Pearl Harbor and Hirohito recalled in personal reminiscence
A writer reflects on Emperor Hirohito, Pearl Harbor, and World War II memories from childhood. He contrasts Reagan's condolence with harsh wartime lessons, notes mixed views on Hirohito, and laments modern Super Bowl hype as a loss of authentic leadership and history.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific Fleet
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Detroit
Alamo
Liberty
Hitler
Reagan
Hollywood
United States-Japan
United States
Nanking
Ronald Reagan
George
Dan
Dan Quayle
Bataan
Cedar Rapids woman pleads innocent in river incident
Sheryl L. Gilson 20 of Cedar Rapids pleaded innocent to neglect of a dependent person after wading into the Cedar River with her 18 month old son on Christmas morning. Judge Thomas Horan set a trial for 9 a.m. April 10. A police officer rescued the child and brought him to safety.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Sheryl L. Gilson
14Th Ave
Thomas Horan
Gilson
Paul murder trial stays in Linn County court
The Linn County murder case against Paul, 21, of Central City, will stay in Linn County. Judge Larry Conmey overruled the venue change request saying media publicity cannot derail impaneling a fair jury. Trial set for Tuesday at 9 am.
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Dick Hogan
Evan Paul
Linn
Denver Dillard
Larry Conmey
Dillard
Linn County
Tom Riley
Chambers
Conmey
Paul
Central City
Texas
Donald Cope
First Avenue
First Street West
Cope
Iowa economy to slow its rebound in 1989
University of Iowa economist Jerald Barnard predicts Iowa's economy will improve in 1989 but at a slower pace than in recent years. He notes farm income may fall up to 10 percent, corn and soybean prices could ease with normal weather, and overall U.S. growth will thin to about 2.4 percent.
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Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Jerald Barnard
U of I Institute of Economic Research
Barnard
U.S
Iowa bill bars inmates on work release from union dispute jobs
Des Moines lawmakers move to bar inmates on work release from taking jobs with firms in labor disputes. The bill follows a Davenport case where 15 inmates filled in at Silver Steel Co. during a strike by UAW Local 377, potentially aiding strike disruption and raising reentry concerns.
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Ies Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa
House Labor Committee
Gary Sherzan
D-Des Moines
Sherzan
United Auto Workers
Silver Steel Co
Davenport
UAW
Rock Island
Ill
House
Bob Arnould
D-Davenport
Sherman
Funeral fraud case pushes Iowa consumer protection reforms
The Iowa funeral industry faces calls for consumer safeguards after a $236000 theft by Maquoketa director Joseph Kedley. The Iowa State Funeral Directors Association plans possible legislation and an insurance pool to protect prepaid plans, with a task force to study embezzlement remedies and consumer remedies amid industry pushback.
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Maquoketa
State Funeral Directors Association
Iowa
Joseph P. Kedley
Jerry Wilson
Kuba Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Funeral Director’s Association
Ruth Niemann
Manning
Association
Insurance Division
Iowa Department of Commerce
Wilson
Niemann
Alda Post Stookey
Iowa Funeral Directors Association
Des Moines
the Gazette
Kedley
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