Sex, blame, and satire in the Iran contra era headlines
The piece critiques media fixation on young women like Donna Rice Jessica Hahn and Fawn Hall and mocks sexism in politics. It condemns lewd jokes about Hall and Bakker while proposing secular humanism as a remedy and imagining sharp satire from Henry Hyde.
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Jessica
Fawn
Donna Rice
Jessica Hahn
Jim Bakker
Fawn Hall
Ollie North
Doris Gump
White House
North
Robert Dutton
Air Force
Henry Hyde
Howell Heflin
Alabama
Miss Hall
Tammy Faye Bakker
Jerry Falwell
Bakker
Falwell
Palimony counts dismissed in Thomas case
Florida judge dismisses five of six palimony counts against Miami Vice star Philip Michael Thomas for noncompliance with court orders. Dharma Matthews may refile. Thomas must continue $1,800 monthly child support and Matthews seeks custody and earnings from 1982 to last July.
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Florida
Miami Vice
Philip Michael Thomas
Dade County
David Levy
Dharma Matthews
Thomas
Herbert Stettin
Levy
Matthews
No assurance for uninsured in rough postdivorce life
Middle aged women with little work experience face added hardship when health issues arise and insurance is lost. The article discusses the compounding challenges of divorce, health problems, and sudden loss of coverage in the daily life of those with limited resources.
Schwarzenegger finds new home in America
Bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger left Austria for the United States where his physique success led to acting. His films gained popularity and he expresses happiness with his recent marriage in a Parade magazine feature.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austria
U.S
Parade
Camp Good Health Builds on Its History to Grow
Expanding for future Camp Good Health revisits its past while continuing to serve area children. Restored in 1983 the camp keeps growing and adding offerings as Iowa Today notes on page 16A.
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Good Health
Iowa
Hart faces debt woes before Rice story blows up
Gary Hart's 1984 primary campaign debt pressures the front runner as the Donna Rice saga looms. The mounting debt worries Hart and unsettles other 1988 Democratic hopefuls amid financial strains and political uncertainty.
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Gary Hart
Donna Rice
Hart
Steamboat Days Festival Draws Big Crowd to Burlington
Burlington braces for floods of visitors as the 25th annual Steamboat Days American Music Festival gears up in June. Local officials urge preparation for crowds and events across the river city.
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Burlington
Leisure
Brundtland Seeks Global Support for Environment Report
Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland of Norway pursues backing for a United Nations environmental report despite Norway's economic woes. She advocates gender equality, stating both men and women must help solve the world’s problems.
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Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norway
U.N
U.S
Emersons offer bargain salvage on general items
Ed and Shirley Emerson run a retail salvage and liquidation business offering consumers prices far below typical retail. The page 1E feature highlights affordable items and savings opportunities for shoppers seeking value.
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Ed and
Shirley Emerson
Eskimo sons of Peary and Henson visit kin in U S
Two 80 year old half Eskimo sons of North Pole discoverers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson arrive from Greenland for a week long reunion with American relatives. They travel via helicopter to Cambridge and then plan visits to Maine Maryland and Arlington.
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North Pole
U.S
Cambridge, Mass
Robert Peary
Matthew Henson
Greenland
Karree Peary
Anaukaq Henson
United States
Henson
Cambridge
Peary
Harvard
S. Allen Counter
Counter
Arlington National Cemetery
New York City
America
Maine
Maryland
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