Arafat open to deal to save trapped forces in Beirut
Lebanese sources report PLO intently seeks to discuss laying down arms in exchange for U S recognition and safe exit for its leaders in west Beirut. Arafat denies intent to surrender while calling for direct talks with the United States to avert massive violence.
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Gazette
Palestine Liberation Organization
West Beirut
United States
PLO
Mahmoud Labadi
Yasser Arafat
Shafik Wazzan
Wazzan
Lebanon
Abdullah Labban
Hani Hassan
Arafat
U.S
Beirut
Mideast
Red ink again predicted for Iowa's jobless fund
Iowa's unemployment trust fund again faces red ink and possible bankruptcy with a projection of insolvency by early July. Officials said borrowing up to $35 million from the federal government may be needed, costing the state millions in interest.
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Gazette Wire Services
Des Moines
Iowa
Job Service of Iowa
Job Service
Ralph Hoksbergen
Hoksbergen
Fraud ring sold fake Social Security cards to illegal aliens
Federal investigators told a Senate committee that a Los Angeles operation led by Frank and Maria Richards bilked illegal aliens out of about 1.5 million dollars by selling phony Social Security cards at 20 dollars each and other documents. The ring used coded applications mailed in government envelopes to mislead the system.
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Washington
Senate
Daniel Lane
Walter Hempel
Senate Permanent Subcommittee
Lane
Department of Health and Human Services
Hempel
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Los Angeles
Frank and
Maria Richards
Gwendolyn Gay
Social Security Administration
Richards
Farm groups challenge NAS cancer diet link
Nine farm groups criticized a National Academy of Sciences report for linking diet to cancer saying it conflicted with prior academy findings. The study suggests lower fat meats and more vegetables may help prevent cancers, while a 1980 Food and Nutrition Board report denied nutrition cancer ties.
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Mee Tarneile
National Academy of Sciences
Academy
Kim McAdams
Des Moines
National Pork Producers Council
National Research Council
Food and Nutrition Board
McAdams
Clifford Grobstein
Washington
Grobstein
University of California At
San Diego
Bruce Berven
Ames
Iowa Cattlemen's Association
Index Today's Chuckle
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Industry suffers as housing recovers
The Federal Reserve Board says the May factory operating rate dropped to 70.8 percent of capacity, the lowest in seven years, with steel at 46.9 percent, the weakest since a 23 year-old strike. The May rate was 0.2 point below April, signaling nine of the last ten months of cutbacks. Industrial production also fell 0.2 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Housing Starts Jump 22.3 Percent Surges in U.S.
UPI reports housing construction rose 22.3 percent last month to an annual rate of 1,086,000, the strongest rebound since the 1980 recession. Builders caution the rise does not prove a recovery without lower interest rates.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Capitol Hill
National Association of Home Builders
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