Council Bluffs gas explosion kills two
An apparent natural gas blast leveled a savings and loan building on the west side of Council Bluffs injuring six and killing two. Hospital officials identified the injured as Cena Meister 18 William Brooks 41 Robin Chambers 17 Mark Dickey 17 Ernest Rongish and Robert Rose.
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Council
Mark Dickey
Ernest Rongish
Robert Rose
Rongish
Rose
People’s Natural Gas Co
Chambers
Dickey
Meister
Brooks
Keith Carter
Omaha
Carter
Mike Tarr
Chuckle: The Christmas Cigar Burns Through Tie
A jokey line notes the humor of a man who enjoys a Christmas cigar that burns a hole in his Christmas tie, a festive visual gag reflecting holiday folly.
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Evan Mengler
Hiawatha
Mengler
Winter storm devastates Midwest with snow and floods
A major winter storm roared into Colorado Wyoming and flood zones in the Midwest causing evacuations across low lying areas. Two tornadoes struck eastern Oklahoma injuring at least six while Arkansas Missouri saw more than a dozen tornadoes earlier in the week.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Wyoming
Midwest
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
West Coast
Ryan Tilley
Jet bursts into flames during landing in Canton
A Chinese airliner exploded into flames on emergency arrival at Canton White Cloud airport killing 19 aboard at the scene and two dying en route to hospital. Officials cited a wing electrical fault as the likely cause with several foreigners among the deceased and injured.
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Peking
Canton
Canton Daily News
U.S
China National Aviation Corp
Hong Kong
Macao
Xinhua
Heavy security marks Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem and beyond
Christians gathered in Bethlehem and other sites as Israeli and local authorities guarded worship with heavy security. Reports note Marines in Beirut singing carols amid gunfire, Poland under martial law, and President Reagan with family plans in Washington. Pope John Paul II led services in Vatican City while Poland banned the broadcast.
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Peking
Jesus Christ
Beirut
Poland
Washington
Reagan
Nancy
Reagans
Charles Wick
United States Information Agency
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City
Christendom
John Paul II
Jesus
John Paul
Warsaw
Christ
Vio
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