Truman and Eisenhower rejected preemptive war plans against Soviets
Declassified Pentagon files show Truman and Eisenhower rejected Joint Chiefs of Staff proposals for a preventive war before the Soviet Union obtained nuclear weapons. Memos reveal Eisenhower later backed a pre emptive nuclear strike option if Russia started a conventional war.
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Washington
United States
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
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United
States
Eisenhower
Russia
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Iowa lawmakers face gambling vote and tax debate in 70th General Assembly
Des Moines report outlines the 1983 session with a Democratic legislature and Republican governor confronting a $140 million trust fund debt, unemployment concerns, and broad tax changes. Parimutuel betting and possible lottery legalization loom alongside pay raises and per diem shifts for lawmakers as they weigh state funding and employment issues.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Campout Highlights Student Carpentry Project At Park
Alburnett seniors Jerry Humpfer and Rick Kirk along with instructor Ron Lower from Marion built seven huts from shipping cardboard. The huts stand 5 feet high and 10 feet in diameter with roofs that hold up to 300 pounds. All seven students joined the weekend campout west of Toddville.
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Alburnett High School
Jerry Humpfer
Rick Kirk
Ron Lower
Marion
Toddville
Lower
Chuckle Doctor Jokes About Shared Prescription Troubles
A lighthearted cartoon caption shows a doctor telling a patient to report back on the prescription while admitting he faces the same issue. The exchange plays on mutual frustration with medical remedies.
Man uses fake gun to foil pizza parlor burglars
Benjamin Henson witnessed four intruders at Porky's Pizza in Mifflin Township near Columbus. He flashed his finger pistol and shouted Freeze, delaying them until police arrested two men and a juvenile girl. A third man escaped as officers arrived.
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Columbus, Ohio
Benjamin Henson
Porky’s Pizza
Mifflin Township
Columbus
Henson
Sheriff's
Chinese editor Lo jailed in Peking for 10 years as U S spy
Lo Cheng-Hsun known as Lo, 62, founder editor of the New Evening Post in Hong Kong, was sentenced in Peking to 10 years for passing secret information to a U S intelligence agency. He was also deprived of political rights for three years. The case widens Sino American tensions and his ties to Hong Kong presses are noted.
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