Lebanon factions call truce and reopen airport amid renewed shelling
Lebanon's warring factions agreed to a cease fire on all fronts and Beirut's airport reopened after a 17 day shutdown. State radio later reported shells near the runway as sniping persisted in hills around Beirut. The accord also set groundwork for a national reconciliation conference led by President Amin Gemayel.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Hazmieh
Amin Gemayel
Damascus
Gemayel
U.S. Marine Base
Middle East
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
National Reconciliation Conference
Geneva
Mideast
Lebanon Cease Fire Faced Shelling as Airport Reopens
All factions agreed to a cease fire in Lebanon while Beirut's airport reopened and was soon shelled six times. A Sunday meeting was planned to set a date for resuming national reconciliation talks. Three ships left Greece to evacuate PLO chief Yasser Arafat and about 4,000 loyalists from Tripoli.
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Lebanon
Beirut
Greece
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Tripoli
Seventh graders help Santa with letters at Taft Junior High
Taft Junior High seventh graders act as elf helpers replying to letters arriving at the post office for Christmas. About 12 to 15 letters arrive daily with roughly 500 letters by Thursday. Each writer receives a green postcard showing Santa in flight with the North Pole ZIP code 99701 for future reference.
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Mart Repehn
Santa Claus
Santa
Teri Ferguson
Ferguson
Taft Junior High
North Pole
Gazette
Rich Dugas
Jennifer Volz
Cedar Rapids
Wholesale price dip signals best inflation year since 1963
Wholesale prices fell 0.2 percent in the latest month as food and gasoline costs decline, yielding a 0.3 percent annual wholesale rise for the year to date. If trends hold, 1983 could post the lowest inflation since 1963, with White House and economists calling the data remarkable.
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Washington
White House
Labor Department
Jerry Jasinowski
National Association of Manufacturers
Marriage Breeds Virtues Unnecessary to the Single
A humorous note suggests marriage fosters qualities of virtue that may be irrelevant to those who live single. The quip reflects social stereotypes about married life and personal fulfillment.
Record Cold To Grip Cedar Rapids And Much Of Iowa
A severe cold snap is forecast across Iowa with Cedar Rapids expected to reach 15 to 20 below zero tonight and wind chills as severe as 68 below. Friday’s high near 5 above, light snow flurries, and a high pressure system push the cold air south and east across the state. Northwestern and northern regions may see -20 to -25 or colder with gusty winds and wind chills approaching -70 to -76.
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Cedar Rapids
Midwest
Iowa
Towa
Iran stamp depicts 1979 U S Embassy takeover
The United States condemns Iran for issuing a stamp showing the 1979 seizure of the U S Embassy in Tehran. Postmaster General William Bolger calls it a repulsive distortion and notes the stamp marks the fourteenth anniversary of the hostage crisis. The Postal Service protested via the Universal Postal Union.
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Washington
Iran
U.S
Tehran
U.S. Postal Service
William Bolger
Bolger
Postal Service
State Department
Universal Postal Union
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