Small Town Linn County Bank Robbery Nets Unknown Sum
Two men robbed Linn County State Bank in a northern Linn County town around 11:45 a.m. One warned of a handgun and both fled in a getaway car pursued on foot by a bank officer. No employees injured. the amount taken was not disclosed.
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State Bank
Main Street
Iowa
Linn County
Dennis Fiser
Linn County State Bank
Fiser
Dennis Gardner
Gardner
Serge
Senate approves genocide treaty after 37 years
The Senate voted 83 to 11 to ratify the genocide treaty, ending a decades long push. Proxmire hailed the victory after 19 years of daily floor speeches, while President Reagan's late support helped break the logjam.
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Senate
Washington
United States
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Reagan
White House
Challenger launch decision hidden from key NASA officers
A presidential commission found at least three NASA officials involved in the Challenger launch were not told that booster rocket engineers strongly urged against the launch. The panel cited secrecy and noted safety items were not relayed to the launch control center, calling the process horrifying.
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Washington
NASA
Presidential Investigating Commission
Commission
Allan McDonald
Morton Thiokol
Lawrence Mulloy
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Mulloy
McDonald
Marshall
Space Agency
Mark Weinberg
CBS News
Moore
Robert Sieck
Arnold Aldrich
Johnson
U.S. Deliberates Bases in Philippines as Marcos Faces Fraud Allegations
The Reagan administration signals possible cutoff of Clark Air Base and Subic Bay if Marcos retains power amid election fraud. In Los Angeles a Philippine News editor, Oscar Salvatierra, was shot dead after receiving a threatening note. Senate votes 85 to 9 condemning the Marcos election as marked by fraud.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Manila
Marcos
Los Angeles
George Shultz
Senate Budget Committee
Clark Air Base
Subic Bay
U.S. Navy
Philp Habib
Shultz
Senate
U.S
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Two children charged in father's murder near Columbia
In Marion County Iowa two youths Matthew Gasparovich Jr age 15 and Heidi 12 are charged with first degree murder in the death of their father Matthew at a farm home near Columbia. A detention hearing noted a note signed J R and a pink handbag with shotgun shells found at the home. Their mother Donna Woodard cited abuse and a troubled marriage.
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J.R
Dad
Heidi
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