Thirteen indicted in murder of Fort Madison inmate Tyson
Thirteen men face first degree murder charges for the Sept murder of Gary Tyson during a Fort Madison prison uprising. Twelve inmates from Iowa State Penitentiary plus one former inmate were indicted by a North Lee County grand jury. Tyson, 31, was found dead in the dining hall with his throat cut. Indictments name defendants from Waterloo Des Moines Rock Island and other locations with various prior sentences.
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Iowa State Penitentiary
Gary Tyson
Waterloo
Des Moines
Sioux City
Lee County
Tyson
Black Hawk County
Bill Roach
State Attorney General's Office
the Gazette
Roach
Cahill
Burlington
Ronald Lam
Rock Island
Ill
Muscatine
U S ships renew offer to PLO amid Beirut siege
Washington renews its offer to help the PLO leave Lebanon as Israeli artillery pounds West Beirut. U S troops may assist evacuation while a peacekeeping force is discussed. Habib negotiates to resolve key points with Israel and the PLO despite Arafat's reservations.
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Gazette
Washington
PLO
Lebanon
West Beirut
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
United States
White House
Caspar Weinberger
Israel
Rail union to strike if Reagan fails to intervene
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers warns it will strike this weekend without presidential action. W F Davis says the 40,000-member union awaits a contract settlement or intervention under the Railway Labor Act. A nationwide freight train shutdown could result if the walkout proceeds. Reagan aides say the president has been briefed and will consider options.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Reagan
W.F. Davis
Cleveland
Aspirin Aids Bypass Patients In Postop Study
Mayo Clinic researchers report aspirin combined with dipyridamole given after coronary bypass surgery markedly reduced graft clogging. In a trial of 407 patients, 8 percent on aspirin plus dipyridamole vs 21 percent on placebo had at least one clogged graft within a month.
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Boston
Mayo Clinic
Mayo
J.H. Chesebro
New England Journal of Medicine
Optimist’s Banter About Chocolate Bars and Wrappers
An optimistic quip compares belief that a chocolate bar will fill its wrapper to a hopeful outlook. The line plays on expectation versus space, prompting a light moral about perception and satisfaction.
Amtrak keeps Zephyr on Burlington Northern route in Iowa
Amtrak will not shift the San Francisco Zephyr from the Burlington Northern line through southern Iowa at this time due to high costs and track upgrades needed on the North Western path. Senior director Bill Gallagher cites hundreds of millions in upgrades and station costs, while CNW notes revenue issues and the need for compatible signaling.
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Wazette
Amtrak
Iowa
Chicago and North Western
Bill Gallagher
The
North Western
Chicago
Burlington Northern
Gallagher
CNW
Jim Macdonald
Washington
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Ames
Boone
Pam Dickson
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Vietnams withdraws troops from Cambodia disclosed
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach said Hanoi would withdraw a significant number of the roughly 200,000 troops in Cambodia. He would not specify counts and suggested timing aimed at Sihanouk’s return from exile. He also said abandoned children of American servicemen in Vietnam could go to the United States if accepted by U.S. authorities.
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Los Angeles Times
HO Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Nguyen Co Thach
Cambodia
Thach
Norodom Sihanouk
Peking
United States
U.S
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