Snowstorm and Tornadoes Blanket Great Plains March Eastward
A dangerous snowstorm driven by frigid winds swept the Great Plains and moved toward the Great Lakes after killing at least 19 travelers. Tornadoes injured at least 24 people and damaged dozens of homes in Oklahoma Mississippi and Texas. Six eastern Oklahoma tornadoes caused injuries and about 2 million dollars in damage at Poteau. A hailstorm caused 82 broken windows at Star Spencer High School near Oklahoma City. Ice coated highways in Utah Wyoming and Colorado as up to two feet of snow fell.
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Arafat Faces Three Day Deadline as Residents Flee Tripoli
In Tripoli Lebanon terrified citizens flee by car and boat as Yasser Arafat and loyalists resist rebels Syrian backed PLO. Rebels warn they will storm the city if Arafat does not depart within three days and end the truce by 1 p.m. Friday local time.
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Reagan
Syria
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U.S Marine
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Reagan Orders Investigation of Security Council Leak
President Reagan ordered the Justice Department to probe disclosures of NSC meeting recommendations to begin shelling Muslim positions in Lebanon. A government source said the leak may have endangered the president's Mideast envoy. officials would not confirm any investigation.
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Justice Department
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Lebanon
Mideast
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Sophia Loren to star in Qualcosa di Biondo with son Edouardo
Hollywood icon Sophia Loren and her 11-year-old son Edouardo will lead in Qualcosa di Biondo with Loren's husband Carlo Ponti as co producer. The Rome paper Il Messaggero cites Maurizio Ponzi directing the family drama about a mother and her blind son.
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Thanksgiving With Parents Aims For Peaceful Dinner
Los Angeles psychi atrist Dr Harold Bloomfield and co author Leonard Felder offer tips to soften tensions at family dinners. Plan ahead, treat parents as adults, use humor, and manage anger by personal work and realistic expectations.
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Bloomfield
Leonard Felder
Random House
del Mar
Soviets Suspend Talks On Arms Reduction In Europe
Geneva AP report notes the Soviet delegation walked out of US Soviet discussions on medium range nuclear weapons in Europe declaring the talks discontinued and suspended indefinitely. The US side expressed regret and readiness to resume, amid NATO deployment of 572 missiles and 204 Pershing 2 and cruise missiles in West Germany.
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Kvitsinsky
Paul H. Nitze
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Nitze
Mercedes Benz
Hasbrouck jailed after parole public service dispute
Federal Judge David S. Nelson ordered Edward J. Hasbrouck to prison immediately after ruling his plan to dismantle nuclear weapons failed to meet parole public service requirements. Hasbrouck had argued anti-nuclear work could satisfy the obligation. parole officer Esther Salmon noted the judge did not accept that proposal.
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Edward J. Hasbrouck
Wellesley
Nelson
Hasbrouck
Cambridge
Esther Salmon
Telescope in peril as IRAS nears final heat death
NASA reports the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS faces imminent death from cooling loss after heater failure. Launched Jan 25, IRAS mapped 95 percent of the sky, found dust rings and comets, and sent over 200 billion data bits before its focal plane warmed beyond the 448 degree below zero limit, ending near term observations.
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IRAS
Aiken Standard Subscription and Contact Info
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Emergency Numbers for Aiken Area Services
A list of local emergency numbers includes Aiken Community Hospital Jackson and New Ellenton Fire Police North Augusta Fire and Police agencies with contacts for sheriff crisis line and poison control. It provides 24 hour lines for medical, fire, police and deaf emergency services across Aiken County and surrounding towns.
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