Dukakis Speech a Masterful Display of Competence and Calm
The piece lauds Michael Dukakis for a precise acceptance speech that projected order, intelligence, and compassion. It notes his focus on public service, frugality, and attack on Reagan era missteps, while critiquing press misreads of the campaign dynamics and the Jackson faction.
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Bob Dole
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Pat Robertson
George Bush
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Ed Koch
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James Brown ordered to hold benefit concert for police and abused children
Aiken South Carolina judge orders soul icon James Brown to perform a benefit concert for the Fraternal Order of Police and Helping Hands after pleading guilty to resisting arrest and carrying a pistol while pleading no contest to PCP possession. The sentence includes probation until the concert. Dennis Hopper discusses a new look for his film Backtrack shot in Albuquerque with Jodie Foster co starring.
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S.C
James Brown
Dennis Hopper
Albuquerque
Queen Mother Elizabeth In London Pub For Quick Beer
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's 88th birthday approaches as she tours Surrey Docks and visits the Blacksmiths Arms in southeast London. She emerges from a limousine and asks for a glass of beer, chatting with pub owner Max Leftwich about the moment.
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Surrey Docks
Britain
Blacksmith’s Arms
London
Max Leftwich
Alice Hoffman on AIDS themed novel At Risk
The author says she did not see AIDS as a hot topic but her book At Risk is gaining strong seller support. The note appears in Leisure page 2F.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Taylor
Rome
Franco Zeffirelli
Alice Hoffman
Leisure
Tearoom opens in Hawkeye Nash Country Porch elegance
Marilyn Niewoehner and Ruthie Smith launch The Country Porch tearoom in Hawkeye. The venture draws rave reviews from northeast Iowa readers, with aims of elegance and coziness in a small town setting.
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Marilyn Niewoehner
Ruthie Smith
Hawkeye
Saving grace crops for drought weary farmers
Experts urge farmers to pivot to forages like sudan grass rye winter wheat and winter triticale to salvage crops amid drought conditions. This new approach could yield a viable harvest despite extended dry spells.
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Sudan
Spying an odd bookstore opens to the public three days a week
A downtown Washington office building houses a sixth floor bookstore for spies with a high tech security door. Public access is limited to three days weekly and a leisurely read is promised on page 1F.
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Washington
Leisure
A Touchy Subject on Poison Ivy Allergy
Researchers admit limits in understanding poison ivy allergy. Symptoms may appear hours or days after exposure and sometimes no rash shows at all.
European path back to NBA for Schafer
Former Iowa State standout Tom Schafer heads to Europe to pursue an NBA opportunity. He argues European play is a step above the U S C B A league, reflecting his strategy to showcase his talents on another continent.
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Iowa State
Tom Schafer
Europe
United States
Sports
Texas Catholics Hear Mary Messages at Underground Lubbock Church
Hundreds of Texas Catholics gather weekly at St John Neumann Church in a cavernous underground space to hear three parishioners relay messages from the Virgin Mary. Reported healings and signs accompany the rosary as Monsignor James and others describe visions linked to Medjugorje with an Aug. 15 Assumption event anticipated.
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Texas
St. John Neumann Catholic Church
Slate
Air Force
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Teresa Werner
Bob Golec
Midlothian
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Mary
Joseph James
Medjugorje
Yugoslavia
James
Lubbock
Michael Sheehan
Heaven
Dina Merrill Teases Caddyshack II Role Hesitation
Realizing a good part Patrician beauty Dina Merrill questions fit with Jackie Mason Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase in Caddyshack II She admits hesitation when approached about the film role in Leisure page IF.
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Dina Merrill
Jackie Mason
Dan Aykroyd
Chevy Chase
Leisure
Page IF
Thai king pardons man who insulted monarchy
King Bhumibol pardons Veera Musikapong a former deputy minister who was jailed for lose majesty after he told supporters in Buriram in July 1986 that life in the royal palace was easier than peasant life. He began a four year sentence after the Supreme Court upheld the conviction and he resigned from Parliament in September 1986.
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Veera Musikapong
Supreme Court
Veera
Buriram
Prem Tinsulanonda
Ae Thailand
King Bhumibol Aduly
Woman who killed spouse released in self defense
In St. Petersburg Florida a woman Katherine Hess was not charged after shooting her husband Ralph Hess Jr who threatened to shoot the couple s cocker spaniel and violently attacked her during a motel confrontation. The state attorney ruled she acted in self defense.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Ralph Hess Jr
Katherine Elaine Hess
Hess
George Pinckney
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