Heat grinds shoppers as hot day dulls minds and tempers
In Eastern Iowa heat waves shoppers complain at drive ups while inside cool stores offer relief. Local police note fewer violent attacks this summer but humidity saps energy and may raise irritability. The YWCA shelter houses more families, possibly exceeding its budget, as donations seek funds for air conditioning and extra staff.
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Cedar Rapids
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Paul Penningroth
Iowa
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Linn County
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Near record heat triggers selective power cutbacks
A heat wave pushing Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas toward a record 101 degrees led Iowa Electric Light and Power Co to implement targeted power cuts to 21 municipal and several retail customers to avert a regional record. Peak demand reached 1,266 megawatts Thursday and 1,248 megawatts Friday. Cedar Falls UNI campus faced a 14% outage, injuring two workers, as a transformer arc caused campus power loss.
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Iowa
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Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Bill Duffy
Cedar Falls
University of Northern Iowa
Duane Anders
Anders
Reagan Undergoes Skin Cancer Surgery With Excellent Prognosis
President Reagan had a one centimeter skin cancer lesion removed at Washington Hospital Center in a microscopic procedure lasting about 30 minutes to an hour. Dr. Thomas Nigra and Dr. John Hutton led the team with local anesthetic and epinephrine, noting a very good outcome and a lifelong risk from sun exposure.
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Washington Hospital Center
Reagan
Baker
John Hutton
Nigra
White House
Edmonton Tornado Disaster Strikes Surburban Area
Canadian Press reports a tornado touched down twice in Beaumont suburb with cars, a mobile home, and a motorcycle destroyed. Edmonton and Strathcona declared disaster areas as 100 plus injured and three killed in a trapped passenger train. Hospitals urged doctors and nurses. hotels offered shelter. city center and West Edmonton Mall largely escaped damage.
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Strathcona
Edmonton
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CBC Radio
Rick Boguski
West Edmonton
U S seeks aid in Persian Gulf minesweeping effort
After the Bridgeton struck a mine north of Bahrain while escorted to Kuwait, the United States began seeking help for the minesweeping task in the Persian Gulf. Loading of oil continued slowly amid high seas, with about 26 hours needed to load 1,820,000 barrels.
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Kuwait
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Gulf
Ali Khamenei
Iran
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