Kidnappings and Attack Shake Lebanon Crisis Deepens
Leftist Cruse gunmen kidnap three Cabinet ministers and demand the resignation of the government and withdrawal of the army from Druse regions. The group shells the Beirut airport and targets the U.S. compound as civilians and soldiers suffer. Months of Christian Druse clashes fuel the volatile standstill.
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Jelt
Lebanon
Gazette Wire Services
Beirut
Cruse
Druse
Amin Gemayel
Shafik Wazzan
U.S. Marine
Defense Ministry
Aley
Chouf
Cedar Rapids, Des Moines endures record heat then storms
Cedar Rapids tied a record by reaching 98 degrees as 1944’s high of 94 was surpassed and Des Moines hit 101, cooling later with thunderstorms that moved across eastern Iowa. About 0.63 inch fell in Dubuque by 7 p.m., with other counties reporting half an inch around 8 p.m. Power outages affected several towns but service was to be restored by morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Iowa
Waterloo
Dubuque
Grinnell
Clinton
Jones County
Clarence
Solon
North Liberty
Swisher
Green Island
Long Grove
Eldridge
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Revenge as salvation in difficult times
A compact reflection on how living well remains hard and revenge emerges as a perceived safeguard. The piece argues that mounting frustration pushes some toward a hardened stance, suggesting social strain and personal vendettas shape modern behavior.
Antenna causes fatal electrocution in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids man, Robert Hopp, 45, died Wednesday after an antenna he was installing on his garage roof touched high voltage wires. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Luke's Hospital after CPR failed. A neighbor reported hearing a pop before discovering him unconscious beside the grounded antenna.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Hopp
Elder Lane
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hopp
Mark Trail quits smoking pipe after 6-year-old letter
Washington AP reports Mark Trail, the comic strip outdoors writer, will give up his pipe after a six year old Atlanta reader Daniel Kahn urged the creator to end the habit. Jack Elrod said Mark will not smoke any more starting September, with the change appearing 12 weeks after drawing.
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Mark Trail
Washington
Trail
Jack Elrod
Mark
Daniel Kahn
Atlanta
Daniel
Elrod
Action On Smoking and Health
The
Gazette
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