Reagan Visit Delayed If Farm Debt Plan Is Not Meaningful
Iowa Republican Rep. Cooper Evans warned the White House to delay President Reagan’s Iowa trip unless a meaningful farm debt restructuring plan is announced next week. Evans, meeting with officials including John Block and Paul Volcker, outlined a potential plan with federal loan guarantees and special committees to review loans.
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David Lynch
Washington
Cooper Evans
Iowa
White House
Reagan
Cedar Rapids
John Black
Evans
Block
Federal Reserve
Paul Volcker
Farmers Home Administration
President’s Cedar Rapids visit tightens rooms for staff
President Reagan’s first Cedar Rapids visit since 1958 faces hotel room shortages as about 500 American Urologists Association members seek blocks. White House advance staff arrive earlier and may stay overnight, while Iowa Governor Branstad urges a farm policy message during the stop.
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United States
Cedar Rapids
Ronald Reagan
Dwight Eisenhower
Reagan
Iowa
Terry Branstad
American Urologists Association
White House
Peres Wins Confidence to Form Israeli Unity Government
Shimon Peres secured an 89 to 18 vote of confidence in the Knesset for a national unity government with Likud. He urged sincere peace with Arabs and vowed to work through differences in a power sharing cabinet amid Lebanon occupation and West Bank disputes.
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Jerusalem
Shimon Peres
National Unity
Israel
Labor Party
Knesset
Peres
Lebanon
Likud
Labor
West
Jordan River
West Bank
Shamir
Hurricane Diana tears into Carolinas with multimillion damage
Diana plowed ashore in the Carolinas causing over 25 million dollars in damage as roofs were ripped off and power lines toppled and roads blocked. The storm weakened to a tropical storm after landfall with no direct deaths or injuries reported though looting occurred and evacuees faced new stranding after shelter departures. Officials called it the worst hurricane since Hazel in the Cape Fear area as assessments began across New Hanover and Brunswick counties.
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Wilmington
N.C
Diana
Carolinas
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Hazel
Cape Fear
United States
Robert Barefoot
Yaupon Beach
Long Beach
Oak Island
Devas
Odyssey ends nine year flight of Dennis Banks
Indian leader Dennis Banks surrenders after a nine year odyssey to avoid sentencing on a riot charge. He appears before a Rapid City South Dakota judge with his wife Tamook and daughter Tacala.
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Dennis Banks
Rapid City
S.D
Banks
South Dakota
Tacala
Tamook
Marion boy and Jesup man killed in separate East Iowa crashes
A 7-year-old Marion boy died after being hit by a westbound car while walking to Emerson School. Patricia Craven of Marion was driving the vehicle. no charges were filed. The boy’s family and local schools held assemblies to address pedestrian safety. A 40-year-old Jesup man, Robert P. Ricketts, died when his motorcycle struck a stray bull on County Road D-16 near Littleton at 3:45 a.m. He was pronounced dead on arrival at People's Memorial Hospital in Independence.
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Jesup
Iowa
Timothy Barrow
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
William Barrow
Eighth St
Barrow
Central Avenue
Patricia Ann Craven
S. Seventh St
Marion Fire Rescue
St. Luke’s
Emerson School
Robert P. Ricketts
People’s Memorial Hospital
Independence
Littleton
Buchanan County Sheriff's Department
Ricketts
Weatherproofing Hope in Clouds for TV Weathermen
A short note reflects on the idea that only TV weather forecasters see a silver lining in every cloud, implying a media culture that seeks optimism in forecasts. The remark carries a wry, media-centric tone about weather reporting and public mood.
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North Carolina
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Southport
Brunswick County
Stanley Goodman
Lake Park Boulevard
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Odyssey
UPI Photo
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