U S to withdraw Grenada force after invasion
U S officials announce plan to pull about 2 300 troops from Grenada by Friday reducing presence to about 3 000. Cubans wounded and doctors fly home while Cuban Embassy staff leave following order from Governor General Scoon.
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Gazette Wire Services
Point Salines
Grenada
U.S
St. George’s
Defiec
Paul Scoon
Barbados
Metcalf
Edward L. Trobaugh
82Nd Airborne Division
Rudyard E.C. Lewis
Pentagon
Douglas Frey
Iowa tax on parimutuel betting hampers new horse track
Racing consultant William Killingsworth told state officials that Iowa's 6 percent takeout would likely leave insufficient funds to pay interest and capital costs for a new horse track, which could cost at least 30 million dollars. He noted other states lower rates to attract construction and suggested dog tracks could survive on 6 percent with smaller overhead.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Iowa
William Killingsworth
Killingsworth
Killingsworth Associates
Lexington
Mass
New Jersey
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Alcohol and drugs linked to four Johnson County killings
Johnson County murders show a common thread of substance abuse. Cases involve Daniel Treiber, Robert Vesely, David Oppelt, and Benjamin Caldwell with drink and drug use framed as key factors or motives. The feature notes related public intoxication and law enforcement observations amid ongoing investigations.
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Johnson
Tom Walsh
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Daniel Treiber
Randy Seydel
Treiber
Seydel
Laura
Vesely
David Oppelt
Oppelt
Steven Scott White
Harvey Miller
Mike Yacullo
U of I
Hayden Fry
Yacullo
J. Patrick White
American Psychiatric Association
Troubled Boys Home Closes Amid Slow Referrals
Three Crosses Ranch near Straw berry Point closes after a sharp drop in referrals from the Department of Social Services and juvenile probation authorities. Executive director Jane Ward cites a rift with Quakerdale in New Providence as a factor, with occupancy falling from 20 to six in three months. The ranch seeks an investigation into the New Providence home’s management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Marty
Three Crosses Ranch
Strawberry Point
Department of Social Services
New Providence
Iowa
Jane Ward
Ward
Quakerdale
Family finances ebb and flow like monthly tides
The phrase compares family finances to the moon and the ocean, noting monthly cycles of money in and out. It presents a poetic view of recurring financial fluctuations and then marks copyright.
House keeps Lebanon troops funding against pullout bid
The House rejected an effort to cut off money for American peacekeeping troops in Lebanon, voting 274 to 153 against the measure. The defense bill, about 14 billion below Reagan’s request but 14 billion above 1983, funds major Pentagon programs including MX missiles and B-1 bombers. Republican Cooper Evans was the sole Iowa vote against the amendment.
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Washington
House
Lebanon
Reagan
Middle East
Thomas O’neill
D-Mass
Cooper Evans
Iowa
Evans
Geneva
Switzerland
Samuel Stratton
D-N.y
Pentagon
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Fidel Castro
Communist Party
Caspar Weinberger
Adm
Joseph
Greenham Common
England
Robert Vesely
Benjamin Caldwell
Egan
Caldwell
Marion
Brothers
Farm
Beirut
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
Foreign Affairs Committee
Clarence Long
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