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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1986

Page

3

Italy vows severe response to Libyan attacks

Prime Minister Bettino Craxi pledged Italy would answer Libyan assaults on its territory with severity possibly including military action. He noted Italians in Libya have fallen to about 4,000.

Italy Rome Bettino Craxi Libya Britain West Germany Sweden U.S Craxi Palazzo Chigi Lampedusa Tripoli Antonio Badini Scotland Yard Anne- Marie Murphy Murphy London Heathrow Nezar Hindawi Istanbul American Express Ankara Reagan Muammar Khadafy Milan

Libyan air strike sparks talk of possible draft revival

The Libyan bombing raised alarms about a potential U S draft. Selective Service officials caution a president must declare a national emergency and Congress must act. A lottery would assign draftees by birth date, with initial targeting of 20 year olds.

America Libya Selective Service System Glen Ford Ford The Gazette Great Lakes Ill Congress Selective Service Carter Soviet Union Afghanistan

AAUW Leader Strikes Back at Libya Bombing Backlash

Florine Swanson of Galt told AAUW representatives in Fairfield that the organization is indignant and concerned about the Libya attack. She criticized White House emphasis on sanctions and noted Iowa ties to two U S hostages while urging careful regard for civilian deaths.

London Oxford Street U.S Libya Jo Hellier Campaign For Nuclear Fairfield Iowa American Association of University Women Florine Swanson Galt AAUW Washington Mount Pleasant Ottumwa White House Khadafy Swanson

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