Farm Progress Show crowds cited as biggest ever
Officials estimate Farm Progress Show attendance surpassed forecasts with about 265000 visitors over two days at the 1500 acre Marion site. U S Agriculture Secretary John Black to announce next year’s feed grain program. show managers note packed food tents and overflow parking.
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U.S. Agriculture
John Black
Mark Moser
Iowa Highway Patrol
Tom Linder
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Lindale Mall
Bus overturns near Miami injuring students from private school
An unidentified woman hugs a young girl as a private school bus overturns in Miami on Wednesday. Thirty students were aboard. one child seriously injured and others lightly hurt. Police say the crash was caused by a blown tire and the bus was in unsafe condition with four bald tires and no state inspection sticker.
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Miami
Andropov Blames U S for Downed South Korean Jetliner
Yuri Andropov in his first direct statement blames U S intelligence for the downed South Korean airliner, calling it a sophisticated provocation used to push military spending. He endorses prior Soviet claims plane was on a spy mission and criticizes Reagan era arms proposals.
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Gazette Wire Services
Moscow
Yuri Andropov
U.S
Congress
Andropov
United States
Geneva
Communist Party
Edinburgh
Tass
Reagan
Bloomfield bank collapse hits Jepsen campaign fund hard
Iowa Senator Roger Jepsen warned his re election committee could lose up to nine thousand dollars after the Exchange Bank of Bloomfield failed. His committee deposited ten thousand and may only recover about one thousand. depositors may later reclaim up to half with the bank's assets liquidated.
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Washington
Roger Jepsen
Exchange Bank of Bloomfield
Iowa Republican
Jepsen '84 Committee
Peter Burcette
Bloomfield
Nan Cameron
Fairfield
Jepsen
Iown Financial
Peri Genees
Iowa
Tom Huston
House OKs Lebanon Marines pact amid war powers clash
The House passed Reagan's Lebanon Marines compromise 270 to 161 authorizing deployment up to 18 months, arguing unprecedented restraints curb escalation. Speaker O'Neill urged bipartisan support to aid peace. Senate vote due today.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
House
Reagan
Congress
U.S
Lebanon
Thomas O'Neill
D-Mass
Senate
O'Neill
Beirut
Ship Fire Kills Many as Lake Nicaragua Boat Capsizes
A Santa Elena boat carrying about 127 people and livestock sank after a pre dawn fire on Lake Nicaragua near Morritos. Rescue officials reported 14 dead and 28 missing with as many as 100 feared dead. Divers were dispatched and a mourning period was declared.
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Granada
Nicaragua
Jose Marenco Torres
Santa Elena
Morritos
Granada Red Cross
Daniel Mendoza
Marenco
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