Syria signals withdrawal from Beirut amid stalled Beirut talks
Syria indicates it will pull back troops and Palestinian guerrillas from West Beirut, easing a key hurdle in Lebanon settlement negotiations. With the PLO detailing withdrawal steps, U S envoy Philip Habib returns to Israel to resolve remaining gaps with Prime Minister Begin. Wazzan cautions talks are narrowing toward implementation.
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Gazette Wire
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
West Beirut
Palestine Liberation Organization
Philip Habib
Israel
Begin
Shafik Wazzan
Habib
Baabda
Education Dept Moves Toward High Risk Grant Rules
Washington items reveal new Education Department requirements for high risk grant applicants. The confidential July memo from Hugh Joseph Beard Jr. proposes extra disclosures on organizations involved in propaganda, lobbying or litigation. Critics call it McCarthyism and fear a chilling effect on free speech.
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Washington Post Service
Washington
Department of Education
Hugh Joseph Beard Jr
Don Edwards
D-Calif
House
Judiciary Subcommittee
Beard
Portraits and Prominence in Iowa News Features
Richard Harrison of Boone recalls Dachau liberation as the haunting memory of a WWII era. Yvonne Spicher of Cedar Rapids advances women’s health care as a nurse practitioner. John Megown of Marion, promoter of gasohol and Iowa Chop, is spotlighted in Out on the Acres. Despite progress, only four of 157 UN missions are led by women a decade into the Women’s Decade.
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Richard Harrison
Boone
Dachau
Yvonne Spicher
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
John Megown
Marion
Gasohol
United Nations
U.S
Jeane Kikpatrick
U.N
Over the Hill Gang Rides Iowa Roads In Quasqueton
A group of 60 and 70 year olds in Quasqueton form the Over the Hill Gang to ride mopeds at 25 to 30 mph. Members number up to 10 and travel through Buchanan and parts of Delaware counties to Independence Masonville Rowley and Manchester. They wear red jackets with white lettering and deny any leader claiming they simply ride for fun and goodwill while occasionally picking up trash along the roads.
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Quasqueton
Buchanan County
Delaware County
Independence
Masonville
Rowley
Manchester
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
Paul Yah Etten
Ed Manson
Paul
Clyde Kimball
Verle Kress
Fred Kress
Winthrop
Shriners
Food Loot From Groceries Spill Sparks Crowd in Pittsburgh
A tractor trailer carrying $100 000 of groceries overturned on a highway overpass and dumped produce and eggs into a nearby park. Within hours a crowd of hotel guests, passers by and drivers swarmed the area stealing food. By noon the gathering grew to about 100 before police cleared the scene after fights broke out.
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Pittsburgh
Amy Rauch
Hug a musician bumper sticker referenced in copyright note
A concise note discusses a bumper sticker motto reading Hug a musician They never get to dance and its relation to copyright. The item highlights a quirky phrase connected to music culture and legal text. The piece underscores creative works and rights without detailing enforcement or case specifics.
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