Shultz pushes Middle East peace via Lebanon troop withdrawal
Secretary of State George Shultz travels to Cairo Beirut and Israel aiming to secure a prior Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon of about 25 000 troops. The trip signals a White House bid to link withdrawal with broader peace talks while Arab leaders urge progress.
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Washington
George Shultz
Middle East
Reagan
Lebanon
Shultz
Andrews Air Force Base
Cairo
Israel
Syria
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Hosni Mubarak
Egypt
Jordan
Hussein
Palestine Liberation Organization
White House
U.S
Beirut
Drake Bulldog Beauty Contest Generates Five Contenders
Five English bulldogs and their owners pose in Des Moines for the Drake Bulldog Beauty Contest. contestants include Yum Yum with Gerald Lentz Fritz with Karl Schade Cee Cee with Daryl Copier Annie with Dick Finley and Maxie with Stephani Finley. Cee Cee lives in Marion while the others reside in Cedar Rapids.
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Des Moines
Gerald Lentz
Fritz
Karl Schade
Cee Cee
Daryl Copier
Annie
Dick Finley
Maxie
Stephani Finley
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Wilson workers face legal test over wage cut
Union leaders question legality of Wilson Foods 40 percent hourly pay cut as a federal bankruptcy motion looms in Oklahoma City. About 85 percent of 1750 hourly employees attended a Cedar Rapids meeting where Mike Gardner said the union will fight the action if the judge allows it.
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Ly al Swegle
One Farm Edite
Wilson Foods
International United Food and Commercial Workers
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mike Gardner
Gardner
United Food and Commercial Workers
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Teamsters Hall
Joke: Patient and doctor on memory block
A patient tells a doctor he cannot remember his street. The doctor replies it is a mental block, easing the worry with a pun.
Merit Scholarships Redefine College Aid Trends
The New York Times reports two students, Malcolm Darrell Jones and Lois Kosch, who chose colleges based on merit scholarships rather than need. The piece analyzes a shift toward need independent awards, sparking debate over funding for needy students and broader access.
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New York Times Service
NEW York
Malcolm Darrell Jones
Harvard College
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Morehead
Chinquapin
N.C
Lois Kosch
Westfield
N.J
North Carolina
Adelphi College
Long Island
Jones
Miss Kosch
Joseph P. Case
Amherst College
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
Betsy A. Porter
Suzanne K. McCulloch
University of Pittsburgh
Poland arrests Solidarity leader amid discrediting broadcast
Polish authorities announce the arrest of underground Solidarity leader Jozef Pinior in Wroclaw and say seized documents show anti-state activity and large currency sums. In Warsaw about 6,000 Solidarity supporters attend a Mass at St. Stanislaw Kostka church as the banned union faces renewed pressure.
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Gazette Wire Services
Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
PAP
Jozef Pinior
Wroclaw
Stanislaw Kostka
Prison inmate population hits all time high in 1982
The Justice Department said 1982 saw a record 412,303 inmates in U S prisons, up 42,915 from 1981. Federal inmates rose to 29,673, while state prisons held 382,630, with growth driven by harsher sentencing and stricter parole.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
United States
Justice Department
Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Orage
Menachem Begin
Washington Post
Mideast
Zette Photo
Greg Mellis
Abby
Iowa
U.s.world 4 Today
Weather
Pinior
Provisional Coordinating Commission
TKK
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