Iowa snowdrift snarls roads closing interstate I-35
A blizzard driven by 60 mph winds blankets Iowa stranding thousands on highways and turning travel into a crawl. Troopers and plows struggle amid eight foot drifts while motorists seek shelter in stations, churches, and homes as crews work to reach those trapped on I 35 and affected routes near Des Moines and Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa-Minnesota
Albert Lea
Minn
Marshalltown Community College
Thornton
St. Paul’s American Lutheran Church
Sheffield-Chapin
Clarion
Lyle Pommrehn
Boondocks USA
I-35
Blairsburg
Cedar Rapids
Hundreds stranded at Buddy Holly tribute in Clear Lake
About 2,500 fans packed the Surf Ballroom for a Buddy Holly tribute when a storm forced many to sleep on cushions and floors. Several found shelter at nearby motels as police blocked exits. organizers recalled the 1959 crash that killed Holly and his group.
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Clear Lake
Buddy Holly
Holly
Surf Ballroom
Holiday Best Western
Niki Sullivan
Cricketts
Jack Wilcox
KZEV
Soviets Fill Language With Lengthy Acronyms
A Soviet reader deciphers long official abbreviations and jokes about the endless acronyms. The piece notes a record acronym MOMTPIABOPARMBETZH and explains it names a vast set of building and technical units in the USSR.
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Guinness Book of World Records
Momtpiaboparmbetzh
Elbetrabsbomonimonimonkonototekhstromont
Department of the Technology of
Scientific Research
Organization For Building
Academy of Building and Architecture
U.S.S.R
Gemayel under pressure as Wazzan resigns Cabinet
President Amin Gemayel faced a crisis after Prime Minister Shafik Wazzan and his eight man cabinet resigned. The Reagan administration urged Gemayel to form a broader government and maintain U S participation in the multinational force in Lebanon amid fears of a possible Marine withdrawal.
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Gazette Wire Services
Beirut
Lebanon
Amin Gemayel
Shafik Wazzan
Israel
Reagan
Gemayel
Ment
George Bush
Bush
Washington
Congress
U.S
Reagan Sug
Gested
State Department
Lost satellite found but in wrong orbit and declared a loss
Westar VI, launched on the space shuttle Challenger, was located in space in good health yet in an incorrect orbit. Officials deem it a total loss as a second Westar satellite proceeds, with ground work enabling limited sun charging and potential hours of activity daily.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Indonesia
California
Bill Ziegler
Western Union
Ziegler
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Dick Hogan
Mason City
Highway 18
Moscow
Soviet Union
Mgovoopik
Moscow City
All-Union Society For the Protection of
Wazzan
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Marion
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