Red Cross responds as Akins home damaged by collapse
Volunteers assist on the Akins basement collapse while Mr Akins recovers from cancer surgery and emphysema. Vandenburg and others clear debris, pack items, and arrange storage. Hazel notes the backhoe and Steve Williams from Vinton helped. Donations flow to aid the couple as engineers plan water diversion before rebuilding.
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Steve Williams
Vinton
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Mrs. Akins
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Lester
Hazel Akins
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Kidnapped in Beirut Describes Narrow Escape and Robbers
A narrator recalls being abducted on a largely deserted Beirut thoroughfare. Pistols were pressed to the head as he resisted, escaped, and fled into another street where locals appeared. He values his freedom and the meager $600 in his pocket amid a city long at civil war.
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Leigh Douglas
Phillip Padfield
Libya
Iowa examiner to return to former post
Dr. Thomas L. Bennett, Iowa’s first state medical examiner, will resume the post next week after leaving Iowa for Mississippi. He succeeds Dr. William B. Rohr, who resigned to take a job in Texas. Bennett, 33, previously served as medical examiner from 1983 to 1985 and is a 1978 UI College of Medicine graduate from Columbus Junction.
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DES Moines
Thomas L. Bennett
Iowa
Mississippi
Commissioner of Public Safety
William B. Rohr
Texas
Bennett
Gene W. Shepard
Columbus Junction
University of Iowa College of Medicine
GOP Dinner to Honor Evans in Des Moines
Iowa Republicans announce a Fall Event honoring 3rd District Rep. Cooper Evans at the Des Moines Convention Center on October 10. The $100 per person dinner will feature Indiana Senator Richard Lugar. tickets are sold through county or state Republican offices. Evans retires at end of his third term in the U.S. House.
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Evans
Des Moines
Iowa
Cooper Evans
U.S
House of Representatives
Indiana
Richard Lugar
Des Moines Convention Center
Senators push to override Reagan veto on South Africa sanctions
Senators condemn the veto as punitive to Africans and black workers, while supporting broad sanctions including investment bans, uranium and coal import bans, and U S landing rights loss. Gov. Deukmejian signs California divestment. Canada imposes fresh bans as Congress votes push for override.
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America
South Africa
West Germany
U.S
United States
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Congress
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Botha
Pretoria
Larry Speakes
Speakes
California
George Deukmejian
Canada
Commonwealth
London
House
Senate
Ryan Tax Credit Hit By Ryder Politics Drops Iowa Jobs
Davis says the 17 million Ryan tax credit is effectively dead after Ryder's actions. The Des Moines firm planned to hire 1,000 Iowans to service new trucks, but work will shift to current staff or contractors. She blamed Ryder politics and negative press for the setback.
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Grant Wood Area
Weltz
Davis
Ryan
Iowa
Des Moines
Ryder
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