Mass funeral for 44 French children shocks nation
In Crepy en Valois a mass funeral for 44 child victims of a highway disaster draws 700 mourners including President Mitterrand and Premier Mauroy. Parents weep beside tiny pine coffins as hymns echo and ambulance crews ferry grief-stricken families.
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Crepy-En-Valois
France
Francois Mitterrand
Pierre Mauroy
Paris
Eric Syx
Crepy
Michel Dupuy
Mitterrand
Jean Danton
John Paul II
Israeli Tanks Pummel West Beirut In Major Invasion
Israeli armor crossed into West Beirut from the north and east amid heavy shelling as PLO forces returned fire. Observers reported 20 to 25 tanks moving into the city center near the Museum crossing while rockets and artillery echoed through the besieged capital.
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Gazette Wire Services
West
Beirut
PLO
East Beirut
West Beirut
Museum Crossing
International
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Washington
Israel
Anita Stockman
IDF
Israeli Defense Force
Habib
U.S
Philip Habib
Lebanon
IDOT Approves 65-Foot Truck Routes in Iowa
The Iowa Department of Transportation on a 4-3 vote approved 10 sections of long-track routes totaling about 6,000 miles of highways. Del Van Horne cast the deciding vote, joining chairman Robert Rigler and others to approve the plan while a prior deadlock had blocked narrower routes.
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Dave Rasdal
Iowa
del van Horne
Jefferson
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Darrel Rensink
Sioux Center
Dennis Voy
Maquoketa
Barbara Dunn
Des Moines
Roger
Idot
Fanatic Defined as Those Enthusiastic About Unshared Interests
A quote describes a fanatic as any person intensely devoted to a passion not shared by others. The remark highlights the subjective nature of zeal and how strongly held interests can differ across individuals.
Liu elected IE president and chief operating officer
Liu 49 is elected president and COO of Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. He succeeds Duane Arnold, who remains chairman and CEO. Arnold will not hold the new executive vice president post Liu vacated.
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Lee Liu
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Liu
Duane Arnold
Arnold
Iowa
Com
China
Iowa State University
Amana's King to head PGA
Lou King of Amana Refrigeration becomes the new executive director of the Professional Golfers Association of America based in West Palm Beach. He replaces Mark Cox who retired and had served as consultant to acting director Jim Butz. The announcement came in Tulsa as the PGA National Tournament opened.
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Lou King
Amana Refrigeration
Professional Golfers Association of America
West Palm Beach
Fla
King
Mark Cox
Cox
Jim Butz
Tulsa
Okla
PGA
Glenn presses Corn Growers on Reagan grain embargo stance
Democratic Senator John Glenn told the National Corn Growers Association meeting that President Reagan’s omission of a grain embargo line created a foggy stance. Glenn criticized the administration for being vague on whether there would be a grain embargo on the Soviet Union, while the group debated policy and political implications.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Reagan
Soviet Union
John Glenn
Ohio
Glenn
National Corn Grower's Association
National Corn Grower’s Association
William Mullins
Shabbona
Mullins
Teen drowns in Cedar River near railroad bridge
The Cedar River claimed another victim when 18 year old Raymond L. Haase stepped into a deep hole while cooling off after fishing with friends near the Chicago and North Western bridge 114 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids. Deputies said two friends tried to save him but the current was too strong and rescue teams recovered the body after a 20 minute search.
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Cedar River
Raymond L. Haase
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Haase
Chicago & North Western
Cedar Rapids
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