Chilean Crisis Deepens As Military Repression Sparks Protests
Chilean President Augusto Pinochet faces a widening crisis as third day of demonstrations continues and the Air Force challenges government accounts of killings. Police fire on slum areas while Gen Fernando Matthei signals dissatisfaction and urges political debate.
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Fernando Matthei
Air Force
Pinochet
Matthei
Chile
Santiago
Luisa Aguirre
la Vallador
Osvaldo Hernandez
July wholesale prices rise 0.1 percent as food costs fall
Wholesale prices edged up 0.1 percent in July led by a drop in food costs for a third straight month. Economists called the report "very nice" though warned drought could push food costs higher next year, as energy prices also moderated.
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Washington
Sandra Shaber
Chase Econometrics
Reagan
Labor Department
Donald Ratajczak
Georgia State University
Michael Evans
Washington, D.C
Evans Economics
Ratajczak
Three Linn County roads closed over oil fumes
Three Linn County roads were closed after complaints that oil fumes caused throat burning and headaches. Samples from a new Illinois shipment were sent to the State Hygienics Laboratory. tests show an irritant in the oil. Further results were awaited as residents were informed, and local access remained for home use only.
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Linn County
Illinois
State Hygenics Laboratory
Iowa City
Jerry Nelson
Robins Road
Hiawatha
Robins
Miller’s Road
Blairs Ferry
Chain Lakes Road
Chain Lakes Bridge
Victor Root
Linn Civil Defense
Root
Libyan Air Campaign Targets Chad Outposts And Oasis
Libyan warplanes bombed northern Chad outposts including Oum Chal ouba and Koro Toro and recaptured Faya-Largeau. Reinforcements from Libya strained Chad's border while ex President Goukouni Oueddei's rebels gain support. Habre called for direct French and US intervention as Libyans prepare new drive on N Djamena.
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Habre
France
United States
Mahamat Soumaila
Oum Chalouba
Faya- Largeau
Koro Toro
Chad
The Trouble With Experience
A concise reflection on how experience reveals unwanted lessons and hard truths that blunt idealism. The quote suggests growth through unavoidable, sometimes painful, learning.
Free food programs in Cedar Rapids struggle to recover
Cedar Rapids free food programs report no drop in people served despite optimistic national forecasts. Ralph Brenneman of the Immaculate Conception School soup kitchen notes an average of 71 visitors daily since July 6, with numbers rising as food stamps end and people feel heat without air conditioning.
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Dick Hogan
Vanessa Shelton
Strots
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Brenneman
Immaculate Conception School
Fourth Ave. SE
Linn Human Services Emergency Survival Needs Committee
Brenneman
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Thomas English
Framingham
Mass
Luis Ramos
Wren FU Goods
Asondj Fmam SJ
Dept. of Labor
Linn Oils
Mary Burke
Abby
U.s.world
Local Today
Marion
Iowa State
C.R. Free Food
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