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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1988

Page

11

Iowa ag expo frames rural issues for 1988 race

At a large Iowa agricultural exposition near Dexter and other sites, candidates from both parties discussed rural concerns. Dukakis and Bush had limited appearances in Iowa, with Dukakis criticized for not touring the state and Eisenhower and Stevenson previously using plowing contests as forums.

Dexter Dwight Eisenhower Sen Adlai Stevenson John F. Kennedy U.S Massachusetts Eisenhower Marion Kennedy Richard Nixon Bismarck N.C Tramontina Iowa Dukakis Cedar Rapids Bush Wittgraf Des Moines

Amana-C R mail train to Cedar Rapids for Expo event

Postmaster Robert Hart announced the U S Postal Service will run mail trains between Cedar Rapids and the Amana World Ag Expo Postal Station with CRANDIC cooperation. Cortie Robson, nearing retirement, will accompany the service during the four day event starting Wednesday. The train operates 8 a m to 6 p m daily and uses the temporary post office on the Expo grounds to improve mail transport in the Amana area.

Cedar Rapids Robert Hart U.S. Postal Service Amana World Ag Hart Amana

KGB chief reveals large U S eavesdropping bid

In a Pravda front page interview Viktor Chebrikov, head of the KGB, details a major U S intelligence operation. He cites two six ton nuclear powered listening devices placed on Soviet undersea cables and notes past spy expulsions and 1981 discovery near Okhotsk Sea.

Washington Post Moscow KGB U.S Pravda Viktor Chebrikov United States Chebrikov Okhotsk Sea Soviet East Coast Japan

Best map by CIA signals openness in Soviet geography

Izvestia quotes Yashchenko praising Gorbachev’s openness stance and noting maps were distorted since the NKVD era. He says space photography exposed falsifications from the 1930s through the 1980s, with roads, rivers, districts and street layouts routinely misrepresented even on coarse maps.

Yashchenko Mikhail Gorbachev Izvestia Security Police NKVD Moscow

Jobless rates cool economy under wait and see stance

Analysts say inflation is limited to commodities imports and food with no wage price spiral evident. Reagan backers call the August jobless rise statistically irrelevant while Dukakis aides note manufacturing job losses and stagnant wages slow prosperity.

Sinai Reagan New Jersey George Bush Susan Estrich Michael Dukakis

Dukakis Aide Sasso Linked To Biden Tape Scandal

Former Dukakis aide Sasso faced backlash over a videotape incident tied to Senator Biden. Dukakis defended Sasso’s broader character while acknowledging the error. Sasso resigned along with political director Paul Tully after public and campaign scrutiny intensified.

Sasso Dukakis Statehouse Biden Paul Tully

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