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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1981

Page

2

PLO decries Israeli flights as cease-fire violation

Beir ut Lebanon AP Israeli reconnaissance jets flew two missions over Beirut drawing anti air craft fire from Palestinian guerrillas who called the flights a breach of the U S mediated two day truce The PLO official said it was a violation but the group would act with restraint Leaders from the PLO and U S representatives discussed bolstering the U N peace keeping force in southern Lebanon amid warnings from an Israeli backed militia about possible truce breaches The cease fire ends after 15 days of fighting with Arafat saying the truce does not cover West Bank and Gaza while Israel warned that cross border shelling and hijackings would violate the accord

Beirut Lebanon Palestine Liberation Organization Palestine WAFA U.S Menachem Begin Israel Begin U.N Tom Lantos D-Calif Millicent Fenwick R-N.j PLO Mahmoud Labadi Yasser Arafat Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine General Command Maj Saad Haddad Free Philip Habib Arafat United Nations Habib ABC News West Bank Jordan River Gaza Strip Jordan Uri Porat Henry Jackson D-Wash Syria Libya Jackson Senate NBC

Reagan hosts Democrats at Camp David for tax cut push

President Reagan invited a group of Democratic congressmen to Camp David for a Sunday barbecue and lunch as he lobbied for support of his tax cut plan ahead of a pivotal vote. The White House says the House will decide between the 25 percent three year cut and a 15 percent two year alternative, with revisions adding over 65 billion in changes including inflation indexing from 1985 and oil industry relief. The guest list featured southern lawmakers such as Atkinson Bennett Byron English Hatcher Hall Hance Hefner Huckaby Mazzoli Mott Shelby Skelton. Senate and House Republicans urged the president to limit remarks to taxes in tonight's address, steering away from Social Security.

Washington Reagan Camp David Maryland Catoctin Mountains White House House Eugene Atkinson Pennsylvania Charles Bennett Florida Beverly Byron Glen English David McCurdy Oklahoma Billy Lee Evans Charles Hatcher Georgia Ralph Hall Kent Hance Texas Bill Hefner North Carolina Jerry Huckaby Louisiana Romano Mazzoli Kentucky Ron Mott Ohio Richard Shelby Alabama Ike Skelton Missouri Senate Howard Baker Robert Michel

Hunger strike milestone as Doherty survives 66 days

In Northern Ireland the Maze hunger strike reaches a macabre milestone as Kieran Doherty survives 66 days without food. IRA prisoner Bobby Sands died on May 5 at the start of his 66th day. five others have died after fasts between 45 and 60 days.

Belfast Northern Ireland Maze Kieran Doherty Irish Republican Army Bobby Sands Terence McSwiney London Brixton Prison Doherty Kevin Lynch

Fires scorch Utah rangeland and homes near Oak City

Lightning fires burned about 79 500 acres of rangeland and trees across Utah Sunday, with four houses destroyed and two large blazes near Oak City threatening more property. Idaho crews cooled an 87 000 acre range fire near Shoshone, the largest there this year.

Oak City Utah Idaho Burea Shoshone

Lawsuits may take years to settle after Hyatt sky bridge collapse

Kansas City jurisdiction faces lengthy litigation over the Hyatt Regency sky bridge collapse that killed 111 and wounded 186. An Occidental Fire and Casualty Co. attorney warned a settlement may not occur before 1985, with public access to cause of the disaster also at risk during discovery.

Kansas City, Mo UPI Hyatt Regency Hotel Paul Niewald Occidental Fire and Casualty Co

Williams case ties fibers to 12 other slayings

Philadelphia report says fibers from Wayne Williams connected to victims in the two-year Atlanta slayings. An unnamed investigator cited by the Inquirer said authorities want to watch the two murder prosecutions before acting on other cases. Atlanta officials declined comment.

Philadelphia API Atlanta Wayne Williams Philadelphia Inquirer Maynard Jackson Jackson the Inquirer Williams Jimmy Ray Payne Nathaniel Cater

Nuclear reactor incidents rise 20 percent in 1980 report

A Critical Mass study says U S nuclear reactors logged 3804 incidents in 1980 up 20 percent from 1979, with Sequoyah Tennessee the top offender at 238 incidents. NRC counters that new plants and data handling inflate figures while warning LER counts don’t measure overall safety.

Washington Ralph Nader Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sequoyah Tennessee Hatch IT Georgia Davis Besse Ohio Critical Mass Lers Carl Michelson NRC Richard Udell Browns Ferry Alabama Crystal River Florida Paul Turner Atomic Industrial Forum Turner Arkansas II Brunswick II North Carolina North Anna I Virginia Fitzpatrick I New York Beaver Valley I Pennsylvania Pilgrim I Massachusetts

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