Bankless in Cedar Rapids and a Grand Library Tour
The narrator details failed attempts to cash traveler’s checks at Guaranty Bank & Trust in Cedar Rapids and a friendly cashing at Merchants National Bank. He recalls a memorable Cedar Rapids public library visit described as sensational, with a grand staircase and openness praised, shaping a positive view of the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co
Guaranty Bank & Trust
Merchants National Bank
Kim Bassett
Public Library
Iowa City
Thelma Grover
England
Queen Elizabeth
General Motors
Reagan and Shcherbitsky clash over Star Wars in White House
President Reagan pressed Vladimir Shcherbitsky on the U S space based missile defense plan known as Star Wars during a 48 minute Oval Office talk. Shcherbitsky warned the system could threaten both sides and urged adequate defensive or offensive measures if pursued.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Reagan
Oval Office
White House
Larry Speakes
Vladimir Shcherbitsky
Kremlin
Shcherbitsky
United States
Soviet Union
Speakes
Congress
Geneva
Switzerland
Drug agent beaten and killed in Mexico raid faces U S retaliation
U S Ambassador John Gavin says an American drug agent was brutally beaten before death and pledges intensified war on traffickers. Enriue Camarena Salazar and pilot Alfredo Zavala Avelar identified at a ranch near Guadalajara.
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Mexico City
U.S
John Gavin
United States
Mexico
Guadalajara
Enrique Camarena Salazar
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
Alfredo Zavala Avelar
Gandhi party loses three states in India vote
In New Delhi, Rajiv Gandhi's Congress won eight of eleven state assemblies and one federal territory but failed in three states. In Bangkok, Thai forces repelled a major Vietnamese incursion as air strikes backed a line of hills defense.
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New Delhi
India
Rajiv Gandhi
Congress Party
Bangkok
Thailand
Cambodia
Israeli Soldier Killed as Forces Clash Near Sidon
In a three hour battle at Kawthariet Assayad near Sidon, Israeli and Lebanese forces exchanged fire with tanks and light arms. One Israeli soldier died and five Lebanese were wounded in the clash, the second such encounter in two weeks.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Kawthariet Assayad
Sidon
Public housing cuts urged by church and state officials
Archbishop John O Connor testified before a House subcommittee criticizing Reagan era defense spending and urging restoration of social programs including housing. He warned that large weapon budgets overshadow urgent domestic needs and called the spending wrong.
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John O'Connor
Congress
New York
O'Connor
House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
Iran Iraq civilians targeted as towns bombarded
Civilians were struck as Iran and Iraq launched artillery on seven border communities escalating the conflict. Iran reported 14 killed and 123 wounded in Dezful Abadan and Khorramshahr, with damage to a hospital and schools. Iraq cited shelling of Basra Mandali and Tweilah with unspecified casualties.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Iran
Islamic Republic
Dezful
Abadan
Khorramshahr
Basra
Mandali
Tweilah
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
United Nations
Five Mexican nationals shot after Texas robbery near rural road
Five men aged 16 to 21 were found shot near a Texas road after a robbery. One victim died from a throat wound. the others were injured and taken to San Antonio hospitals for surgery. Rangers say the victims were picked up in San Antonio by two men and forced to kneel before being shot. Denton is about 35 miles north of Dallas.
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New Braunfels
Texas
San Antonio
Texas Rangers
Bruce Casteel
Denton
Dallas
FDA unlikely to punish Arizona hospital over artificial heart use
A Phoenix Heart device kept Thomas Creighton alive after the first transplanted heart failed at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. FDA officials indicated they were unlikely to take action, noting the procedure was an emergency lifesaving effort not planned as part of an experimental program.
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Los Angeles Times
Tucson
Ariz
Thomas Creighton
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Jack Copeland
St. Luke’s Hospital
Phoenix
Creighton
University of Iowa
Dean Borg
Borg
University Hospitals
Federal Food and Drug Administration
FDA
William Grigg
Washington
Arizona
Grigg
Medical Center
Alethea Caldwell
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Newcastle
Australia
Bom
West Germany
Dortmund
Bild
Action Christian Klar
Gandhi Party
Ginsberg Jews
2Nd Street
Armstrong's
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Dhateliffs
Mt. Vernon Road
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New York City
Penthouse Magazine
Sy Preston
Ori Hofmekler
Penthouse
Preston
el Paso
Johnny Cash
Jesus Gurrola
Gurrola
Cash
Associated Press
Pentagon
Rockwell
North American Aircraft Operations Division
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Rockwell International Corp
Crown Corning
Petersen Harned von Maur
Service Optical
Westdale Mall
Lindale Mall
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