Bizarre spring storm hits central Iowa with snow and wind
A Saturday storm slammed Iowa with near-blizzard winds and up to two inches of snow in central and western regions. Eastern Iowa faced snow and freezing rain while power outages and downed trees disrupted multiple counties. A Cedar Rapids officer was briefly injured by a flying sign, and one 71 year old man, Clyde Perrigo, suffered a broken hip after a fall.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Perrigo
5Th Ave. SE
Mercy Hospital
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Linn
Delaware
Jones
Clinton
Cedar
Benton
Britain Argentina prepare for battle
President Leopoldo Galtieri declared Argentina ready to defend the Falklands amid British plans to recapture. The UN Security Council urged Argentina to withdraw. Argentina froze British assets and restricted markets while noting debts and assets links between the two nations.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Leopoldo Galtieri
Falkland Islands
Britain
Telam
Amadeo Frugoli
South Atlantic
Islands
Malvinas
United Nations
Security Council
Nicanor Costa Mendez
Roberto Alemann
Alemann
DYN
Mar del Plata
Falklands
Reagan says economic plan will begin to reverse woes
President Reagan told a national radio audience the economic program has not yet started but will with the 10 percent July tax cut and reduced spending. He cited Oct 1 1981 as the program's beginning and warned against abandoning enacted tax cuts.
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Reagan
Washington
Oval Office
Justice Department defends civil rights enforcement
The 55 page report counters the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights charge that the Reagan era civil rights policy yields bias. It cites more prosecutions of racial violence, 8400 voting changes reviewed, and rejected redistricting plans as proof of its commitment to equal treatment.
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Washington
Justice Department
Art Brill
William Bradford Reynolds
Civil Rights Division
House Civil and Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Georgia
North Carolina
Texas
Arizona
South Carolina
Virginia
Mississippi
New York City
Miracle rescue pulls man from burning tractor
A school bus driver Butch Whit tle sees a tractor overturned in a ditch near Monona. LeRoy Fuelling, 56, is trapped under the burning machine and calls for help as flames burn through his coveralls. Butch rescues him with a fire extinguisher and pulls him partway free.
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Monona
A.D
Butch” Whittle
Butch
LeRoy
Fuelling Brothers Farm
Index Today's Chuckle Sign on a Church Lawn
A church lawn sign pokes fun with a misspelled warning reading Trespassers will be for given. The playful typo sparks smiles among passersby and reflects light local humor.
Salvador rebels vow new insurrection after elections
Rebel leader Guillermo Manuel Ungo accused El Salvador's elections of legitimizing fascism as the Nationalist Republican Alliance won 36 of 60 assembly seats. The clandestine radio Venceremos called for a new insurrection on May 1 while Washington backed the Christian Democratic majority.
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el Salvador
UPI
Guillermo Manuel Ungo
Constituent Assembly
Ungo
Radio Venceremos
Roberto D’aubuisson
Republican Alliance
Reagan
Washington
Christian Democratic
Election Commission
Jorge Bustamante
Christian Democrat
Julio Rey Prendes
D’aubuisson
Salvador
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