OPEC Plans 1.5 Million Barrel Cut in Production
OPEC nations agree to cut output by 1.5 million bpd to 16 million but fail to decide distribution among members. Analysts doubt the move will curb oversupply without higher demand and fear members may cheat on quotas. Ministers clash over credibility, price setting, and differentiations as markets stay skeptical.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Nigeria
J. Richard Perkins
Chevron International
New York
Fewer burglars paroled after double parolee murders
The Iowa Board of Parole cut parolees released from July 1 to Sept. 30 by 47 percent to 172, after two parolees linked to murders this year. Both had been imprisoned for burglary second sentences, prompting a shift in parole patterns and higher scrutiny.
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Des Moines
Iowa Board of Parole
Arkansas
Board of Parole
Paper miffed no publicity for candidate Carl in district
State Rep. Janet Carl, seeking re election in the 53rd House District, accuses three Iowa County weeklies of snubbing her. The Pioneer-Republican North English Record and Williamsburg Journal-Tribune will not print her name without an apology, a policy she has refused.
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Carl
Pioneer-Republican
North English Record
Williamsburg
It's All Right to Follow Dad's Footsteps in Loafer Era
A humorous note observes the guidance to follow a father's path only if the father wore sensible footwear, reflecting style and humor from an unspecified source. The line plays on expectations of mentorship and fashion.
Campaign heats up in Cedar Rapids elementary schools
Education writer Kurt Rogahn reports teachers in Cedar Rapids schools using mock campaigns to teach the Reagan Mondale race. Students study clipping newspapers, visit party HQs, use voting booths, and stage candidate speeches and debates with role play and field trips shaping their election understanding.
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Cedar Rapids
Stella Siver
Grant School
Secret Service
Diane Hernandez
St. Joseph’s School
Marion
Hernandez
Nixon Elementary
Ronald Reagan
Walter Mondale
George Bush
Geraldine Ferraro
Taiwan
Lois Hoper
Harkin and Jepsen Stage Calm Senate Debate
Sioux City recap of the Harkin Jepsen debate on the Morningside College campus notes no sharp clashes and says both candidates achieved their aims. They spar over the 1983 mini farm bill and debate format with notes and Lincoln Douglas style calls for Friday. The two plan a Des Moines appearance amid note policy disputes.
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Ken Sullivan
Sioux City
Roger Jepsen
Tom Harkin
Morningside College
Waterloo
Jepsen
Senate
House of Representatives
Harkin
House
Iowa
Des Moines
Roger
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Metro-Iowa
Gazette Wire Services
Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Dave Rasdal
Janet Carl
Abby CT
U.S
Kurt Rogahn
U.S. Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Iowa Corn Growers
National Corn Growers
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