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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1987
Page
1
Reese Brothers Expands Telemarketing to Cedar Rapids and Clinton
Reese Brothers Telemarketing Co. will hire 50 to 100 workers immediately for a Cedar Rapids office and aim for 200 in two years. The new facility at Life Investors in Cedar Rapids covers about 2,400 square feet and will serve fund raising for non profits, including Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Clinton office planned with 30 to 60 employees, possibly up to 100. The Midwest location chosen for favorable business climate and Kirkwood Community College training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Ford
Iowa
Reese Brothers
Pittsburgh
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Life Investors
Edgewood Rd
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Semak
Midwest
Kirkwood Community College
Reese
Sandinista officer defects to United States under mystery
A senior Sandinista military officer, Maj. Roger Miranda Bengoechea, defected from Nicaragua on October 25 with at least 15000 in government funds. He served as Humberto Ortega Saavedra's aide and was a member of the Sandinista Assembly. The defection drew cautious comment from the U.S. embassy and State Department officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Roger Miranda Bengoechea
Miranda
Humberto Ortega Saavedra
Sandinista Assembly
Humberto Ortega
Maj
Rosa Pasas
Defense Ministry
Alfred Laun
Washington
State Department
Gorbachev condemns Stalin crimes while praising industrial progress
In a Kremlin speech on Monday Mikhail Gorbachev denounced Stalinist repression but also credited the former dictator with industrial growth and national defense. The story continues on page 2A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mikhail Gorbachev
Josef Stalin
Kremlin
Gorbachev
Weinberger to resign as defense secretary this week
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger plans to resign this week and will be replaced by Frank Carlucci, with Lt. Gen. Colin Powell succeeding Carlucci as national security adviser. The moves, approved by President Reagan, would place Powell as first Black White House NSC head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Caspar Weinberger
Reagan
Frank Carlucci
Carlucci
National Security Council
Colin Powell
Powell
White House
Weinberger
Soviet Union
NBC Nightly News
Jane
Defense
Robert McNamara
Pentagon
John Poindexter
Right to speed provision costs Iowa DOT millions
Iowa Department of Transportation says the right to speed provision will require about 2.5 million dollars to fix. IDOT officials asked Governor Branstad to add funding or urge lawmakers to modify paperwork tied to the speeding exemption. Director Warren Dunham called the measure a sleeper and noted changes after the 65 mph limit increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubenmie
Luzette
Des Moines Bureau
ES Moines
Iowa
Darrell Rensink
Rensink
U S frigate fires on three small boats near Bahrain
An American frigate escorting a refueling tanker fired .50 caliber machine guns at three small vessels that approached the ships near the Persian Gulf island used by Iran for speedboat attacks. The vessels were suspected Iranian but no hits were confirmed and nationality remained uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manama
Bahrain
U.S
Pentagon
Persian Gulf
Iran
Iraq
USS
Carr
Gulf
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