Veterans share war stories with Linn-Mar students
Northup notes that Vietnam parallels in Central America heighten public interest. Linn-Mar veterans speak to ninth graders, offering personal views on motives, fear, and the war’s impact, while teachers stress a broad English history approach and the talks’ therapeutic value for vets and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northup
Central America
Vietnam
America
Linn-Mar
Paula Jensen
Jensen
Jim Knudsen
Marion
Gary Williams
Cedar Rapids
Doug Reed
Reed
Ken Boesenberg
Manchester
Tom Fruening
Linn-Mar High School
From Lett
Steve Meverden
Jim Manuel
Beirut hosts hopeful note as truce eyed for hostages
Wrecked streets in Beirut show the cost of fighting as Hezbollah and Amal pull fighters from south Beirut. Police report 296 killed and 1,000 wounded in the final phase. Syrian troops and civilian crowds monitor the ceasefire while reporters observe checkpoints and mine defusal efforts. The truce aims to secure hostages and reduce violence amid tense sectarian lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hezbollah
Damascus
Hay Moawad
Mesharrafieh
Amal
Beirut
Abdul Hadi Hamadi
Syria
Lebanon
West
Treaty Okayed as U.S. agrees on arms pact with USSR
The Senate ratified a landmark pact limiting missiles and enabling inspections. Dole Byrd Cranston Helms Hollings praised bipartisan approval. The agreement requires destruction of 2,611 missiles and sets up on site inspections at multiple facilities with access for U.S. and Soviet teams.
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Moscow
Reagan
Senate
America
Dole
Byrd
NATO
U.S
Alan Cranston
Gordon Humphrey
New Hampshire
Steve Symms
Idaho
Malcolm Wallop
Wyoming
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
Gorbachev
Washington
George Shultz
Geneva
Eduard Shevardnadze
Votkinsk
Ural Mountains
Magma
Utah
Woman Runs Full-Bore Into Train Witnesses Say
Vicki Heath of Cedar Rapids described a woman who dashed toward the tracks in a bid to beat the train. The collision left Ritch conscious but stunned. she was treated at Mercy Hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Manuel
Cedar Rapids
Vicki Heath
Heath
Ritch
Ritchie
Mercy Hospital
Reagan touts reforms and presses on Soviet dissidents
President Reagan praised Soviet reforms as normal business and said a summit schedule in Moscow is kept. He faced questions on dissident access to a planned meeting, while White House officials said the Soviets would not block attendees and that human rights would be central to talks with Gorbachev. Jewish groups pressed Moscow for exit permits and greater religious latitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Mauno Koivisto
Moscow
George Shultz
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
U.S
Fitzwater
Gorbachev
Rozanne Ridgway
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New Hope For Hostages
Hamadi
Mohammed Ali
Abbas
West Germany
TWA
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Baumhoefener
Boston
Weigelia
Gladiola
Begonias
Hardy Mum
Rial Day
Johnson Ave
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