Gorbachev Says U.S. Off Course For Geneva Summit
Gorbachev criticizes U.S. stance, questions value of Geneva talks unless tension eases. He warns against a purely ceremonial meeting and urges substantive progress. The interview with Time and Tass quotes frame the Kremlin view of the looming summit with Reagan in Geneva set for November.
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Los Angeles Times
Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
United States
Gorbachev
Time Magazine
Soviet Union
Reagan
Geneva
Tass
Washington
U.S
Swiss Alps
Miss Cedar Rapids recalls Ellis pool opening memory
Dorothy Shaffer who was crowned Miss Cedar Rapids at the 1941 Ellis Park pool dedication recalls the event and her seven day Great Lakes cruise prize. She attended as a guest of honor forty four years ago and notes the era of public support and local stores behind the contest.
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Jim Saunders
Jazette News
Ellis Park
Dorothy Shaffer
Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Tow
Craemer’s Department
Ellis Pool
Guy Hahn
Fairfax
Great Lakes
Unions Face Pressure to Adapt to Global Competition
Idle union member Sellner, a Cedar Rapids worker laid off from Iowa Manufacturing now Cedarapids Inc, argues unions must boost productivity and involvement to compete with foreign rivals aided by subsidies and tech. The AFL CIO and Communications Workers of America signal shifts, noting organized labor remains vital but behind change pace.
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148aZene
26Th Ave
Marion
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Cedar Rapids
Sellner
Iowa Manufacturing
Cedarapids Inc
Communication Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Elena Reaches Major Hurricane Strength Heads Toward Gulf Coast
Elena strengthens to 125 mph and veers toward the Gulf Coast forcing new evacuations across Florida Alabama and parts of Louisiana Mississippi and Texas. Officials warn of 10 inches of rain near New Orleans amid widespread flooding and extensive coastwise flood risks as evacuations resume and expand.
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Fla
Elena
Gulf Coast
Florida
Panhandle
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Hurricane Center
New Orleans
Steve Hull
Bob Graham
South Africa freezes debt repayments and imposes controls
South Africa's government announces sweeping measures amid violence with a four month freeze on most foreign debt repayments and new exchange controls to stabilize the rand. Finance Minister Barend du Plesis says the move follows banks calling in short term loans as doubts about political and economic stability rise. Police report rioting deaths after mass funeral incidents.
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Gazette Wire
Pretoria
South Africa
Barend du Plessis
Chuckle Cartoon Sees Science Give Nuclear Bomb And Wrinkle Free World
A lighthearted note contrasts science creating the nuclear bomb with its unintended gift of a wrinkle free world. Copyright disclaimer follows.
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