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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1982
Page
6
Fire rages along Beirut southern outskirts as Israeli forces and Palestinians clash under an undeclared truce. Habib hones talks with Lebanese leaders while a PLO withdrawal plan faces pressure from Washington and calls for leadership change in Egypt’s press.
OPEC broke up near midnight after a divisive session to resolve dissension and market sharing. Iran and Libya pressed for larger shares while others accused excess production. UAE minister cited Libya seeking 1 million and Iran 3 million barrels daily.
A stolen tank from Sullivan Barracks marauded through Mannheim for 24% hours causing extensive damage to cars and shops. One man was seriously hurt while fleeing the tank. The vehicle tore a three foot hole in a streetcar and ripped down trolley lines, halting streetcar service for two hours. Military police blocked the Neckar River bridge, ending the spree with the tank ending inverted in the river.
Officials pull two armored recorders from wreckage and transport them to Washington for data recovery. The disaster killed 145 aboard and eight on the ground, including a 6-year-old girl, while homes were damaged, and a missing persons recovery offered a glimmer of hope.
At the Armand Hammer Conference on Peace and Human Rights a unanimous resolution urged a U S Soviet summit soon to defuse tensions. Hammer called for a Reagan Brezhnev face to face meeting, saying it would crown the event's success and noting recent Lebanon signals. The three day meeting drew 50+ delegates from 34 nations including the Soviet Union and Poland.
A low pressure system and cold front spread showers and thunderstorms from the Mississippi Valley into the upper Great Lakes and lower Ohio Valley Saturday evening. Isolated storms followed the front across north central Texas to southeast New Mexico. Thunderstorm winds unroofed a house and downed power lines in Carbondale Illinois. Extended forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Tuesday through Thursday with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. National temps ranged from 36 at Gunnison Colorado to 112 at Lake Havasu City Arizona.
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