Sharon refuses to quit over Beirut massacre panel findings
An Israeli judicial commission urged Defense Minister Ariel Sharon's ouster after blaming leaders for letting militiamen enter Beirut camps. Sharon defied resignation calls as Prime Minister Begin and cabinet ministers debated the report amid U.S. cautions and looming elections.
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Jerusalem
Beirut
Ariel Sharon
Sharon
Menachem Begin
Israel
U.S
Middle East
Begin
Commission of Inquiry
Commission
Reagan
State Department
Alan Romberg
Habib
Philip Habib
Avraham Shapira
Shapira
Arik
Mideast
Hitchin Grounds Spare Horses and Amish Shoppers In Oelwein
Horses and buggies occupy the hitching grounds at a parking lot near the Oelwein business section this week as Amish owners shop in town.
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Oelwein
Three Children Die in Sioux City Fire
A west side Sioux City apartment blaze killed three children Sherri Lynn Barker 2 Jody Ann Barker 4 months and Terry Thompson 3 from carbon monoxide poisoning. Father Jerry Barker 27 was in serious condition after escaping barefoot through snow seeking help. search continues for mother Colleen Thompson.
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Sioux City
Jerry Barker
Sherri Lynn Barker
Jody Ann Barker
Terry Thompson
Colleen Thompson
Barker
Ms. Thompson
Marie Cole
Earl
Iowa Supreme Court weighs allowing anesthesiologists to refuse working with faulty neurosurgeon
A five judge Iowa Supreme Court panel heard evidence on whether anesthesiologists can be required to work with Herbert B Locksley a Cedar Rapids neurosurgeon whose record includes opening the wrong side of a patient s head. Mercy and St Luke s hospitals argued that a surgeon s past errors justify refusals while Locksley s team contends the case centers on anesthesiologists duties.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
High Court
Cedar Rapids
Herbert B. Locksley
Mercy
St. Luke’s Hospitals
Locksley
Mercy Hospital
David A. Elderkin
Halley
Iowa
Philadelphia
Raymond Stefani
Anesthesiologists
P.C
Truckers seek goodwill pledge to end strike
Independent truckers call off work stoppage if Congress issues a goodwill commitment addressing their problems. Mike Parkhurst and Bill Scheffer met with Rep. Kostmayer and others on Capitol Hill to draft an action plan, with a formal document to be approved by the truckers.
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Washington
Congress
House
Mike Parkhurst
Independent Truckers Association
Bill Scheffer
Indi
Capitol Hill
Peter Kostmayer
D-Pa
Douglas Applegate
Dohio
Ed Jenkins
D-Ga
Kostmayer
State workers poised to approve freeze for freeze deal
Union leaders report 89 percent ratification of the wage and health care freeze agreement with the state. The settlement preserves health cost protections, provides upfront breathing room, and includes a 4 percent raise next year with substantial portions receiving 4.5 percent step raises.
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American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
Don McKee
McKee
Peter Pashler
Public Employee Relations Board
Afscme
Man Gives Up Seat on Bus Woman Faints Then Man Faints
Humorous anecdote recounts a man yielding his bus seat to a woman who faints, her thanks followed by the man’s own fainting spell, illustrating a lighthearted chain of mishaps.
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Gazette Wire Services
Gazette
Deb Wiley
Hitchin’ Grounds
Souix City
Judy Daubenmier
Abby
Harvey
Marion
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