Freezing rain coats streets causing crashes and injuries
A freezing drizzle blanketed roads and sidewalks, sending numerous vehicles into ditches and injuring pedestrians. Cedar Rapids hospitals reported many fractures but police said no serious traffic injuries. one crash near Gladbrook left two drivers in ditches after a pass attempt went wrong.
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Cedar Rapids Mercy Hospital
Mercy
St. Luke’s
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gladbrook
Marshall County
Joseph Edward Entz
Waterloo
Luther James Ross
Entz
Tama County Sheriff's Department
Ross
ISU cross country plane crash kills seven in Des Moines
A twin engine Aero Commander carrying Iowa State University cross country team members crashed in a Des Moines residential area due to icy weather. Seven aboard died, including both male and female athletes, coaches, and a pilot. Identification may take up to a day as ground debris limited details. Police reported 21 people aboard all three planes diverted from Ames to Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa State University
Polk County
R.C. Wooters
Wooters
Bill Mullins
Ron Renko
Anoka
Minn
Iowa State
Pat Moynihan
Christy Cobb
Mullins
Milwaukee
Ames
Marquette University
H.A. Westbrook
Former NSA worker admits selling sensitive intel to USSR
Ronald William Pelton, 44, a former communications specialist with the NSA, admits selling extremely sensitive intelligence to the Soviet Union over the past five years. The case ties to defected KGB official Vitaly Yurchenko who helped identify Pelton. Pelton was arraigned in Baltimore and faces life imprisonment if convicted.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
U.S. National Security Agency
NSA
Soviet Union
U.S. District Court
Baltimore
Ronald William Pelton
Vitaly Yurchenko
FBI
William Baker
Yurchenko
Annapolis Hilton
Baker
Justice Department
Fred W. Bennett
John Anthony Walker Jr
Pelton
Bennett
Iowa task force urges ending teacher certification rule
Fundamentalist Christians vow jail over Iowa law requiring state certified teachers. A governor’s task force recommends dropping the certification requirement, urging legislative approval to ease state church tensions and avoid jail for religious reasons.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wayne Denton
Calvary Baptist Church
Keokuk
Terry Branstad
Larry Murphy
D-Oelwein
Senate Education Committee
Senate
Murphy
Branstad
Small Iowa towns hit by farm crisis report says bleak future
Iowa State University economist Daniel Otto warns that high interest rates low crop prices and falling land values are draining rural retail and services. The farm recession has driven an 18 percent drop in state retail sales 1979 to 1984 with 5 000 firms closed in four years and smaller towns bearing the worst impact.
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Iowa
Iowa State University
Daniel Otto
Otto
Bachelor Sees Wedding Ring as Vicious Circle
A columnist frames a bachelor’s view of marriage as a trap. The piece discusses commitment expectations and social pressure around weddings, using a sharp, wry tone typical of the era’s society pages.
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Dave Gosch
D.M
ISU
University of Iowa
Britain
National Security Agency
Annapolis, Md
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