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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1987
Page
1
White House seeks new aid for contras pace of war debated
Rep. Tony Coelho said the White House seeks new funds for the Nicaraguan contras to "step up the war" while Colin Powell helps push aid. Rep. Dave Bonier said a $30 million package would expand the contra air force, including planes and helicopters. Secretary Shultz backs the peace plan to end contra fighting.
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Washington
Tony Coelho
Dcalif
White House
Central America
Coelho
Reagan
Colin Powell
Congress
House
Jim) Wright
Oval Office
Dave Bonier
Dmich
Bonier
George Shultz
South Africa jet crashes near Mauritius with 160 aboard
A South African Airways Boeing with 160 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius after reporting smoke in the cabin and cockpit. Wreckage was spotted roughly 130 miles from Mauritius. no survivors reported.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
South African Airways
Indian Ocean
Mauritius
Taiwan
Taipei
Madagascar
Africa
Housing shortage grows in Columbus Junction from IBP plant surge
In Columbus Junction Iowa housing tightens as IBP Inc pork plant boosts jobs to about 1000 on two shifts. Mayor Don Orr notes rapid growth outpacing housing with workers living in cars and makeshift apartments while new 24 unit complex rents quickly and many employees commute long distances.
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Columbus Junction
Delsia
David Smothers
Louisa County
IBP Inc
Smothers
Springfield
Ill
Columbus Gazette
IBP
Don Orr
Mike Cummings
Cummings
Orr
Dorothy Johnson
Lawyer's Motto Sparks Lighthearted Legal Chuckle
A comical line riffs on legal life with the maxim that error is human but litigation is costly with a playful nod to courtroom wit. The quip frames lawyers as mindful of both flaws and fees in a light satire.
Purple Lady Lives Up To Name In Tennessee
In Hattanooga Sonia Young known as the Purple Lady embraces purple in her car, typewriter, dishes, and wardrobe. She avoids other colors, has been devoted to purple for about twenty years, and is a local celebrity noted in parades and media. She even appears in the telephone book under her alias.
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Hattanooga
Tenn
Sonia Young
Young
Fires erupt at Atlanta prison amid water cutoff during Cuban protest
Cuban inmates at two federal facilities, about 120 in Atlanta and 1,100 in total, protest a U S Cuba repatriation deal. Fires broke out at Atlanta prison as authorities cut water to pressure a resolution, with one inmate threatening fatal harm. Delta Oakdale quiet as talks continued.
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Gazette
Thomas Stewart
U.S. Department of Justice
Oakdale
United States
Cuba
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