Iowa cities tap new tax revenue for services
July 1 marks collection of a hotel motel tax in Iowa City with Coralville also starting. Johnson County reports 25 percent of new revenue funneled to the joint visitor and convention bureau. Decorah hosts the Minowa Health and Cancer Detection Center offering self exams for early cancer signs and overall health tips. Eight Eastern Iowa residents named Outstanding Older Iowans to honor senior contributions.
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Andropov accuses Reagan of lying on missiles and arms
Moscow leader Yuri Andropov calls President Reagan a liar over Soviet missile strength and accuses him of seeking to disarm the USSR. Tass quotes Andropov blasting Reagan's anti ballistic plan as a treaty breach and a dangerous path toward nuclear war.
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Anthony Blunt Dies at 75 Former Royal Art Adviser and Spy
London reports Anthony Blunt, the art adviser to Queen Elizabeth II and confessed Soviet spy, died at 75. He collapsed at home after breakfast, brother Wilfred said. Thatcher revealed Blunt's role in Parliament in 1979, noting his 1964 confession to British intelligence.
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Cambridge University
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Donald Maclean
Kim Philby
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Thatcher
Parliament
Cambridge
Adolf Hitler
Germany
MI5
Allies, With A Clearer Conscience.” Blunt
Doctors to perform separation surgery on Juarez twins in El Paso
In El Paso Texas doctors announced Saturday plans to operate to separate Siamese twin daughters of Raul and Maria Hernandez of Juarez Mexico. The twins remained in very stable condition and began receiving food orally Saturday.
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el Paso
Texas
Raul
Maria Hernandez
Juarez
Mexico
State's newspaper photographers win honors
Des Moines Register photographer Rick Rickman won Photographer of the Year for newspapers with 10,000 or more circulation and took best entry in show for Living Together on Mean Street. Cedar Rapids Gazette’s Don Hornstein placed in two categories, while Chris Young of the Gazette earned two first places and will intern at the Register.
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Rick Rickman
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Iowa Press
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Mean Street
Cedar Rapids Gazette
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Chris Young
Iowa State University
Vinton
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Gazette
Young
Register
Rick Chase
Cedar Falls Record
Des Moines Sunday Register
Sherry Ricchiardi
Photo
Bogus survey calls reported by Magid Associates Inc
Frank N. Magid Associates Inc of Marion denies any current area survey. A firm spokeswoman warns of fraudulent calls claiming to be Magid interviewers and asks objectionable questions. She urges calling a Magid supervisor at 377-7345 during listed hours to report such calls.
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Frank N. Magid Associates Inc
Marion
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