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02 Oct 1988
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1988
Page
1
Hostage release promised in Beirut kidnapping case
A group calling itself Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine says it will release one of the four American educators and one Indian instructor seized Jan. 24, 1987 from Beirut University College. The statement urges Washington to act while noting the tactic signals good intentions amid the Palestinian uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Islamic Jihad For the Liberation of Palestine
Washington
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Alain Steen
Jesse Turner
Robert Polhill
Mithileshwar Singh
United States
U.S
Beirut University College
Islamic Jihad
Steen
Turner
Iran
Iowa State grad lands job at Edge Technologies in Ames
Metallurgical engineering graduate Richard Coyle, the sole ISU class of 87 member to secure Iowa work, credits ISU technology transfer with his move to Edge Technologies Inc. in Ames. He works on Terfenol D, an alloy converting electrical to mechanical energy for switches, sonar, and vibration control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
MES
Richard Coyle
Iowa State
B Vives
Iowa
Coyle
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Iowa State University
Edge Technologies Inc
Ames
Honeywell
Edge
ISA
Center For
Edge Technologies
Iowa University
Iowa State Revives Corn Gospel Train Concept as Tech Transfer
ISU President Gordon Eaton frames corn gospel trains of the early 1900s as a precursor to modern technology transfer. He describes 20 university centers of excellence aimed at drawing companies for commercializing research and diversifying Iowa's economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubenmier
Iowa State University
Iowa State
Gordon Eaton
Eaton
Iowa
Morgue trips aim to sober Iowa drunk drivers
A new program in Polk County Iowa targets 16 to 21 year olds who drive drunk. Convicted minors will tour morgue and hospital scenes to confront the consequences of traffic fatalities. Planned as a statewide expansion if successful.
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Rick Smith
Azette
Sacramento
Calif
Polk County
Joan Wheeler
Des Moines
Morgue
Shuttle crew rehearses emergency escape suit at NASA center
Discovery astronauts Frederick Hauck and George Nelson tested a new orange pressure suit and bailout sequence in a televised rehearsal at Space Center Houston. Pilot Richard Covey and crew watched as Nelson and Hauck donned the bulky gear amid whispers of the program being back on track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Hauck
Richard Covey
David Hilmers
John Lounge
Gorbachev consolidates grip on Kremlin as president
Mikhail Gorbachev secured the top government and Communist Party power in a rapid Kremlin reshuffle. The Supreme Soviet elected him president while the Party Central Committee streamlined leadership and named Vladimir Kryuchkov as KGB chief and Anatoly Lukyanov as vice president. Gromyko retired from the Politburo as changes push to broaden Soviet governance and curb entrenched bureaucracy.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Andrei Gromyko
Kremlin
Supreme Soviet
Gorbachev
Communist Party Central Committee
Communist Party
KGB
Vladimir Kryuchkov
Anatoly Lukyanov
Gromyko
Today’s Chuckle In this country you’re innocent until
A lighthearted quip on legal fairness humorously contrasts being innocent until proven guilty with the delay of memoir publication, reflecting satirical social commentary.
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