Contras Accused of Terror Tactics by Health Network
The Central America Health Rights Network, with 30 local committees, accuses U S backed contras of terrorizing civilians. The report cites kidnappings rapes and killings of doctors nurses teachers and volunteers amid visits to 63 health facilities with many closed or destroyed. The Nicaraguan Democratic Force denies wrongdoing and a State Department official offers no policy comment.
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Siegel
Nicaragua
Washington
Bosco Matamoros
Nicaraguan Democratic Force
U.S. State Department
Jit
Weather recap and storm warnings across the East and Midwest
National Weather Service reports 18 hour readings from CR airport ending Sunday 6 p.m. with scattered thunderstorms, hail near Beaufort North Carolina and wind gusts up to 80 mph in Nevada. Extended forecast calls for rain Wednesday through Friday with highs in the 40s and 50s and mainly 30s at night.
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Cascade Mountains
Washington
Oregon
California
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Slide Mountain
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Reno
Weather Service
Livingston
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Alamosa
Colo
Reagan backs MX missiles as arms talks hinge on votes
Congress debates funding MX missiles with Aspin shifting to support limited production for Geneva talks with the Soviet Union. Max Kampelman pursues last minute lobbying as O'Neill says White House lobbyists press House members to back continued funding amid opposition concerns of a potential defeat.
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Pentagon
House
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Reagan
Max Kampelman
Kampelman
Democratic House
O’neill
White House
Protest Ties to Township Killings Stir Racial Tension
Violence in Langa and Kwanabuhle sparks protests as police claim self defense after Thursday shooting. White opposition members challenge official accounts, while air force helicopters monitor the area amid rising black disaffection with rights and living standards in apartheid South Africa.
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Kwanabuhle
Langa
Air
Progressive Federal Party
Fire erupts at Ross Dress for Less in Los Angeles
A natural gas explosion blew out the front of the Ross Dress for Less department store near the Farmers Market in Los Angeles just before 5 p.m. Firefighters from about 100 responders battled flames as authorities evacuated hundreds amid fears of more blasts. At least 23 injured including five in critical condition and two people reported missing.
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Farmers Market
Los Angeles
Vocational Education Shifts From Farm to Tech Careers
educators argue industrial arts must preview ag tech and general career prep. Hartman defends electronic systems analysis as motivating yet practical. Cedar Rapids and North Linn schools pilot new industrial technology course to broaden pathways beyond farm work. The Unfinished Agenda cautions against overemphasizing academics over life skills.
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Tion
Jefferson
Hartman
Yong
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Vo-Ag
Bill Hemmes
Central City
Joe Yedlick
Vo Ag
North Linn
Coggon
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Jefferson and
Kennedy
Nan
National Labor Reports
National Commission On Secondary Vocational Education
Cedar Rapids Area Meeting Schedule And Events
Today features a full slate of public meetings from 8 a.m. at Cedar Rapids Airport to 7:30 p.m. Cedar Rapids School Board and Walker City Council. Also listed are band and theater events including Sandi Patti concert at Five Seasons, Cedar Rapids Symphony with Leon Bates, and a Rainbow Connection Fashion Show at Bethany Lutheran Church.
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Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha Water Board
Linn County Conservation Board
County Home Rd
Marion
Taft Junior High
Walker City Council
Sandi Patti
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Leon Bates
Paramount Theatre
Rainbow Connection
Bethany Lutheran Church
Forest Dr. SE
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