Boy Meets Girl spoof shines with bite in Hancher show
The 1935 Spewack comedy spoofing Hollywood plays at Hancher Auditorium. Susie and Happy drive the plot as rival writers, producers, and stars scheme for profit while the cast hits brisk pacing and sharp verbal volleys. The production mirrors enduring Hollywood hunger and self interest.
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Lance
Larry
Hancher Auditorium
Bella
Samuel Spewack
Broadway
New York Times
Spewacks
Susie
Happy
America
Hancher
Kennedy Center
Repertory Theatre of
Laura Perrotta
Anthony Cummings
Spencer Beckwith
Rodney
John Tillotson
Miss Crews
Martha Thompson
Larry Green
Douglas Krizner
Biodegradable diapers hit market across several states
Eco Matrix of Brookline Mass markets a biodegradable diaper in New England New York New Jersey and Florida. The nappies were developed by Dafoe and Dafoe of Brantford Ontario. A plastic bonded to vegetable oil and a cornstarch derivative makes the nappies break down in two to seven years depending on conditions.
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Northeast
Florida
Brookline, Mass
Eco-Matrix
New England
New York
New Jersey
Dafoe & Dafoe
Brantford
Ontario
Mars Phobos mission to orbit and land despite failures
Tass reports Phobos II aims to map surface temperatures identify permanently frozen soil and analyze mineral makeup and atmosphere. It will approach Phobos within 50 yards in April to test a laser sail and drop two small landers. Problems since launch include a ground command error in Phobos I and instrument failures on Phobos II, but mission progress is expected.
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Tass
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Phobos
Phobos I
U.S
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Venus
Slayings tied to weapons linked to Rahman case
Police say Rahman, alias Yussuf Amin and Joseph Davis, is wanted in Kansas City for first degree murder and armed criminal action in the 1987 slaying of Frederick Beard. Beards body was found slumped over his car steering wheel after multiple gunshots. A related Long Island break tied a cut-down rifle and sawed-off shotgun to Rahman after a December 5 auto shop shooting that wounded three and spurred further nighttime shots in Southampton and Riverhead.
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Yussuf Amin
Kansas City
Joseph Davis
Rahman
Frederick Beard
Pete Edlund
Beard
Edlund
McElhone
Long Island
Community group to rebuild dam wins corporate backing
Andrews leads a Troy Mills effort to rehabilitate a derelict dam with $25,000 from IE and $15,000 loan backed by the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation. State permits approved, downstream park and canoe ramp planned, with further fundraising needed to repay the loan. The group aims to complete construction before summer.
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Linn County Conservation Board
Troy Mills
Citizens Group
Andy Andrews
Wendy Benesch
Isabel Diltz
Jack Andrews
Iraq Iran talks hinge on cease fire and troop withdrawal
A joint military group may supervise a U N backed withdrawal as Iran and Iraq clash over borders and the Shatt al Arab waterway. U N envoy Dag Hammarskjold? No, Karl Eliasson arrived in Baghdad after talks with Iranian leaders and left open new discussions in New York while both sides press demands on troop pullback and sanctions.
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Iraq
Iran
Security Council
Eliasson
Sweden
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Baghdad
New York
Perez de Cuellar
Geneva
Novil
Baghdad Radio
Saddam
Gulf
Shatt al-Arab Waterway
Five Die In Iowa Weekend Traffic Crashes
Five people died on Iowa highways over the weekend. Fairfield man Keith Reeder, 62, suffered a heart attack while driving on Highway 1 near Iowa City, his car veered off the road and crashed. his wife Pauline, 65, was a passenger and survived. In a separate crash near Spencer, Wesley Thiessen, 28, of Everly drove through a stop sign and collided with Ronald DeVries, 25, and Sharon Brawner, 36, both dead at the scene, while a passenger Tom Wuebber also died. Dena Den Adel, 17, died in Des Moines after a crash on Highway 69 involving Don Adel and Jeffrey Bryant. charges are pending.
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Fairfield
Highway 1
Iowa City
Keith Reeder
Iowa State Patrol
Reeder
University Hospitals
Pauline
Spencer
Wesley Thiessen
Everly
Thiessen
Ronald DeVries
Alton
DeVries
Sharon Brawner
Hartley
Tom Wuebber
Dena den Adel
Des Moines
Ankeny
Polk County Sheriff's Department
Don Adel
Jeffrey Bryant
Marshalltown
Noted Doctor longs for spread in friendly Oelwein
Jack, a longtime physician drawn to Oelwein for its size, plans to retire some of his 60 hour weeks. He praises the town, cites a $1 million Mercy Hospital fund drive as hope for economic recovery and attracting new doctors. A 1951 arrival counted 17 family practice doctors. now four remain. The couple will visit California in February.
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Oelwein
Mercy Hospital
Mary
California
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