No heat for dorms at UI due to campus power plant issue
University of Iowa dorm residents report no heat or hot water after Friday electrical accident at the campus power plant. Steam heating halted as water treatment plant lost electricity, though dorms still have electricity. Meals used paper plates to conserve water while repairs continue and students remain in their rooms with comfortable temperatures.
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Protests Tide Through Global Cities Over Nuclear Arms
Thatcher says protesters would do better linking hands at the Berlin Wall. Heseltine visits the wall and calls unilateral disarmament protesters naive. In New York 500 Catholics walk Way of the Cross and 61, including Rev. Daniel Berrigan, are arrested outside Riverside Institute. In Livermore 200 demonstrators move a mock MX missile as 73 are arrested for blocking traffic.
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Labor Force Steady but Down from December Peak
The bureau said the total civilian labor force, employed and jobless seeking work, was unchanged since January yet 650000 lower than December when unemployment reached 10.8 percent. Interpreting the data is hard as labor force typically expands slowly in recessions and surges with improving conditions as people rejoin the job market.
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Triumph Rock Show Electrifies 6000 At Five Seasons Center
Toronto trio Triumph delivered a dazzling light filled performance at the Five Seasons Center with Rik Emmett on guitar, Gil Moore on drums, and Mike Levine on bass. Opening act Head East energized the crowd as the sound mix improved, closing with Triumph living up to their name.
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Israel says actions in Lebanon defend against PLO threats
Israeli officials defend Lebanon operations as legitimate self defense against PLO attacks. They note F-16 deliveries aim to narrow Arab military advantage, with 75 jets delivered to date. Talks on troop withdrawal continue amid disputed security arrangements.
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Man acquitted in mercy killing of ill wife at hospital stairwell
Florian, a German-born immigrant, killed his wife Johanna at Hollywood Memorial Hospital on March 18 after witnessing her decline from a mysterious brain disease. Prosecutors dropped the case after a grand jury did not indict, with his attorney citing mercy as a defense amid public sympathy for euthanasia under extreme illness.
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George Lucas Early Career Assistant to Coppola
The article notes George Lucas began in film as an assistant to Francis Ford Coppola on Rain People. It also mentions the Meadowlands Winter Quarters Stakes in New Jersey named for George Washington's Revolutionary War winter headquarters nearby.
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Campus hit by power outage as emergency closes buildings
Thomas Hoogerwerf district manager for Iowa Illinois says supply remains possible while the campus faces an outage. Most buildings including the main library closed at 3 p.m. with heat water and power off in facilities such as Spence Laboratories Lindquist Center Eastlawn and Old Armory. WSUI and KSUI radio stations will be off air until power returns.
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Weather Summary For Weekend Temperatures And Winds
Winds north at 26 mph with gusts to 37 mph at midnight. Sun sets 6 33, rises 5 47 Sunday. Highs 30s to 40s, lows 20s through Wednesday with chance of rain or snow. Record highs 84 in 1981 and lows 15 in 1899. West Yellowstone low 12, Brownsville high 97. Cedar River and Coralville Lake levels noted.
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Flood watch issued for southeast Iowa after heavy rain
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for southeast Iowa overnight as another inch or more of rain was forecast. The Cedar River at Cedar Rapids rose slowly, reaching 6.32 feet, well below flood stage of 13 feet, with concerns east of Chariton Corydon and Lake Rathbun Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids.
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