Linn-Mar coach lands at Jefferson in cross-town move
Bob Landis, who led Linn-Mar High to the 1983 Class 3A title, is named head boys basketball coach at Jefferson. UNI football coach Darrell Mudra is set to retire at a press conference today after 26 seasons and a 5200-81-4 record. Cedar Rapids Washington’s tennis hopefuls miss title defense after 5 0 loss to Ottumwa following Jamie Harder’s death.
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Pentagon Jokes About Lunch and Launches
A lighthearted column riffs on defense officials with puns about meals and missiles. It contrasts lunchroom humor with space and military launch imagery, delivering a playful take on Washington symmetry between daily routines and high tech defense work.
Iowa students trade presidential stocks in market experiment
The University of Iowa begins a presidential stock market where investors buy shares in candidates like Bush Dukakis and Jackson. Economics chair George Neumann and colleagues Forsythe and Nelson oversee the program as a test of public opinion sampling through trading.
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Robert Forsythe
Forrest Nelson
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Michael Dukakis
Jesse Jackson
Talks end in Noriega exile deal collapse
U S officials announced no further talks with Panama leader Manuel Noriega after he refused to carry out deal terms. Shultz said all proposals are withdrawn as pressure builds toward civilian rule in Panama ahead of 1989 elections.
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Fort Wayne
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Kan
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George Bush
Reagan
Health care bill clears hurdle to final passage
A House Senate conference panel reached agreement on a catastrophic health insurance bill enabling rapid final passage of a broad Medicare expansion. HHS Secretary Bowen urged the president to sign, with senators and representatives praising the compromise as landmark.
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Reagan arrives in Helsinki ahead of Moscow summit
President Reagan lands in Helsinki to begin a trip toward a summit with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow. He says the talks will entail substantial work and faces questions on Panamanian leader Noriega. The question session follows discussions with Finnish President Mauno Koivisto.
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Manuel Antonio Noriega
Mano Koivisto
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