Braille school chief fired by regents in Iowa City
Iowa State Board of Regents censured and fired Richard M. DeMott supervisor of the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in Vinton after nine years. The move followed allegations of withholding budget data and push for a merger with the Iowa School for the Deaf, which DeMott opposed. He remains on payroll through June 30, 1987.
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Braille School
Iowa City
State Board of Regents
Richard M. DeMott
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving
Vinton
Regents
DeMott
R. Wayne Richey
Richey
IBSSS
Iowa Braille
Iowa School For the Deaf
Percy Harris
Cedar Rapids
Ohio State School For the Blind
Alley Attack in Downtown Phoenix Leaves Victim, Suspects At Large
In a downtown Phoenix alley two unidentified youths tackled a man from behind after an argument. One assailant struck the victim with a pipe while the other allegedly stole his wallet. The photographer M Adrian Clack reported the scene and police found no one present when they arrived.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Adrian Clack
Reagan defends secret arms sale to Iran
President Reagan, at a news conference, said the decision to proceed with arms shipments to Iran was his alone and not a trade for hostages. He defended secrecy, insisted no mistake was made, and said George Shultz would remain in his Cabinet. He pledged no further arms shipments and defended his legal authority.
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Washington
Reagan
Iran
Lebanon
George Shultz
Congress
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mafia bosses convicted in landmark commission case
Eight mob figures including Genovese and Colombo bosses were convicted of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy for running a national commission that governed La Cosa Nostra since Prohibition. U.S. officials hailed proof of a Mafia oversight panel and warned the case will not end organized crime.
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New York
FBI
la Cosa Nostra
U.S
Rudolph Giuliani
Justice Department
Michael Chertoff
United States
William Doran
Genovese Crime Family
Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno
Colombo
Carmine
Persico
Mafia
Bills show lower costs at Iowa small hospitals
A study by the Iowa Health Data Commission finds medical care for common ailments costs less at smaller Iowa hospitals and increases more slowly than at larger ones. In Des Moines pneumonia care for seniors ranges from 3,700 to 4,700 dollars, with small hospitals averaging 2,843 versus 3,895 at big facilities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Health Data Commission
Guthrie County Hospital
Guthrie Center
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton
Hospitals in Eastern Iowa Price Pneumonia Care by Bed Size
Data from July to December 1985 shows charges for treating pneumonia in patients over 70. The chart ranks large hospitals first then smaller facilities under 200 beds, as part of a report listing 40 common diagnoses.
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Iowa
Bombing injures 35 in Manila department store attack
A time bomb hidden in a shopping bag exploded at Shoemart department store in Manila injuring about 35 shoppers. Earlier a friend of Defense Minister Enrile was shot dead in an ambush. Police reported no arrests.
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Manila
Philippines
Defense
Juan Ponce Enrile
Shoemart
David Puzon
Enrile
Puzon
Olalia
University of the Philippines
Nasty weather triggers multiple crashes across East Iowa
Freezing rain sleet and snow caused cars to skid into ditches and a train near Hiawatha. Ruth Cherryholmes 57 of Hiawatha was in a southbound crash on Robins Road and taken to St. Luke's Hospital. Another two-car wreck near Squaw Creek Golf Course sent four people to St. Luke's. Snow totals reached three to four inches in Waterloo Decorah and throughout central and east-central Iowa. A Fayette County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman noted treacherous roads as precipitation moved north from Des Moines.
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Hiawatha
Ruth Cherryholmes
Tiki Terrace
Chicago Central and Pacific
Robins Road
Cherryholmes
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke’s
Highway 13
Squaw Creek
Gulf of Mexico
Iowa
Scott Truett
National Weather Service
Des Moines
Truett
Iowa City
Waterloo
Decorah
Allamakee County
Fayette County
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