Officials eye work plans amid unemployment concerns
The Reagan administration weighs proposals to reduce joblessness among youth and long term laid off workers. Officials said Monday the study aims to spur employment through new policies while a separate world section covers Reagan's stance against the Soviet military build up and Kohl’s White House visit. A note on state petition laws highlights voters’ power to force referendums and Iowans’ opportunity to initiate legislation.
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Leonid Brezhnev
Red Square
Reagan
United States
Soviet Union
Helmut Kohl
White House
Kremlin
Jury clears KHAK of libel accusations
The radio station KHAK successfully defended itself in a libel suit over a broadcast about Marion Police Sgt Gordon Dolley. The suit claimed Dolley was harassing female employees at the Marion Police Department.
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KHAK
Marion
Gordon Dolley
Dolley
Metrolowa
Carriers Aid on Gazette Routes in Marion
Ed and Cindy Shuttleworth on separate Gazette routes in Marion have called emergency help for an elderly customer and stayed until medical aid arrived. The report notes other metropolitan items across the paper. The content also mentions a Cedar Lake park lease in Cedar Rapids after two years of study and negotiation and a Benton County fire bill dispute.
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Cindy Shuttleworth
Marion
Metro-Iowa
Cedar Lake
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Conservation Board
Brandon Fire Department
Cedar Valley Trail
Benton County
Metrotown
Hawkeyes Eye Peach Bowl Bid After MSU Victory
Iowa could reach the Peach Bowl with a win over Michigan State on Saturday. If successful Tennessee is a likely opponent as speculation centers on a Georgia site berth.
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Iowa
Michigan State
Hawks
Atlanta
Tennessee
Space shuttle Columbia lands after canceled spacewalk
The crew of Vance Brand Robert Overmyer Joseph Allen and William Lenoir aborted a planned orbit spacewalk due to two faulty spacesuit components and prepared for landing at Edwards Air Force Base California. The mission completed its primary objective launching two commercial satellites worth 18 million dollars.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Columbia
Vance Brand
Robert Overmyer
Joseph Allen
William Lenoir
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Allen
Lenoir
U.S
John Cox
NASA
Mission Control
Cox
Shuttle Columbia Lands After Troubled Test Run
The space shuttle Columbia returns to Edwards Air Force Base California at 8 34 a m Iowa time. An on board suit failure halted a planned space walk delaying the mission. NASA prepared Runway 22 for the lakebed landing as rain-swollen desert lake delayed arrival and drew far fewer spectators than earlier missions.
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California
Iowa
Sharon Wanglin
NASA
Columbia
Reagan
Witness: Engineer of derailed train too drunk to sit up
A federal hearing cited Janet Hoyt Byrd saying she took over throttle when engineer Edward Robertson Jr. was too intoxicated. The Livingston wreck involved 43 cars, 35 carrying hazardous materials, and sparked two weeks of evacuations. Damages estimated at 12 million dollars.
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Livingston
Janet Hoyt Byrd
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
National Transportation Safety Board
Byrd
The
Safety Board
Ms. Byrd
Edward Payton Robertson Jr
James Reeves
Prince Mural
Robertson
Reeves
Kelly Sword
J.A. Rehor
Cedar Rapids Theatre May Find New Home This Morning
Cedar Rapids Community Theatre officials plan a 11:15 AM press conference at the Iowa Theatre to discuss a possible move to the Iowa Theatre facility funded by $550,000 in industrial revenue bonds. The plan involves David Linge ownership ties and no direct tax obligation on city residents.
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Jack Evans
Securities Corp
Iowa
Iowa Theater
David Linge
Linge
Cedar Memorial
John B. Turner
David Bolt
Iowa Theatre
Bolt
The
Gazette
Third St
CRCT
World Playhouse
Cedar Rapids
Teen dies after dirt-bike crash on Highway 22 near Muscatine
One Letts teenager, Kevin James Starkfleet age 15, died at the scene when two dirt bikes crashed on Highway 22 six miles west of Muscatine. Fellow rider Terry Crawbaugh, also 15, was flown by Air Care to University Hospitals in Iowa City and listed in fair condition.
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Muscatine
Letts
Highway 22
Kevin James Starkfleet
Terry Crawbaugh
University Hospitals
Iowa City
The Gazette Publication Details and Pricing
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at Cedar Rapids address. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with 4 and 52 week terms and territorial pricing. USPS and AP rights noted.
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Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
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