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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1986
Page
1
Vietnam veterans training Contras in Honduras?
Nicaraguan rebel leader Arturo Cruz said the United States is studying a request to send Vietnam War veterans to train guerrillas seeking to overthrow the Sandinista government. U.S. officials said Green Berets will train Honduran troops, not the contras, but UNO backers dispute details as rebels expect aid and training to begin after a $100 million package materializes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egucigalpa
Honduras
Arturo Cruz
United States
U.S
Vietnam
Honduran
Nicaragua
Cruz
UNO
Defense Department
Nicaraguan Democratic Force
Gracias A Dios
Zelaya
House of Please
Pope denounces Nicaragua over expulsion of bishop
Pope John Paul II denounced Nicaragua for expelling Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega of Juigalpa after a Mass with over a million attendees. He called the act grave and "almost incredible," urging Catholic activists to keep faith over politics and reaffirming the church's religious vocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pablo Antonio Vega
Juigalpa
Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Medellin
Colombia
John Paul II
Farm Aid pledges far below last year at $500000
MANOR Texas AP Farm Aid II raised about $509000 in pledges far less than Farm Aid I Organizers of the all day Fourth of July concert said the Statue of Liberty centennial was a prime suspect Early Saturday as the Fourth of July show drew to an end spokeswoman Margaret Wade estimated that 500000 in donations had been called in to the toll free line The 40000 tickets sold for the 18 hour show at a small horse race track brought in 800000 The show is paid for she said almost all of the 13 million is profit for the Farm Aid fund Wade said Farm Aid I raised 9 million not all came in on the day of the show Nelson acknowledged lines were less busy than he expected
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
Mother charged after driving daughter to strip death
Theresa Mancini Jackson, 39, is charged in Florida with steering her 17 year old daughter Tina Mancini to a nude show and death by own action. Tina, a gifted student who became a dropout, killed herself with her mother’s .357 pistol on March 24, leaving family and friends to question the mother’s influence amid years of alleged abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coral Springs
Fla
Zina
Tina Mancini
California
Tina
Insurgents kill five guards in South African ambush
Three black men in a car fired on government patrols near Johannesburg before dawn killing five black guards and wounding 12. Police killed two attackers. a third escaped. No group claimed responsibility. The violence raises the death toll to about 2,000 in 22 months of unrest, with most victims black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Wire Services
Johannesburg
South Africa
Bureau For Infor
South African Institute of Race Relations
TODAY'S CHUCKLE Charity that generous impulse to give away
A lighthearted note on charity describes the urge to part with possessions one no longer needs, framing generosity with a playful wink at the idea of giving away what one does not value. The snippet ends with a copyright tag.
Indigent teen seeks abortion funds amid hardship
Fifteen year old Nell, living in foster care, wrestles with independence and an unintended pregnancy. She decides to terminate and confronts the barrier of cost. Des Moines Planned Parenthood notes abortion rights exist but affordability remains a hurdle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Heidi Killeen
Des Moines
Planned Parenthood Center
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Iowa City
Leisure
Iowa
Federal Aviation Administration
Wimbledon
Navratilova
Mandlikova
New York Times
Margaret Wade
VH-1
Nelson
Farm Aid
Gazette
Rita Reed
Independence
Theresa Jackson
S. Africa
Loca Bridge
SuperQuiz
Vanessa Shelton
Nell
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