Bear promo drives shoppers as stores boost season sales
Shoppers faced crowded aisles on the busiest Christmas shopping day as retailers push the Yuletide bear promo. Stores offer stuffed bears with purchases, with prices from 24 to 35 dollars and discount bears for qualifying totals, drawing strong merchant interest but heavy crowds. Local displays feature Younks Bear, Jingle Bear, Winter Bear and Nicholas Bear across multiple outlets.
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Dayton Hudson Department Stores
Younkers
Petersen’s
Hallmark
Nicholas Bear
April Ford
Gary Ford
Coggan
Marguerite Burns
Hopkinton
Lindale Mail
Cedar Rapids
Burns
INDEX Sure you can be poor and happy same time
A concise saying about finding happiness amid financial hardship, suggesting contentment is possible even with limited means.
Santa at Westdale Mall Sees Older Crowd for List Requests
Santa Claus at Westdale Mall reports growing older children this season as line economics shift with parents paying $3 for a Polaroid with Santa. He began taking requests last Saturday and noted whispers from older kids 10 to 12. A woman in her mid 30s sought a private talk with Santa.
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Westdale Mall
Santa Claus
Santa
Mr. Claus
the Gazette
White House urged to preserve Iran arms sale records
Senate Intelligence Committee pressed the White House to retain all materials on arms sales to Iran and the flow of funds to Nicaraguan rebels. Poindexter and aides reportedly destroyed sensitive documents, while President Reagan’s counsel ordered preservation of records on the money diversion. The panel expanded its inquiry into U.S. intelligence activities and funding linked to Iran arms dealings.
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White House
Senate Intelligence Committee
Iran
Adm
John Poindexter
Justice Department
Poindexter
John Kerry
D-Mass
Santa Barbara
Calif
Reagan
Peter Wallison
National Security Council
U.S
U.S. breaks SALT II as Gorbachev protests
The United States deploys a 131st B 52 bomber with cruise missiles at Carswell AFB Texas, exceeding the SALT II limit of 1320 multiple warhead weapons. Gorbachev denounces the move as a major mistake while U S lawmakers react with concern about disarmament and allied relations.
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United States
Texas
Mikhail Gorbachev
Congress
Strategic Air Command
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Moscow
Gorbachev
U.S
India
Communist Party
Accountant charged in C R gem seller's killing
Tyrone Tyler a 38 year old Dallas, Texas, accountant has been charged with the murder of Cedar Rapids real estate broker John R. Wall, 33, found dead Oct. 2 in Dallas. Wall worked as a diamond jobber and sold real estate through Equity Associates Realtors. Tyler surrendered after a warrant was issued.
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Texas
Cedar Rapids
Tyrone Tyler
Tyler
John R. Wall
Ridge Trail
Wall
Equity Asso
Ciates Realtors
Rick Silva
Silva
Renee
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