After Christmas shoppers fill Cedar Rapids malls
Crowds pack downtown Cedar Rapids and Lindale and Westdale Malls as shoppers spend gift money and exchange presents. Lounging shoppers report long waits before doors open and staff note higher buying activity than in the days before Christmas. Ann Robinson and Crystal Hobbs describe a busy shopping day with relatives nearby.
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Mark Glenn
Cedar Rapids
Lindale Mall
Crystal Hobbs
Westdale Mall
Crystal
Kirk Hobbs
University of Northern Iowa
Mike Carter
Kirk
Ann Robinson
Marion
Anne O’deen
Lindale
Fierce fighting in Beirut draws in Italian and Lebanese forces
Lebanese army gunners and Muslim militiamen fought with artillery and mortar fire over Palestinian refugee areas as the Italian contingent at Sabra camp faced stray shells. At least 57 people were killed and 117 wounded, mostly civilians and militiamen, with a reported cease fire failing to hold. Syrian-backed Druse insurgents joined the battle, shelling Christian neighborhoods to ease army pressure.
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Gazette Wire
Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Wayne Jones
Sabra
Chatilla
Andropov misses required meeting amid health questions
Moscow reports says Yuri Andropov, ill for months, did not attend the Central Committee plenary. He read a long speech urging economic efficiency while four loyalists were added to top bodies, signaling power despite absence.
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New York Times
Moscow
Yuri Andropov
Andropov
Communist Party
Central Committee
Con
Red Square
Politburo
Supreme Authority
Mikhail Solomontsev
Record arctic chill grips nation as December cold festers
Across the United States the big chill breaks more records in at least 45 cities while arctic air freezes crops in Texas and Florida. The weather toll climbs to 238 deaths since Dec 17 with over 100 fatalities by freezing. Chicago and other cities report historic subzero spans as Utah avalanche activity slips into the news.
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Associated Press
Texas
Florida
Mercury
Plains
Midwest
National Weather Service
Leon Heller
Bismarck
N.C
Canada
Bill Hirt
National Severe Storms Forecast Center
Kansas City
Hawaii
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