Lebanese Tanks Shelling Guerilla-Held Buildings
Beirut in turmoil as Lebanese tanks bombard high rise guerrilla held buildings while machine guns and bazookas fire in the streets. Government and Palestinian fighters clash. Cease-fire efforts fail. casualties mount on both sides and a hostage release drama unfolds amid rising regional tensions.
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Beirut
Suleiman Franjieh
Lebanon
Dbaye
Associated Press
Saika Group
Riad Awad
Yasser Arafat
Amin Hafez
Arafat
Lawmakers debate amendments to Pleasant Creek lake plan
Iowa representatives from Cedar Falls Waterloo Story City Fort Dodge discuss amendments to a 3 million dollar appropriation for land acquisition dam design and construction for the Pleasant Creek lake project near Palo. One amendment would carve out 730 thousand dollars for land work while another would raise the total to 3.09 million with 90 thousand more for shoreline riprap projects across 29 lakes.
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Pleasant Creek Lake
Palo
Adrian Brinck
West Point
Russell Wyckoff
Winton
Richard Norpel
Bellevue
Emil Husak
Tama
John Patchett
North Liberty
Patchett
Commission
Cambodian Forces Hit By Gas Barrage Near Phnom Penh
Communist forces bombarded Neak Luong and surrounding areas with toxic gas shells overrunning two Cambodian battalions southeast of Phnom Penh. Twenty were killed and about 580 captured as fighting intensified despite a thunderstorm that limited U S air raids.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Neak Luong
Mekong River
U. S
Mekong
South Vietnam
Cartoon shows tourist at statue of liberty joke
A Daily Telegraph cartoon caption jokes that a tourist believes the Statue of Liberty’s torch is for burning files. The UPI report notes the cartoon appeared in the London paper on Thursday.
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London
UPI
Daily Telegraph
Temple Judah
Yehuda Bauer
Bauer
Institute of Contemporary Jewry
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
Two Children Taken from U. Hospitals
Iowa City officials say two boys aged 12 and 5 were abducted from the pediatrics ward of University Hospitals in Iowa City around 7 30 p m by two men. Police believe the men are brothers of Doris McDonnel, with three of her other children also in care. no charges filed by Thursday morning.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University Hospitals
Doris McDonnel
L's
Johnson County Social Services Department
McDonnel
Iowa City Man Awarded $8 500 in Motorcycle Collision
Johnson county jury awarded $8,500 to John G. McGinnis III for injuries from a November 22, 1967 collision in Iowa City. The judgment was against Betty Lou Lacina and Wayne R. Lacina, who were accused of a left turn from the right lane causing the crash with a motorcycle in the left lane.
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Iowa City
John G. McGinnis, III
Betty Lou Lacina
Wayne R. Lacina
McGinnis
Services Slated for Ralph Callaghan 57
Ralph Callaghan age 57 of Cascade formerly Bernard died Wednesday. Survived by son Michael Cedar Rapids, brother Lawrence Cascade, five sisters Mrs Gerald O Connell Cascade, Mrs Cecil Hines Dubuque, Mrs Louis Keating Onslow, Tone Callaghan Monticello, Mrs Merlin Noonan Anamosa. Services 11:30 Saturday at St Patrick s Church North Garryowen. Friends may call at Devaney s Cascade after 7 Thursday.
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Cascade
Ralph
Scoop) Callaghan
Bernard
Michael
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence
Gerald O'Connell
Cecil Hines
Dubuque
Louis Keating
Onslow
Tone Callaghan
Monticello
Merlin Noonan
Anamosa
St. Patrick's Church
North Garryowen
Devaney’s
City Briefs Tools Taken From Cars and Homes
Police reports list several thefts from residences and vehicles. Rick Garrett reported tools valued at 350 stolen from a car on Twentieth Avenue NW Tuesday night. Ted Slaman said four fishing poles valued at 200 stolen from his Gateway Gardens home early Thursday. Additional notices include wheel and tire thefts, and various ads for local events and services.
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Rick Garrett
Twentieth Avenue NW
Ted Slaman
Gateway Gardens
Hawkeye Winnebago
First Avenue SE
Ozark Mechanic Strike Continues
ST. LOUIS AP The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assn strike against Ozark Air Lines enters a second week with no talks planned. Union says unqualified staff are doing maintenance. company counters 71 qualified supervisors handle planes. Jets grounded. operations halted in 62 cities across 15 states, 1,800 employees idle. Federal mediator separately talks with each side.
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ST. Louis
Ozark
Senate Debates Aid to Elderly in Tax Relief Bill
DES MOINES Senate debates for the third day on a property tax relief measure for 155000 low income homeowners and renters over 65 or totally disabled. The bill aims to cap relief at 500 per year, with incomes 6000 or less, costing about 6.6 million annually beyond existing credits. Democrats sought a larger relief formula at roughly 1 million more but were blocked.
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Des Moines
Senate
Robert Ray
Gerry Rankin
William Gluban
Davenport
Hopkinton Rites for Nettie Boots Doman
Nettie Boots Doman 82 Hopkinton died Thursday born January 19 1891 in Hopkinton lived in Cedar Rapids 1922 to 1970 then moved back Survived by two sons Louis Cozart Cedar Rapids Robert Cozart Phoenix Ore four grandchildren seven great grandchildren a brother Harvey Boots Cedar Rapids a sister Bertha Pritchard Park Rapids Minn Services Saturday at 11 a.m. at Goettsch s in Hopkinton burial in Hopkinton
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Hopkinton
Nettie Boots Doman
Cedar Rapids
Louis Cozart
Robert Cozart
Phoenix
Ore
Harvey Boots
Bertha Pritchard
Park Rapids
Minn
Goettsch’s
Israeli Policewoman Lets Traffic Slow To A Bottleneck
Mitza Levy, 21, a visiting Israeli policewoman in Montreal, tried directing traffic and created a bottleneck as drivers hesitated and gathered around. The brief incident drew curious onlookers and a lighthearted crowd, with no injuries reported.
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Montreal
Que
Mitza Levy
Israel
Cedar Rapids Grain Service reelects officers at annual meeting
At the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Grain Service annual meeting George Lawrence of Penick and Ford was reelected president. Other officers reelected were Dwayne Monroe as vice president Richard J. Ryan as treasurer and Harold F Ewoldt as secretary. It Pays To Advertise.
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Fatima
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Grain Service
George Lawrence
Penick and Ford
Dwayne Monroe
Richard J. Ryan
Harold F. Ewoldt
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Waterloo
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Story City
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Pierson
Ellis Blvd
N.W
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U. Hospitals
Ralph Callaghan
Churchill Memorial
Jerome's
IE Tower
Gazette
Dial
Optimist
Stickney
Marion
Budweiser, Schlitz, Hamms
Murray’s Grocery
Center Point
Embassy Club
Roy Tindal
Youth For Christ
Terri’s Beauty Shoppe
Skip Dyer
Legion Town Club
Legionnaires
Bob Hersom
Johnny’s Parkway Corner
Ellis and
B. Cobbey Crisler
Coe College
Hickok Hall
Daycroft School
Jonas Harnish
Daniels Street
F ° Avenue
Center Point Road
Blue Moon
1St Ave
Barbosa Brothers Musical Group
Elks Club
Elks
Kennedy High School
Kennedy
Kirkwood Community College
Ehlers
Holland
Michigan
Pella
Travel and Transport
Witwer Insurance
Henry Witwer - Waller Fry
Archdiocese of
St. Raphael's Cathedral
James J. Byrne
Cedar Rapids St. Lucmila's
All Saints
Alfred Williams
Portugal
Paul VI
St. Mary's
Manchester
St. John's
Independence
St. Mary's, Vining
Nettie Boots
Doman
Grain Service
Stent Li Vege
Second Avenue
Tentaege
Heaven
Earth
Moses
Adventist Church
42Nd St
Edgewood Road
Voice of Prophecy Bible Crusade
Ben Green
Crusade
Naomi
Bonnie Green
Voice of Prophecy Bible Crusade Assn
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