Des Moines Playhouse hosts international Peace Child cast
Des Moines Playhouse opens a four week Peace Child production with performers from Poland Hungary Holland Great Britain Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. The show aligns with world peace themes amid Reagan Gorbachev talks and features 130 local actors plus 10 foreign guests supported by a $10 000 grant from Gannett Co and local fund raising.
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Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
America
Europe
Des Moines Playhouse
Poland
Hungary
Holland
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Bernard Benson
Children of the
John Viars
Playhouse
Viars
Gorbachev
United States
Soviet Union
Kim Hambleton
Brad
Hambleton
Luitsz
International Theatre Association
Gannett Co
Schroeder to question Republicans in Des Moines debate
Democrat Pat Schroeder will replace Mario Cuomo as the moderator for the January 8 Des Moines debate among Republican presidential candidates. James Gannon of the Des Moines Register cites Schroeder’s national stature and expertise in military foreign policy and women’s rights as reasons for the invitation. Cuomo withdrew to avoid implying he is a candidate.
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Des Moines
Colorado
Pat Schroeder
New York
Mario Cuomo
James Gannon
Des Moines Register
Schroeder
Cuomo
Burlington’s 150th Territorial Capital Commemorative Postcard
Burlington marks the sesquicentennial of becoming Iowa’s first territorial capital with a USPS commemorative postcard set for issuance on July 4 1988. The release honors the town’s historic role in Iowa’s early government.
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Kodak
Iowa Territory
Burlington
U.S. Postal Service
Iowa
Postal Service
Iowa report says homelessness in state surges amid funding gaps
A joint report by the Des Moines Coalition for the Homeless and the National Coalition for the Homeless warns that Iowa homelessness has risen sharply from 28 000 to 4 570 000 shelter nights during 1984 87, urging the legislature to fund shelter programs andrestore federal housing aid to 1981 levels. The study cites F E M A data and notes the widening profile of the homeless includes veterans the elderly workers and families, with rural impacts and hotel demolitions intensifying shortages.
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Iowa
America
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Des Moines Coalition For the Homeless
National Coalition For the Homeless
Terry Branstad
Iowa Department of Economic Development
Don Maniccia
Hawkeye
Cedar Rapids
Maniccia
Grinnell Panel to Discuss Aid for Homeless
Grinnell College hosts two panel discussions on homelessness and shelter rights. At 4 15 p m students involved with the homeless will discuss breaking stereotypes. At 7 30 p m Patty MacDonell and Pam Carmichael address emergency shelters.
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Grinnell College
Patty MacDonell
Kindred Community of
Des Moines
Pam Carmichael
Des Moines Coalition For the Homeless
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