Cedar Rapids bowler barred from banquet sparks protest
Cedar Rapids bowler was barred from an awards banquet at the Moose Lodge due to his race. Iowa legislators Rep. Phil Brammer and Rep. Minnette Doderer demanded civil rights action and urged anti discrimination law changes.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Cedar Rapids
Moose Lodge
Iowa
Phil Brammer
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Minnette
Lawmakers urged to ban discrimination by private clubs
Doderer D lown City urged changing Iowa law to bar racial discrimination by private clubs after Thad Rowe, a Black substitute bowler, was refused attendance at a Moose Lodge banquet. Brammer said the Civil Rights Commission will investigate and Iowa laws may not cover private clubs.
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Lown City
Thad Rowe
Brammer
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Rowe
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
NAACP weighs action over Cedar Rapids banquet discrimination
Cedar Rapids NAACP prepares to decide Thursday on possible action after Thad Rowe, 26, says he was barred from a bowling awards banquet at Moose Lodge due to his race. Attorney Mary Robinson says a statement from Rowe will be filed and reviewed by the chapter.
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Vanessa Shelton
Cedar Rapids
NAACP
Moose Lodge
Thad Rowe
Mary Robinson
The
Robinson
Branstad may back off plan for World Trade Center
Iowa lawmakers and aides report Governor Branstad hinting he may delay this year's 75 million World Trade Center project amid revenue concerns and stock market drops. Legislators stress tight trade center legislation while Branstad aides deny diminished support and discuss longer term consideration.
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Judy Daubenmier
Atte Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
House
Donald Avenson
D-Oelwein
Lowell Norland
Kensett
Norland
Branstad
Susan Neely
Neely
Baltimore
National Governor's Association
Washington, D.C
Avenson
Bush meets Chernenko on path toward constructive US Soviet ties
Vice President George Bush met with Konstantin Chernenko after Yuri Andropov's funeral and said the Soviet leader agreed to place US Soviet relations on a more constructive path. Bush described the session as cordial and promising, with productive discussions anticipated in all areas.
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Moscow
USS
George Bush
Konstantin Chernenko
Bush
Reagan
Chernenko
Yuri Andropov
Andrei Gromyko
Howard Baker
Senate
Arthur Hartman
U.S
Kremlin
NATO
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Iowa halts sale of Duncan Hines muffin mix over EDB
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Robert Lounsberry ordered a Tuesday stop sale of Duncan Hines blueberry muffin mix lot W4 after chemists found elevated ethylene dibromide. Consumers with open boxes should return them to the store. recalled product will be sent back to Procter & Gamble which cooperated with the investigation.
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Gary Peterson
Duncan Hines
Robert Lounsberry
Iowa
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lounsberry
the Gazette
Procter & Gambleberry
Procter & Gamble
Sharp Tongue Edges Its Way to Self-Destruction
A brief aphorism notes that a sharp tongue, sharpened by constant use, often harms the speaker more than others, warning that verbal excess can backfire and injure the user.
Druse Offensive Advances In Lebanon Amid U.S. Fire
Druse militants seize a mountain corridor southeast of Beirut and the Aley ridge as government troops retreat after bombardment. U S warships fire at targets near Beirut airport while Marines fight a daytime mortar duel. Syrian-backed forces widen the supply gap and threaten Khalde's coast.
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Gazette Wire
Beirut
Lebanon
Defense Ministry
Chouf
Aley
Beirut Radio
Khalde
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