Gemayel Wins Lebanon Presidency Backed by Shiite Support
Bashir Gemayel, 34, a Falangist Christian militia leader, elected Lebanon's president and pledges to end foreign troops. He seeks strong Arab ties, including with Israel, while pledging to represent all sects and restore central authority amid Muslim opposition and post election violence in West Beirut.
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Lebanon
Bashir Gemayel
Gemayel
Israel
Falangist
West Beirut
Reagan
California
White House
United States
East Beirut
Mideast
Helicopter crash near Rockwell Collins injures five employees
A Rockwell Collins helicopter carrying five employees crashed near the GMAC building on Collins Road in Cedar Rapids while returning from a flight for avionics testing. One passenger injured. all others treated and released. Pilot identified as Barry Brown. helicopters owned by Island Airways. Witness described a loud noise and a small fire in the engine area.
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Jonathan Reed
Nancy Stevens
Rockwell-Collins
Cedar Rapids
Aero Spatiale
FAA
Cedar Rapids Municipal
Rockwell
Barry Brown
29Th St. NW
Charles Hall
Second Ave
Marion
Jay Hardyman
Elaine Drive
Terald Lamb
26Th St
Dale Koontz
27Th St
Koontz
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gordon Hansen
Teakwood
FHA VA home loan rate ceiling lowered to 14 percent
The government cuts the FHA and VA single family loan rate ceiling from 15 to 14 percent effective today, the lowest since spring 1981. HUD cites downward rate trends and notes other FHA loan rates drop by one point over 10 days with 14 percent for level and graduated payment mortgages.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Veterans Administration
Donald Hovde
Housing and Urban Development
It's not him case dismissed in Linn County burglary
A Cedar Rapids burglary charge against Thomas M. Jones was dismissed Monday morning as a Linn County District Court jury selection proceeded. Assistant County Attorney Jane Spande cited a witness who had identified Jones as the suspect but then said Jones was not the man he saw after viewing him outside the courtroom. Jones, 21, had been accused of breaking into Larry Fields' residence on July 6 and had stated plans to present witnesses to place him at another location at the time.
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Lane NE
the Gazette
Hansen
Chris Kalmar
Rockwell
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Jane Spande
Thomas M. Jones
Jones
D Ave
Resi
Dence
Larry Fields
E Ave
16Th St. NE
Spande
Fields
Killians to close temporarily Sept 2 amid survival sale
Killian's Department Store in Cedar Rapids will shut its doors temporarily on September 2 as its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings continue. President Deane Smith says the closure is hoped to be temporary while negotiations with potential financiers proceed and a trustee appointment may be considered at a bankruptcy hearing next week.
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Deane Smith
Cedar Rapids
Smith
G & S Enterprises
St. Louis
M. L. Rothschild Management Corp
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Chicago
Killian’s
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