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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1981

Page

3

Syriaites vow missiles stay while troops remain in Lebanon

Syria said SAM batteries will stay in Lebanon as long as its forces remain in Lebanon, while Israel demanded removal and threatened action. Talks in Beirut and Damascus involvement included Soviet official Korniyenko and U S envoy Habib calling the situation dangerous as artillery fire echoed near the presidential palace. Syrian President Assad warned of retaliation against any Israeli aggression as Syrian missiles and troops move in eastern Lebanon near the Zahrauni area.

Beirut Lebanon Syria Israel Damascus Soviet Union Georgy Korniyenko Reagan Philip Habib Elias Sarkis Habib Shafik Wazzan Hafez Assad Zaharani Zahle Tel Aviv Mordechai Zippori Israel Radio Zaharani River Zippori Shimon Peres Litani Alexander M. Haig Jr Washington Haig

Fired ambassador charges cover up

Former U S ambassador Robert White accused both the Salvadoran government and the military of a cover up after saying six National Guard enlisted men were arrested in the killings of four U S missionaries near San Salvador. FBI said six rifles were received for testing. The women, two Maryknoll members, were found shot and raped near the capital two days after their decedents. The Rev Roy Bourgeois, another Catholic priest, traveled to Miami after a kidnapping scare.

Gazette Wire Washington State Department U.S el Salvador FBI Roger Young Robert White el Salvadoran Government, the Military, Are Holding Six National Guard San Salvador Alexander M. Haig Jr White Haig Reagan Carter Central America Maryknoll Order Riverside Calif San Bernardino Los Angeles Times Robert R. Diaz

Hunger strike nears death toll as IRA demands rise abroad

Northern Ireland police warn the public to stay vigilant as three more jailed IRA members near death on hunger strike. Insiders say 70 to 100 inmates at Maze prison plan a mass hunger strike to press for political prisoner status, while Britain refuses to grant it.

Gazette Wire Services Belfast Northern Ireland IRA Bobby Sands Britain Provisional Irish Republican Army Irish National Liberation Army INLA Philip Ellis James Power Dublin Irish Republic Garrett Fitzgerald Fine Gael Sands Bers Francis Hughes Raymond Mcreesh Patrick O’hara Maze Long Kesh Humphrey Atkins

Congress moves to kill Clinch River breeder project

The House Science and Technology Committee voted 22 18 to delete all construction funds for the $3 billion Clinch River Breeder Reactor in Tennessee. An Energy Department authorization bill with $230 million to start construction was voted down, leaving full House and Senate reconciliation as next steps.

Washington House Science and Technology Committee Clinch River Tennessee Claudine Schneider R-R.i Energy Department Senate

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