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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1985

Page

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Please Lord Help Me Plane Victim Scribbles Before Crash

Hirot sugu Kawaguchi, 52, kept seven pages of notes on a pocket calendar as the Japan Airlines Boeing 747 plunged, writing prayers and messages to his daughters and family. Four survivors among 524 aboard. Kawaguchi and Taniguchi among the dead. Kawaguchi lived in Kobe and had visited Tokyo with his family.

Tokyo Japan Air Lines Hirotsugu Kawaguchi Kawaguchi Mariko Chiyoko Tsuyoshi Masakazu Taniguchi Taniguchi Kobe

Tutu warns of bloodbath and hints at violent turn

Bishop Desmond Tutu questioned the possibility of avoiding violence in South Africa and suggested he might back force if necessary. He faulted Reagan's policies as disastrous for blacks and urged more blunt South Africa criticism while warning of a looming crisis under apartheid.

Tutu Reagan Gazette Wire Services Washington Desmond Tutu South Africa White House Pieter W. Botha Botha

Gemayel vows to stay amid Lebanon crisis and sectarian bloodshed

President Amin Gemayel, a Christian, refuses to quit amid growing demands from Muslims and Christians. He says he will leave only if dead or when his term ends September 23, 1988, as clashes erupt east of Beirut and a car bombing kills at least 55 people.

Beirut Lebanon Amin Gemayel Gemayel As-Safir Alfred Yaghoubzadeh Christian East Beirut

U S peace mission to Middle East fizzles out

Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy left Amman without meeting the joint Jordanian Palestinian delegation. Palestinian and Jordanian sources called the failure a real blow to the peace plan and warned Yasir Arafat would return soon to discuss next moves. Murphy said talks could still happen if aimed at advancing a feasible course for the process.

Los Angeles Times Amman Jordan U.S Middle East Richard Murphy Murphy Hanna Siniora Hussein Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat Arafat Iraq United States PLO Mideast

Grandpa's ghost town history awakens in Jones County

Smoke rises from a fire used by Cascade resident John Lane as he labors at a blacksmith shop in Edinburgh Day’s ghost town exhibit in central Jones County. The site features relocated historic buildings including a church, log cabin, and one room school with public Sunday hours.

John Lane Cascade Edinburgh Jones County Jones County Historical Society Matt Appelhaus Monmouth Karen Antons Center Junction

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