
Jim Ford
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Don Zeller
Linn Sheriffs Department
Fairview Trailer Courts
Highway 13
Ezra Wendt
Iowa
Two Soviet Warships Bump U S Navy Vessels in Black Sea
Two Soviet warships deliberately bumped two U S Navy ships in Soviet claimed waters off Crimea. Pentagon and State Department voiced concern and lodged a protest. The destroyer and cruiser, with electronic warfare gear, were under 10 miles from the Crimean coast to challenge the Soviet 12 mile claim while the U S recognizes a three mile limit. A Soviet captain warned they were violating territory and could be struck. The U S ships did not alter course and were later nudged away.
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Los Angeles
Mes
Washington
U.S. Navy
Black Sea
Pentagon
Defense Department
U.S
State Department
Crimean
Jerry Flynn
Shunned family rebuilds life after leaving Jehovah's Witnesses
Gail Cooper-Evans reports on Jim and Mary Carroll and their three children ages 10, 8, and 5 who celebrated Christmas for the first time since leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses last October. The family used Advent calendars and a wreath, reviewed the Nativity story, decorated a tree, and bought presents signaling a new life away from devout church practices. The piece notes the broader context of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and its door-to-door proselytizing, while promising more on page 10A.
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Gail Cooper-Evans
Gazeta
Jim
Mary Carroll
Christ
Jehovah's Witnesses
The
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
Witnesses
Jim and
Erica
Elissa
Seth
Iowa Farmers Lead Nation In U S Payments 1986
Iowa received 1.16 billion dollars in federal farm payments in 1986, leading a top 10 that shared about 7.46 billion of the 11.8 billion nationwide. Texas followed with 978 million, Illinois 882.8 million, Kansas 870.8 million, and Nebraska 867.8 million in a report from the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Economic Research Service
Iowa
Texas
Finois
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
Indiana
Skelahoma
California
Towa
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Ann Pfiffner
Kalona
Iowa City
Iowa Hawkeye
METRO
Don Ibeling
Dolph
International Hawaiian Inn
Iowa Board of Corrections
Abby WA Marion
Safette Photo
Todd Meinturt
By Rick Smith
United States
Soviet Union
Turkey
Crimea
Miles
Famil
Lowa
Mardi Gras
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