Guatemalan election draws voters amid clashes
Voters including Mayan women cast ballots across Guatemala despite guerrilla attacks and police clashes. Early returns show Gen Anibal Guevara leading with 3,491 votes, Mario Sandoval Alarcon second, Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre third, as turnout remains heavy and lines extend past closing time.
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Guatemala City
UPI
Walfre del Valle
Escuintla
Anibal Guevara
Mario Sandoval Alarcon
Domenici pushes bipartisanship on budget plan
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Domenici of New Mexico says Congress can craft a bipartisan budget package as an alternative to Reagan's plan. Mondale blasts Reagan economics as a colossal mistake and warns voters will respond in 1982 elections.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Senate Budget Committee
Congress
Reagan
Walter Mondale
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Domenici
Mondale
New Some People Never Will Admit It When They've Lost
A brief editorial note discusses the human tendency to avoid admitting defeat in an argument. It suggests many claim they failed to articulate their stance rather than concede. The piece reflects on communication and pride in debate.
Gas price decline marks largest drop in years
LA AP reports nationwide gas prices fell over 2 percent in two weeks, the biggest plunge since the 1960s. Lundberg estimates a 12 cent drop from last year's peak of 1.378, with a future gradual decline before stabilization as crude output moderates.
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Los Angeles
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg
Mass killings in El Salvador hamlets alleged by guerrillas
U S officials investigate claims that Salvadoran security forces killed about 124 people in El Campanario and nearby hamlets San Benito and Pita Puente around January 25. Guerrillas control the area. reporters toured with armed guards and found skulls and bones, but verification is unavailable.
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Gazette Wire
San Vicente
San Benito
Pita Puente
el Campanario
San Salvador
el Salvador
Ephraim
Salvador
Iowa Minnesota rivalry dominates Cedar Rapids chatter
A sweeping column recalls the bitter triple overtime loss to Minnesota. The piece links late game drama from the arena to church, police, and workplace conversations, noting how fans, officials, and workers keep debating the outcome and implications of the 1982 Iowa basketball finish.
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Minnesota
Midstate Airlines
Swearingen Metro
Cedar Rapids
St. Andrew Lutheran Church
Philip Haugen
Mark Gannon
Darryl Mitchell
Purdue
Tom Breeg
Jim Bain
Iowa
Tommy’s
First Avenue
Pentagon
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Chisec
Chicacao
Zahuapa
Puerto Barrios
Caribbean
Walt James
New York City
Rome
John Paul II
Guatemala
Domenici Optimistic
Marion
Metro
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Harry
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Hayden Blah
Lute
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