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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1981
Page
3
Heavy gunfire erupted in Beirut and around Zahle ending a three day cease fire. Syrian troops battled to seize Mount Sannine as puffs of smoke rose from the snow covered slopes. The clashes disrupted an agreement for Lebanese gendarmes to assume Zahle security duties.
Maureen Reagan wed law clerk Dennis Revell in an exclusive Beverly Hills ceremony attended by about 75 friends and family. President Reagan, recovering from an assassination attempt, did not attend and planned to spend the weekend at Camp David.
The Reagan administration considers expanding the military by up to 250000 personnel over about five years, a 12 percent rise to improve readiness and support new weapon systems. Pentagon plans explore funding, with drafts kept options. pay raises, tax breaks, GI benefits, and patriotic appeals are proposed to attract recruits while a draft remains possible.
Jailed IRA member Bobby Sands refused to meet two European Human Rights Commission envoys outside Maze prison. He vowed to starve himself to death if political status is denied, while Protestant crowds clashed with police outside the gate and the mediators left after nine hours.
Weather across the British Isles brings the worst April blizzards this century. snow up to six feet deep causes misery and lamb deaths as forecasts warn of continued snowfall with no end in sight.
About 10 000 cheering spectators watched Physty the 23 foot 25 000 pound sperm whale released at sea after biologists from the Okeanos Research Foundation said the whale had recovered enough to have a good chance at life in the ocean. The event marked a possible first survival of a sperm whale kept alive in captivity.
On this date in 1944 the federal government seized Montgomery Ward's Chicago headquarters after the mail order firm defied a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board.
Tokyo based auto chiefs refused to curb exports amid talks with trade minister Rokusuke Tanaka. They proposed keeping shipments at 1.82 million cars this year, resisting caps like 1.7 million or 1.6 million proposed in U S policy, signaling potential friction over voluntary restraint.
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