Iowan makes escape to paradise permanent
Thomas O Connor of Iowa City has lived in Acapulco for about a year and plans to stay. He works selling condominium time shares for the Royal Alpha Vacation Club and enjoys 85 degree weather, blue Pacific waters, and a laid back life while missing TV and a car from the United States.
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Brezhnev Expected to Resign in May Amid Stroke Reports
Reports in New York say Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev suffered a very serious stroke two weeks earlier and will resign as general secretary and president in May. Newsweek cites an alleged U.S. intelligence document forecasting replacement, while other sources dispute the severity and timing.
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Tashkent
Uzbekistan
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Britain ready to storm Falklands if needed says Nott
Defense Secretary John Nott warned Britain could storm the Falklands to regain control if peaceful talks fail. Two aircraft carriers and a 40 ship armada were en route for a blockade without allied help. Argentina said it would defend the territory, confirming a landing on South Georgia with casualties.
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Comodoro Rivadavia
Argentina
Simon Winchester
Jim Burgess
Stanley
Galtieri
Telam
Grytviken
Salvadoran Politician Shot Dead In Post-Election Violence
Right wing Assemblyman David Joaquin Quinteros died after gunmen wounded him and another cousin in a trash-dump burial ground attack. A second assemblyman, Hugo Barrera, was misidentified and later corrected. The assault follows a five-party rightist bloc clash with Christian Democrats over control of the 60-seat provisional assembly.
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Humboldt bank to be liquidated in Iowa
The FDIC decided to liquidate First National Bank of Humboldt after efforts to find a buyer failed. FDIC spokesman Mark Pretzat said the board agreed to begin returning money to depositors, likely this week, ending any chance of a reopening.
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Washington trip urged for citizens to learn about spending
A call to all citizens to visit Washington to attend a Congress session and observe how tax dollars are spent. The aim is educational insight and civic engagement, described with a light humorous claim as a best cure for hiccups.
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Congress
Early spring storms unleash deadly Midwest blizzard chaos
A monster storm with 86 tornadoes roared across the nation driving a Midwest blizzard and blinding winds. At least 46 people died and hundreds were injured as twisters wrecked homes from Texas to Georgia. In Michigan stranded motorists sought shelter as snow and ice halted travel and power failed across the Great Lakes region.
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