Hostages Parade Through Manhattan In Victory Welcome
In a city wide celebration, 22 liberated hostages rode a ticker tape parade through Manhattan led by Moorhead Kennedy Jr. and Mayor Edward Koch. Crowds filled streets, Battery Park, and City Hall Plaza as bands cheered and flags waved, marking a triumphant return.
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New York
Manhattan
Charles Lindbergh
Moorhead Kennedy Jr
New Yorker
Edward Koch
Lower Manhattan
City Hall Plaza
Battery Park
Fire Department
Economic index signals slowdown with December drop
The Commerce Department reports the leading economic index fell 0.8 percent in December to 136.6, with seven of ten indicators down. Separately, Labor says productivity declined 1.9 percent in Q4 1980, marking the third straight yearly drop, as credit tightening and higher rates loom.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Felix Tamm
Tamm
Labor Department
Johnson County Jail offers volunteer weekend test run
Inmates to simulate a weekend operation at the new 2.2 million Johnson County Jail with 20 male and three female volunteers. Training, approval forms available at the old jail behind the courthouse. Exercise runs February 6 through 8 with glass windows and limited outside calls.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Gary Hughes
Ritz
Iowa State Cyclones dominate early 1980s sports and local life mix
Column notes Gus Schrader tours Cyclone coach Johnny Orr's 3200 square foot home with photos. Hawkeye wrestler sidelined by hand injury. Three Cyclone wrestlers featured in East-West All-Star Classic. Iowa farmers posted 8.24 billion in crops last year ranking second in the nation. Legislation for a soil filth center introduced. Tom T Hall expands into banking. Boyson Road extension faces push to kill project. Jean Harris testifies she did not intend to hurt Tarnower.
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Gus Schrader
Johnny Orr
Hawkeye
Iowa
Jepsen
Reagan signals cautious Iran policy and vows no revenge
In his first news conference as president, Reagan avoids firm Iran or draft decisions, critiques Soviet detente as a one way street, and pledges a broad review of domestic policy while honoring hostage obligations. He also moves to end the Wage and Price Council and freezes new federal regulations.
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Reagan
Iran
White House
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
U.S
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Carter
Departments of Energy and Education
Reagan accused by Tass of distortions over detente
The official Soviet Tass agency said President Reagan made deliberate distortions at his news conference. Tass quoted him saying detente favored the Soviet Union, and argued peace benefits all nations while noting US assertions. Tass condemned his remarks as unseemly and misunderstood world changes.
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UPI
Reagan
Soviet Union
United States
Tass
Washington
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