Downtown Cedar Rapids theaters face possible closure
The Iowa and World theatres in downtown Cedar Rapids are under review by Dubinsky Brothers Theaters for possible closure due to economic pressures and market fragmentation after Westdale theaters opened. The Cedar Rapids Community Theatre may consider the Iowa Theatre as a future home or library site. decisions could come at any time.
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World Theaters
Cedar Rapids
Sarge Dubinsky
Lincoln, Neb
Dubinsky Brothers Theaters
The
Cedar Rapids Community Theatre
Iowa Theatre
Community Theatre
Dubinsky Brothers
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Minnesota
World, Plaza
Eastown
Stage 4
Westdale
General Cinema
Boston
Mass
Dubinsky
World
Community Theatre Board
Reagan Says Not Taking Blame for Market Drop
President Reagan refuses to accept blame for a stock market plunge as the Dow falls about 11 points. Senate leaders signal deeper defense cuts next year, while House Republicans dispute a proposed $9 billion cut. Reagan cites mixed reactions to his Thursday address as insurers and markets wobble.
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Washington
Reagan
Senate
Congress
Wall Street
Dow
Howard Baker Jr
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
O’neill
Howard Baker
Reagan drops plan to cut school lunch portions
Budget Director David Stockman says the administration will temporarily withdraw plans to reduce minimum portions in the national school lunch program. He notes ketchup loses vegetable status due to the reversal and that the Agriculture Department was surprised by the withdrawal.
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Washington
Reagan
David Stockman
Stockman
Agriculture Department
Food and Nutrition Service
U S Would Send Delegation to Seal AWACS Sale Deal
The Reagan administration eyes a high level group including Senator John Glenn to win Saudi and Senate approval for a revised AWACS radar plane sale. Joint operation plans and revisions were discussed with Saudi officials, with a Monday reply anticipated.
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Reagan Administration
Saudi Arabia
Senate
Sen
John Glenn
Ohio
Glenn
Reagan
Bandar bin Sultan
Jidda
U.S
Israeli Soviet Talks Mark Notion of Useful Dialogue
Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Soviet counterpart Andrei Gromyko described their United Nations meeting as very useful. The talks, the first official contact in six years, centered on Middle East peace prospects, U S relations, Soviet Jewish emigration, and dissident imprisonment.
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Jerusalem
Yitzhak Shamir
Andrei Gromyko
Shamir
United Nations
Israel
New York
Moshe Dayan
Gromyko
Middle East
U S
Autumn Day Without Lawn Work and Falling Leaves
A crisp autumn day presents a lawn ready for no mowing and trees with leaves not yet beginning to fall. The scene captures the calm of early fall.
U of I enrollments rise but budgets strained at Iowa City campus
University of Iowa reports 26 464 students, 1 364 more than last fall, with freshman enrollment up 15 percent to 3 810. Officials warn tuition income only partially covers instructional costs, mainly for in state students, as teaching assistants shoulder much of the added load amid strain in business and engineering courses.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
U of I
Randy Bezanson
Bezanson
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