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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1985

Page

9

Ethiopian train derailment tolls and regional impact detailed

Radio reports train derailment near Arba and Khora in Ethiopia killed 418 to 449 people with 559 injured out of about 1000 aboard. Djibouti officials cite 418 deaths, 559 injuries. bodies sent to Awash. famine aid shipments continue via Assab. Context includes regional rebel activity and past attacks on the line.

Voice of Revolutionary Ethiopia Djibouti Company Communications Dire Dawa Ethiopia Addis Ababa Arba Khora Ahmed Duala Djiboutian Ethio-Djibouti Railway Co Nairobi Free Port Gulf of Aden France Duala Red Sea Assab Tigre Eritrea Ogaden Bangladesh Modane Savoie French Alps Salerno Italy Nashville

Subversive claims tied to CIA spying amid Beirut tensions

A caller accuses Americans at Catholic Relief Services and others of CIA involvement while missing and captured individuals in Beirut are named. French troops face renewed danger as truce lines hold amid explosions and crossfire. Unconfirmed reports link kidnappings to possible prisoner exchanges with Shiite Muslims in Kuwait.

CIA Jenco William Buckley U.S Benjamin Weir Jeremy Levin Cable Peter Kilburn American University of Beirut French Ministry of Defense Patrice Grecourt Henri Perrot Beirut Druse Claude Cuenot Islamic Jihad Marine Barracks Kuwait

Weather outlook extended with cold snap and warm highs

Extended forecast calls for little to no precipitation from Thursday to Saturday with highs from the upper 20s to low 40s and nightly lows 5 to 15. A separate Michigan storm dumped 10 inches of snow with gusts to 45 mph causing near blizzard conditions and road closures.

Michigan Upper Michigan Lake Superior Upper Great Lakes Lake Erie New York Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Manitoba Upper Peninsula Lake Michigan Lower Peninsula Muskegon Benton Harbor Interstate 94 Negaunee Mich Marquette San Antonio National Weather Service Ken Falk

Canadian weather report highlights across major cities

Monday forecast shows varying conditions: Calgary cloudy 20 to 36, Regina cloudy 8 to 13, Edmonton cloudy 13 to 28, Toronto snow 25 to 30, Vancouver rain 36 to 42, Winnipeg snow 12 to 2 with a few stray mentions of snow elsewhere.

Bismarck Chicago Calgary Regina Edmonton Toronto Vancouver Winnipeg

Israel eyes six to twelve mile buffer in Lebanon pullback

Israeli officials describe a plan to withdraw to a border buffer zone six to twelve miles wide in southern Lebanon. The zone would be controlled by the South Lebanon army and patrolled by Israeli units with 20,000 troops in the area. Prime Minister Shimon Peres backs the plan despite internal Likud opposition and Syria’s stance.

South Lebanon Shimon Peres Labor Coalition Likud Yitzhak Shamir Lebanon Labor Party Israel Syria

Former legislators transition to lobbyists in Iowa scene

Former lawmakers like Krewson Anderson Menke and Kennedy discuss leaving formal power and gaining new limits. They will lobby for issues such as child welfare and the auto workers while facing lounge restrictions and the need to prove nonpartisanship.

House Senate Krewson Polk County Lutheran Social Services Anderson United Auto Workers Menke Terry Branstad Chamber David Brasher National Federation of Independent Businesses Gene Kennedy Dubuque

FDA plans crackdown on nonprescription baldness cures

FDA officials described baldness cures as shady fringe products and announced a proposed rule to ban sale of nonprescription preparations with baldness claims. Minoxidil is under study by Upjohn for potential prescription use after trials with 2,200 volunteers.

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