Line of Love links 1000 for Linn food drive on 42nd Street
About 1,000 people formed a three quarter mile line of hands along 42nd Street NE near Pierce Elementary to aid the Linn Community Food Bank. Participants included Pierce and Kennedy High students, seniors, and babies in strollers. Donations of canned goods or money were collected as the line stretched about 40 minutes. Travis Beard organized the event with help from his family.
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Travis Beard
42Nd Street
Cedar Rapids
Travis
Linn Community Food Bank
Center Point Road
Wenig Road
Beard
Pierce Elementary
America
Reagan orders dismantling Poseidon submarines over SALT II limits
President Reagan directs the removal of two Poseidon submarines the Nathan Hale and Nathanael Greene to offset the Nevada's imminent Trident launch and keep the United States within SALT II until potential future actions. He warns Moscow he may exceed limits later this year while pursuing an appropriate response to Soviet violations. The move follows State Department advice to stay compliant but cites budgetary and military grounds.
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Washington
Reagan
United States
Moscow
State Department
U.S
Pentagon
Nathan Hale
Nathanael Greene
Nevada
Soviets Agree to Allow 117 to Join Families in U S
The Soviet Union will permit 117 of its citizens to emigrate to join families in the United States in what is described as the largest such movement in three decades. The action, praised by the Reagan administration, will settle 36 of 126 divided-family cases the U S has pressed Moscow to resolve.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
State Department
Reagan
Kremlin
Charles Redman
Iowa Restores 21 Year Drinking Age With Branstad Sign
Gov. Terry Branstad signed a law returning Iowa’s minimum drinking age to 21 on Sept. 1 for those not 19 by that date. 19 and 20 year olds face a $15 fine. 19 year olds on or before Sept. 1 may drink legally.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Midwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New law sparks surge in machine gun sales nationwide
In Ashville Tennessee AP reports a buyout rush as a federal ban on public sale manufacture triggers a buying spree. Dealers struggle to stock machines though Reagan signed the law May 19 easing some rules effective November 15. Prices rose as buyers rush to secure firearms.
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Ashville
U.S. House
Islamic scholar and wife stabbed in Wyncote home
Ismail al Faruqi, 65, and his wife Lois, 59, were found fatally stabbed at their Wyncote residence. Their 27-year-old daughter was seriously wounded, with a 15 inch survival knife found nearby. FBI joined the probe due to al Faruqi's prominence.
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Wyncote
FBI
Ismail al Faruqi
Lois
Philadelphia
al Faruqi
Temple University
Robert Krauser
Cheltenham Township
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