Reagan names Clark to succeed Watt as interior secretary
President Reagan announced William Clark will replace James Watt as secretary of the interior. Clark, a longtime confidant and rancher from the West, was praised as a trustworthy, results oriented choice.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Reagan
William Clark
James Watt
Clark
Henry Kissinger
Zbigniew Brzezinski
White House
Interior Post
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Israeli Finance Minister resigns over dollarization plan
Israel faced a cabinet crisis as Finance Minister Yoram Aridor quit after proposing linking the economy to the dollar. Prime Minister Shamir denied any dollarization, while potential successors Modai and Weizman faced party opposition. Inflation and a 20 percent shekel devaluation added to economic turmoil.
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Israel Radio
Shamir
Israel Television
Aridor
Yitzhak Modai
Ezer Weizman
Modai
Likud
Weizman
Israel
Shekel
Yedioth Ahronoth
Manch ester woman survives crash with trooper aid and nurse help
A two-vehicle crash five miles west of Manchester left Ronda Lee trapped but alive after Iowa State Patrol Lt Lee Meinert used a fire extinguisher to douse an engine fire in Steven Monaghan’s car. Nurse Jackie Compton aided after responders freed the driver door.
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Phil Marty
Ronda Lee
Manchester
Lee
Iowa State Patrol
Delaware County
Lee Meinert
Steven Monaghan
Meinert
Monaghan
Oelwein
Jackie Compton
Council Bluffs
First Snow Warnings Hit Iowa Central Regions
Old Man Winter brings first warning as Iowa reports early snow across central and north central areas. Estherville had 2 inches, Britt and Emmetsburg 1 inch, with smaller accumulations at Ames Boone Marshalltown and Fort Dodge. Cedar Rapids saw a late day small blizzard with a trace.
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Iowa
Estherville
Britt
Emmetsburg
Ames
Boone
Marshalltown
The Perfect Couple Loves Parties and Lampshades
A humorous observation notes a couple where one is the life of the party and the other collects lampshades. The quip plays on quirky hobbies within a lighthearted dynamic.
Third rear light required on cars from 1986 model year
The Transportation Department orders a high mounted third rear stop lamp on all passenger cars built after Sept 1 1985 to cut rear end collisions. NHTSA projects 40 000 injuries saved and 434 million in property damage avoided annually at startup costs of 7 dollars per unit, dropping to 4 later.
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Washington
Transportation Department
Transportation
Elizabeth Dole
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Diane K. Steed
NHTSA
Telephone Company
Washington, D.C
The
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
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Waterloo
Sioux City
Shenanadoah
Paul Waite
State Department of Agriculture
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