IRA bombs rip London in deadly double attack
Eight soldiers killed and 51 hurt as IRA bombs strike Hyde Park and Regent's Park during a royal military parade. Witnesses describe mangled bodies, scattered debris, and horses injured by shrapnel near Buckingham Palace. Prime Minister Thatcher vows justice.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Queen’s Own Mounted Guard
Hyde
Regent’s
Frederick Douglas
Regent’s Park
Associated Press
IRA
Sinn Fein
Northern Ireland
Britain
Irish Republic
Margaret Thatcher
House of Commons
Hyde Park
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth II
Household Cavalry
Horse Guards
Queen’s Household Cavalry Guard
Regent's Park
Reagan discusses Beirut crisis with Saudi and Syrian ministers
Saudi Arabia and Syria urged President Reagan to have the PLO withdraw to northern Lebanon as an opening step. They proposed an Arab League plan allowing limited PLO guerrilla numbers to stay, with Israel and Lebanon to accept a solution.
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Washington
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Reagan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Lebanon
Beirut
United States
PLO
West Beirut
Arab League
Israel
U.S
Abdul Halim Khaddam
Prince Saud al Faisal
CBS News
Khaddam
Damascus
Saud
Mideast
All the world loves a lover quotation at airport booth
A sign on a telephone booth at the airport quotes a witticism about lovers and those waiting to use the phone. The piece is labeled as copyrighted material.
Cedar Rapids Girl Killed After Car Collision
A four year old Cedar Rapids girl, Angela Kipp, died after darting into traffic from behind a parked car on Redbud Road NE. The driver, Phyllis Troy, 222 10th St NW, could not stop in time. No charges were filed. The death marks the third Cedar Rapids traffic fatality this year.
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Cedar Rapids
Redbud Road
Phyllis Troy
10Th St. NW
Redbud
Troy
Carver’s Middle East oil sting ruins a Muscatine fortune
Roy Carver, the Bandag founder and Iowa magnate, pursued a grand civic project while chasing a larger fortune. A Middle East oil deal, sparked by an Oklahoma evangelist and a Georgia contact, triggered a $15 million scam era that damaged his wealth and ego and derailed plans for an $11 million civic center donation.
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Carver
Roy J. Carver
Muscatine
Iowa
Roy Carver
Georgia
Holley
Augusta National
Eastern Iowa roads rated largely in critical condition
More than one third of Iowa Eastern region highways are in critical shape. IDOT reports 37 percent of District 6 routes and 33 percent of District 5 routes earn critical ratings, with about 26 percent of Iowa roads overall in critical condition. Jim Cable notes aging highways and high traffic drive the problem. The rating system aims to guide future road work and will be revised to emphasize maintenance.
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Ames
Iowa
IDOT
Cedar Rapids
Fairfield
Jim Cable
Cable
Idot Commission
Ian MacGillivray
Idot Planning and Research Division
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Ronald Benjamin
Knightsbridge Road
Rotten Row
Scotland Yard
C.R
St. Luke’s Hospital
Angela Kipp
James and
Linda Kipp
Knollshire Road
By Dale Kueter
Miami
Biscayne Bay
French Riviera
Oklahoma
Oral Roberts
Roberts
Sen
R. Eugene Holley
Augusta
Paris
By Dave Rasdal
Iowa Department of Transportation
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