Israel rejects Arafat pullout terms amid Beirut siege
Arafat agreed to withdraw guerrillas from Lebanon but Israel firmly rejected his plan to leave two token brigades and a diplomatic mission. The cease-fire broke down as fighting intensified around West Beirut and blockades disrupted water power and medicine. Lebanon's prime minister warned he may quit negotiations if the blockade persists.
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Gazette Wire Services
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Lebanon
Israel
Arafat
PLO
Beirut
West Beirut
Al-Watan
Salah Khalaf
Khalaf
United States
Bashir
Gemayel
Lebanese Authority
Mahmoud Labadi
Bourj el Barajneh
Associated Press
Terry Anderson
Moslem
Shafik Wazzan
U.S
Philip Habib
Wazzan
Habib
Baabda
United Nations
Columbia lands after flawless fourth shuttle test at Edwards
President Reagan hails Columbia as it glides to a centerline touchdown on a concrete strip after a seven day mission. Thousands cheer as 206th birthday festivities join the welcome, marking a near perfect flight of 2.9 million miles over 112 orbits and a new altitude record.
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Gazette Wire Services
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Spaceship Columbia
Reagan
Ken Mattingly
Henry Hartsfield
Columbia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jim Kukowski
Rogers Dry Lake
Antelope Valley
Mission Control
Cape Canaveral
Deceptive Practices Cost Consumers Billions
A Justice Department study says deceptive business practices defraud consumers of billions annually and corrode moral values. It notes fraud spans from corporate real estate swindles to local bait-and-switch schemes and harms legitimate businesses by diverting sales to fraudulent firms.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
National Institute of Justice
Department
Wrinkles Thought Inherit From Parents, From Kids Says Study
A humorous note suggests wrinkles may be hereditary with parents acquiring them from their children. The playful line appears in a copyright era caption describing family traits and aging.
Fugitive Barry Prudom dies in Yorkshire gunfight on tennis court
Britain's most wanted fugitive Barry Prudom is killed after a 17 day manhunt across Yorkshire. Police say he refused to surrender to 60 officers and died clutching a pistol and a machete. The case stems from a motive linked to his marriage breakup and alleged police killings.
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Gazette Wire Services
Malton
England
Yorkshire
Britain
Barry Prudom
Prudom
North Yorkshire Police
Kenneth Henshaw
Eddie McGee
Politics breaks gender norms in Linn County politics
Sally Novetzke and Judy Perkins, Cedar Rapids women, chair the Linn County Republican and Democratic Central Committees, proving politics is not a man’s game. Both credit upbringing and personal independence for their willingness to lead, reflecting a grassroots shift and long apprenticeship in local politics.
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Novetzke
Indian Hill Road
Women’s Liberation Movement
Perkins
B Ave. NW
Republican Organization
Cedar Rapids
John Culver
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