World News Highlights From the Week
Negotiations on evacuating 6000 PLO guerrillas trapped in west Beirut stall as Arab states refuse to accept them. Reagan says the U S was surprised by the Israel invasion while Begin urges civilians to flee amid flare drops over the city. In Colombo a Sri Lankan hijacker released after securing ransom and reunion with his family. Six foreign journalists found safe after being taken by rebels in El Salvador. U S and Soviet Union open Geneva talks on strategic arms reduction led by Rowny and Karpov. Britain to name Prince William after birth of Charles and Diana’s son.
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Palestine Liberation Organization
West Beirut
U.S
Philip Habib
PLO
Washington
Reagan
United States
Lebanon
Menachem Begin
el Salvador
Soviet Union
Geneva
Switzerland
Edward Rowny
Viktor Karpov
Linn County audit and court cases dominate Cedar Rapids news
State figures clash with Linn County Auditor Merle Kopel over accounting methods amid a public county audit. Cedar Rapids contracts face minority participation scrutiny as Knutson Construction favored for Ground Transportation Center work. Linn County funds aid Anne Skoog’s treatment in Minnesota, while a Cedar Rapids jury convicts Bruce Hatter of kidnapping. Procter & Gamble faces $300,000 toxic shock ruling. Cedar Rapids area unemployment sparks Urban Development Action Grant interest. Gary Lewellyn trial delayed to August on eight counts of bank embezzlement with gambling defense.
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Linn County
Merle Kopel
Kopel
Kinderknecht Associates
Cedar Rapids
Newson Construction
Omaha
Knutson Construction
Minneapolis
Knutson
Kinderknecht-Newson
Knutson Construction Co
Gene Jackson
Edward McManus
Procter & Gamble
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Don Canney
Gary Lewellyn
Des Moines
Lewellyn
Conlin reports wealth and no 1981 state income tax
Democratic candidate Iowa Roxanne Conlin disclosed that she paid no state income tax for 1981 despite a net worth exceeding 2.1 million dollars. Her husband’s assets total about 5.4 million with 3.2 million in liabilities, largely from Des Moines real estate, described as paper wealth akin to many Iowa farmers.
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Roxanne Conlin
Conlin
Des Moines
Iowa
Columbia Shuttle Fourth Test Flight Opens Manned Space Ops
The National Shuttle Columbia launched from Cape Canaveral marking the fourth and last test flight and the start of manned military space operations. Parachute failure sank the boosters in the Atlantic, costing 36 million dollars, and a door failed to close due to temperature extremes before astronauts Mattingly and Hartsfield closed it. President Reagan expected to witness a California landing at Edwards AFB.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Ken Mattingly
Henry Hartsfield
Atlantic
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Reagan
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