Moonies plan recruitment drive in Iowa
The Unification Church members vow a three year effort to recruit up to 1000 Iowa families as the church contends Iowa has been among its least productive states with about 200 of 40 000 members nationwide. In a separate report Mandy Mathis 1 year old survived a coma and her family benefited from local generosity in Jones County and Monticello with food and money donated.
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Unification Church
Iowa
U.S
Mandy Mathis
Jones County
Monticello
Mandy
Metro-lowa
Thatcher set to win consecutive terms amid unemployment
Thatcher appears unbeatable as she seeks a second term, asserting the nation faces two different ways of life. The report notes near-record unemployment and Thatcher’s likely victory as the first Conservative leader since 1900 to win back-to-back terms.
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Margaret Thatcher
Drug bust in Iowa City leads to widespread sentencing
Last October Iowa City detained 42 people on drug charges and eight months later most have been sentenced or released. Several had charges dismissed while others received prison terms up to ten years and are now meeting probation officers.
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Iowa City
East Iowa
Liberals McCarthy Mott join conservatives in election group
Eugene McCarthy and Stewart Mott ally with the National Conservative Political Action Committee to form the Committee for Free and Open Elections. The group opposes a bill restricting campaign spending by special interest organizations.
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Eugene McCarthy
Stewart Mott
National Conservative Political Action Committee
Committee For Free and Open Elections
Firefighters moonlight in Marion to supplement income
Off duty members of the Marion Fire Department take on varied jobs such as selling houses driving ambulances farming and working in salvage yards or stores. Extra money may be the main reason but not the only one.
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Marion
United Way Announces 1983 Campaign Leadership
The United Way reveals leadership for the 1983 campaign and sets the goal to be decided at the June board meeting. The Gazette lists the heads of the soliciting divisions for Metro-Iowa.
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United Way
United Way Board of Directors
Metro-Iowa
Winnebago stock climbs after embargo dip
The Winnebago company, once soaring then dipping below $2 a share after the 1973 oil embargo, shows renewed strength as its stock moves upward again. The report notes a 470 percent surge earlier and continued gains toward prosperity.
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Winnebago
Electricity is a family tradition in West Liberty
At 78 Ivan Inghram still writes out bills longhand and handles local electrical needs. The trade Spokane family line goes from Ivan’s father who worked at the plant to Ivan, with his son set to become superintendent when the new power plant starts next fall.
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Ivan Inghram
West Liberty
Ivan
Metro-Iowa
Vanishing America airs wheat cutter harvest pressure
Real farmers on TV tonight portrays city slickers watching wheat cutters rush to finish harvest before a storm. The documentary uses close-up shots to place viewers beside the workers. Farm page 6E.
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America
Israel Faces Disenchantment One Year Into Lebanon War
As the first anniversary of Israel's Lebanon invasion approaches, Israelis show a waning sense of euphoria. Analysts note the war yielded few clear gains and broader aims remain unsettled.
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Israel
Lebanon
Eight MIU students sue over harassment on campus
Eight Maharishi International University students sue the school claiming security officers harassed them and ordered them off campus while distributing literature for an Enlightenment instructor at odds with MIU. The suit cites a May 29 incident as campus security followed them with knapsacks of Carlsen letters.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Maharishi International University
MIU
Sten E. Karlstrom
Vincent McCarthy
University of Bridgeport, Conn
Robin Woodsworth Carlson
Carlsen
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Parsons College
Carlson
Dan Morrison
William Goldstein
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Czech ambassador named top Reagan Soviet expert
President Reagan will name Jack F. Matlock senior specialist on Soviet affairs, linking his Prague ambassador role to a broader effort for high level Soviet guidance. Matlock has three Moscow tours and previously taught Russian at Dartmouth, aiding Mideast arms talks and grain trade diplomacy while Clark seeks closer Soviet insight.
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New York Times
Washington
Reagan
Jack F. Matlock
Czechoslovakia
White House
Matlock
Dartmouth College
U.S
Moscow
Prague
Poland
Afghanistan
Central America
William P. Clark
Congress
Henry A. Kissin
Ger
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Clark
George Shultz
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Yuriy Andropov
Bagging it in Utah floods prompt sandbag push
Volunteers pass sandbags Saturday in Salt Lake City as officials extend a sandbag and plastic canal along downtown State Street by nine blocks to combat flooding from City Creek. The week of floods and mudslides in Utah has forced 1600 residents to evacuate their homes.
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Salt Lake City
State Street
City Creek
Utah
Labor leaders urge new U S policy on tech change and competition
Union chiefs Owen Bieber of the UAW and Gerald McEntee of AFSCME pressed Democrats to adopt a coherent industrial policy addressing technological shifts and foreign competition. They urged domestic auto content rules, targeted tax incentives, and stronger public services to sustain growth amid 1984 campaigns.
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Washington
U.S
Owen Bieber
United Auto Workers
Americans For Democratic Action
Bieber
United States
McEntee
American Federation of State
Afscme
Magana pledges Salvador elections before year end
President Alvaro Magana of El Salvador assured U S special envoy Richard Stone that national elections are planned before year end and a party consensus remains, though a complete voter register may push the timetable past November. Salvadoran election chief Ricardo Maida cited funding and a six month organization period as delays.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Alvaro Magana
el Salvador
U.S
Richard Stone
Central Election Commission
Stone
Magana
Central America
William D. Montalbano
Ricardo Maida
Salvadoran Election Commission
United States
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