Sights and sounds at big Iowa romp
A blowout win with Iowa State fans and boosters packed into Kinnick Stadium. UI fans parade in Hawkeye gear while vendors and a pork producer race to feed crowds. Ticket scalping heats up as sellout crowds fill the venue, with spectators chasing last seats and celebrating the rivalry.
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Big Iowa
Charlie Henningsen
Iowa State Stadium
Iowa Pork
Iowa
Iowa State Park
Frank Sloan
Southeast
Polk
Iowa State
Hawk
Dallas adopts first computer based merit pay for teachers
Dallas schools implement a computer driven merit pay plan that rewards teachers in the top quarter of schools for beating projected Iowa Basic Skills Test scores. Projections rely on three years of each student’s past results, with pay tied to output rather than input.
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Dallas
Iowa
Wright
Soviet pilots defend airliner blast on Soviet TV
Three Soviet fighter pilots who helped shoot down a South Korean airliner spoke on television, describing warning signals and then firing missiles after the plane did not land. President Reagan accused the Soviet Union of stonewalling and a massive cover-up of the massacre.
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Gazette Wire Services
Korean Air Lines
Sakhalin Island
George Shultz
National Security Council
Iowa Review Highlights Readers and Writers Scene
A Marion boy aged nine shows a mind of his own with a Mohawk haircut. Subscribers and publishers mingle as writers and agents are showcased. Readers enjoy contest wins, and a free salon trip is awarded.
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Iowa Review
Marion Boy
You Know You're Getting Old Joke About Driver's License Image
A humorous quip notes aging reflections on waking up resembling the photo on a driver's license. The line plays on aging and self perception with a light, relatable edge.
Massacre rumors swirl as Lebanon civil war rages on
Reports claiming 64 Christians killed in El-Bire in the Chouf mountains raise fears as U.S. reconnaissance jets fly over Lebanon. Lebanon and Western officials resist expanding the peacekeeping mission while Red Cross teams cannot reach battle areas. Walid Jumblatt pledges not to harm Deir Al-Kamar as fighting widens.
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Gazette Wire Services
Beirut
Lebanon
Christian Voice of Lebanon Radio
Druse
Chouf
El-Bire
U.S
Druse Progressive Socialist Party
International Red Cross
Red Cross
U.N. Security Council
Deir Al-Kamar
Walid Jumblatt
Chouf Mountains
Jumblatt
Beit-Eddin
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Reagan
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