Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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30 .LIGHTS! RIVER! ACTION! . Local News 50h Burns. a striher at John Deere Hall'ejler Wants, mm, peers out the Window of a strikers hut. Strikers he we tried to express their feelings with signs amt pictures which point out union members' hustlatr'nn. John Deere Works Local 434 members shew dissatisfaction with UAW Wcz-Ptexin'ent Bih' Casste wen: after they rejected the Deere Pact et UFHS Campus. THE Rock Island ARGUS Vol 1 February 1, 1987 Rock Island It. Breakthrough Seen in DtSpute Deere factories around the Quad Cities stirred with life today after a the month hibernation that ended on Feb. 1. More than .1700 local United Auta Workers began returning to their jobs after over- whelminghr approving a 20-month pact with Deere h 80. Workers at M UAW locals in six states rating 9,150 to U48 to end the fohgest work stoppage tn the company's 150-year histw. The strike tach-eut tar surpassed the 110-day strike in 1950, previoush the longest in Deere histo- ry. The previous three-year agreement was extended twice after it expired in June. talks brake aft on Aug. 23 and the UAW cattea' a sefectjve strike at Deere plants in Man. and Duhuque and Watertao, Iowa. Deere respendea' by ctasr'hg its 10 remaining plants in thjncis and Iowa. The HAWlater expanded the strike to five company facilities, including John Deere Parts 00., East Molina. In all, the strike toch-out had tdted about 12. 000 workers with 3,200 of that h'gure in the Quad cities alone, The new pact. met shit with much apposition, contains a sweeping iah-security program similar to one in a contract negotiated by the M W tar Caterptt- tar the. It also sports the Protected Emptayee Group program eratecting 90$ at workers at each focal froth tayott due to economic conditions, marketptace changes, consolidation of operations, tmpm red pra- ductr'vity, and introduction of a new technology.

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$112 New 13ml: Eimes Vol h, 1987 May 6, 1987 Casey Ex-CM Chieh Dies Wham 1. Cesey, the former wartime spymaster who as CIA dhectar restored the agency's vhror tattewihga gem! of eroding mutate and sharp criticism at its activities worldwide, died at the age at 74'. rushed to the hospital. he mah'gnaht, North. rampage: for president. World Tragedies hm mhhhihgmh 110051 Vol. h, 1987 May 10, 1987 Jethher Crash Kih's 183 A Pahsh jetltner hound for New York with 183 peopte aboard caught the and plunged into a forest outside Warsaw after the phat tried thtiteh to return to the airport, The plan, carrying 17Americahs, tore through a fine of trees and expteded into a hat! of tire three miles southeast of Okeete International Atrpqrt Other victims among the passengers were 134 Poles and 21 Fetish citizens permanently resimhg abroad four wbtims which were children aged twe ta h've years. This is considered the world's worst air accident in ciwt aviation history this year an accth'eht in which the exact cause of the crash was not determined Most h'hety, it was due to an engine malfunction. The plane was a modification at the tt-EZ, widehr used hy statea wheat airhnes. The phat, Capt. Zygmuht Pawtaezyh, reported engine trauhte 25 minutes into the thght. The immediate cause at death was asphatiahat pneumam'a as a result at a central nervous system lymphoma. Casejfis cancerous brain tumor, discovered late last year, was a cahtrthuhtw tartar. Casey had resumed as ch'rectar at the cm on Feb, 2, seven weeks after he was struck by brain seizures and He underwent surgenw Dec. 13 at Georgetown Univemihr Hospital for rema vat of the tamer that proved to Sen. Patrick Leahy, farmer vice-ehairmah of the Senate thteth'gehce Committee, said Casey probably hhew more than ahyahe about the hah-Cahtra affair' with the possible exception of hred White hhhse aid, attver ht Caseyis test phhh'e appearance, he testih'eh' at length on Capital thtt ahaut the Cth's rate in arms shtbmehts to Iran. He conceded that the ihtethgehce agency became involved in the secret deah'ngs with Iran in the summer and fall of 1.935, before Reagan issued format authertzatfen. Reagan named Casey. a successful tax attorhex to head the 014 in 1981 after Casey helped manage his - Air And Sea SA TODAY V01 h, 1987 May 1.9, 1987 37 oh: tin Shh? Attack the death toll rose to 37 in the mismte attach an the USS Starh after a tn'gger-happy Iraqi pilot launched a death misshe into the Stem CIEW charters. Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger said the United States had listened in an radh: communications from the Iraqi Mrage tighter that tauhehed the missile against the 11.3. frigate in the Persian Gull, hut cautdh't etaharate on what was heard. the shh: was carrying a total efZZZ athbers and sattars when it was attached Gregory Tweedy of Champaign, a the centre! technician, was one What: resident that was hrttett The Stark. a 4534001 ghided-mmhe hhgate, was being towed hy the HSS Cenyngham. as hrehkhters continued to hattte tires around the 1040-15 haat hate in Its port side. E a 29

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Grant stand with actress Mae West in a scene ham the 1.933 run we I'm No Mget'? one of Greatly earnest film Cary Grant THE DAI LY DISPATCH Vol 2 Molme It November 30, 1986 Cary Grant, 82, 01195, Last Rehearsal at The Adler Actor Cary Grant, 82', cheer on Nov. 30 after having to came! an appearance at The 331w Theatre, Davenport Grant became ill and had to cancel his Shaw, A conversation with Cary Grant. Even though Grant said at the time he didn't want to go to a hospital or see a doctor. he was taken to St. luke's Hospital emergency mam. Neither his conditr'rrn nor his h'tness were fmmediatehr alisctosed Grant suffered a massive stroke and was comatose when admitted He was treated 45 minutes in the emergency room before being trahskrred to the intensive care unit where he died at 11:22 am. The perfarmenee by Grant was to be the star attraction at the hrstever Festive! of Trees being held in the Davenport River Center. He had rehearsed on The Adler stage the previous day. Shorty after rehearsal, Grant and his wife, Barbara returned to their suite in the Blackhewh Hate! where the actor comprarhed of nut feehhg well. He had developed a troublesome cough and other symptoms. Grant and Grace hefty pose together an a scene from To Catch a Thief: m 1954. 31