Four CIA employees die in Salvador crash
Four American CIA employees on an arms surveillance mission in El Salvador were killed when their aircraft crashed in heavy rain near San Salvador. The plane, under contract to the U.S. government and the Salvadoran government, went down on the Guazapa volcano amid heavy rain and poor visibility.
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CIA
Salvador
Washington
el Salvador
San Salvador
State Department
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
U.S
Reagan
Guazapa
Jim Williams
Autopsy secrecy sought in Collins death probe
Linn County Attorney says autopsy results will stay secret to aid investigations into the death of James William Collins, a 37 year old Cedar Rapids man who died days after being found unconscious in a Linn County Jail cell. The DCI and FBI are both investigating.
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Linn
Denver Dillard
James William Collins
Collins
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Percy Harris
Iowa
Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation
Dillard
DCI
Jim Barnes
Don “Buzz” Sawyer
Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigation
U.S
Bob Teig
NAACP
FBI
C R leads way in dealing with herpes at preschool
Children with herpes II become a flashpoint as Council Bluffs fights to place a 2 year old girl in a special education class while Cedar Rapids hosts a 3 year old boy with the same condition at Monroe Center. Officials say precautions and health checks allow attendance without risk.
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Associated Press and Gazette
Council Bluffs
Monroe Developmental Center
Cedar Rapids
Jane Doe
Monroe Developmental Center For
Robert Bright
Monroe
Index on Man and Machine Noise Contrast
The excerpt notes a key divide between man and machine, joking that as a man is more oiled the noisier he becomes, highlighting humored differences in efficiency and function.
Economy slows to 2.7 percent as third quarter growth cools
The Commerce Department reports 2.7 percent GDP growth for July through September, down from 3.6 percent previously, marking the slowest quarterly rise since late 1982. The Reagan administration says the slowdown is behind us and forecasts 4 percent growth in Q4 and next year, despite some economists' concerns about rising unemployment.
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Washington
U.S
Reagan
Commerce Department
Department
Commerce
Malcolm
Baldrige
Last American dependents to leave Lebanon
Six remaining American dependents in Beirut were ordered to leave. State Department spokesman Alan D. Romberg cited security threats and embassy reorganization as the U.S. considers cutting Beirut staff. President Reagan signed a bill funding embassy security and designated a day of remembrance for terrorism victims.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Beirut
Alan D. Romberg
State Department
Reagan
U.S
Romberg
Los Angeles
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Lebanon
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Nicaragua
Morazan
Jose Napoleon Duarte
New York
New York Harbor
Brooklyn Navy Yard
World Trade Center
James Collins
C.R
Marion
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