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BORN: April 12, 1935, Marshalltown, Iowa EDUCATION: California State U at Hayward, B.A., 1965, M.A., 1967; U of Illinois, Ph.D., 1971 FAMILY: Wife, Soendari; three children RELIGION: NR MILITARY: Marines, 1954-57 OCCUPATION: Professor POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 12725, Fort Wayne...
That afternoon he arrived at the Goffstown fire station, to stand before half a dozen firemen and a spray of cameras. The one thing missing was a crowd. Only about 12 supporters turned up, and some were regulars; two were an affluent Marshalltown, Iowa, couple. His voice thick, his eyes red as the truck behind him, Dole began to recite his catechism, but the words never burn into the people who hear them. "It's about ideas, it's about the future," he told the crowd, neglecting to offer up those specific ideas about the future. "It's about character...
...from where? The air raid on Tan Son Nhut was soon followed by a rocket and artillery bombardment. The rockets killed two Marines: Lance Corporal Darwin Judge of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Corporal Charles McMahon Jr. of Woburn, Massachusetts. Two Marine helicopter pilots also died on April 29 when their chopper crashed into the sea near an aircraft carrier taking part in the evacuation: Captain William Craig Nystul of Coronado, California, and First Lieutenant Michael John Shea of El Paso, Texas. They were the last four Americans killed in action in Vietnam...
...Moines parking lot, Donna Bailey was upbeat in describing her family's coping strategy: "Every surface is covered with bowls of water. And we flush the toilets with rainwater we keep in the bathtub." Doug Riggs, on vacation from his job as a social worker in Marshalltown, drove 75 miles into Des Moines to help out and found himself managing a shelter at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church. But at week's end only 25 flooded-out people had arrived; many more had found family, friends or neighbors to take them...
...fall by nearly 6% this year, to $4.4 billion. Of course, the downside of that trend is a continuing shake-out in the farm-implement business. In Iowa alone, 274 dealers have shut their doors since 1982. Complains Larry Southard, co-owner of a John Deere dealership in Marshalltown, Iowa: "People are making do with the equipment they have for yet another year...