Gasoline Prices Fall Sharply in Month Says Analyst
Los Angeles AP reports gasoline prices slumped nearly 8 percent in the past month the steepest drop this year. Dr. Lundberg who surveys 15 000 stations nationwide notes the decline may continue with average all grades at 87.9 cents a gallon down from 91.74 two weeks earlier and 93.8 cents a month ago. Self serve averages show regular loaded 74.72 cents regular unleaded 80.13 cents and premium 95.01 cents with overall self serve at 81 cents.
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Los Angeles
Lundberg
Soviet Rambo Takeoff Tops Moscow Movie Nights
In Moscow a violent action thriller titled Solo Voyage features a Red Army hero fighting CIA agents and American troops aiming to spark World War III. The film critiques U S officials as war hungry patriots protecting capitalist profits and follows a Soviet press push against similar U S titles.
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Moscow
U.S
Weather outlook showers and sun with high near 100
The forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of afternoon thundershowers today and tomorrow with a 20 percent chance tonight and a low in the mid 70s. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny with a high around 100, details on Page 10A.
Local Deaths List Prominently Across Obituary Page
The notice lists deaths including Donnie W. Davis Langley Mamie Fryer Ira S. Hall Wiliston Will E. Morgan Belvedere Ira C. Palmer Ruby Pardue Charles W. Bender Galatia G. Tyler Nelson Wingfield and others with location notes such as Augusta Orem Utah Aiken Beech Island Denmark North Augusta and directs readers to page 7B for full details.
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Donnie W. Davis
Langley
Mamie Fryer
Augusta
Ira S. Hall
Williston
Wilbur E. Morgan
Belvedere
Ira C. Palmer
Orem
Utah
Ruby Pardue
Aiken
Charles W. Bender
Beech Island
Galatia
G. Tyler
Denmark
Nelson Wingfield
North Augusta
Car Bomb Kills 32 in Beirut
An early morning car bomb in east Beirut killed at least 32 people and wounded 140 as rescuers searched toppled buildings for seven feared buried. Firefighters fought fires in seven apartment blocks while civilians recalled the chaotic scene and recovered victims from rubble.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Josiane Azar
Nawal Ghattas
Showers Answer Georgia's Prayers Hay Lift Gives South Carolina Relief
Rain over 3 inches in Georgia eases drought blamed for $1.9 billion impact on farmers. A Bermuda High shift may bring better Southeast weather. 1,800 tons of hay left Indiana for livestock in South Carolina. Thunderstorms in Columbus, Ellerslie and near Greenville and Macon spread across the region.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Indiana
Columbus
Joe Frank Harris
Ellerslie
National Weather Service
Jim Helms
Greenville
S.C
Macon
Bermuda
United States
Bermuda High Not Sole Cause Of Southeast Drought
Climatologist Grant Goodge of the Climatic Data Center says drought results from multiple factors, not just the Bermuda high. He notes two drought types: agricultural moisture in the topsoil and hydrological declines in streams and groundwater, with the region facing severe conditions.
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Bermuda
Grant Goodge
Climatic Data Center
Asheville
N.C
Goodge
Reagan Won't Negotiate With Extremist Captors
President Reagan sticks to two concessions no deals policy amid a seven minute videotape from Lebanon captive David Jacobsen. State official Richard Murphy said talks about safety and release are possible but no negotiations with extremist actors. The tape urges Congress to probe quiet diplomacy while held priest Lawrence Jenco’s brothers question its authenticity.
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Washington
Reagan
Lebanon
Reagan Administration
David Jacobsen
Richard Murphy
Lawrence Jenco
U.S
Kuwaiti
White House
Camp David
Don Mathes
Jacobsen
Congress
Jenco
John
Joseph
Germany
Joseph Jenco
United States
John Jenco
Murphy
U.S. Air Force
George Bush
Israel
Yuppies' Revenge Threatens Rednexus in South Satire
Charlotte columnist notes Doug Marlette’s Kudzu strip mocks good ol' boys amid rising Yuppie culture. He portrays Billybobbus rednexus as a sub class of deprived whites forced from traditional habitats by Sun Belt growth and the New South.
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Charlotte
N.C
Doug Marlette
Marlette
New South
Good
Billybobbus
Sun Belt
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