Last-ditch bid to avert Falklands war advances
U N Secretary General Perez de Cuellar sent new Argentine peace proposals to Britain as Argentina and Britain exchange threats over the Falklands. Thatcher warned the next 48 hours could bring peace or a forceful settlement while Argentina says ships shell positions for the fifth straight day. NATO backed Britain and denounced Argentine aggression as talks continued in New York and Luxembourg.
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U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Britain
Falkland Islands
Argentina
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
Falklands
New York
Enrique Ros
Perez de Cuellar
Ros
Anthony Parsons
Luxembourg
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Joseph Luns
Wife to Husband Home From Work Exchange
A wife remarks on her husband’s expression saying the people in his office must have had a hard day. The line captures a tense domestic moment as he returns from work. Copyright context suggests a witty, offbeat exchange in a domestic setting.
Grand jury indicts Lewellyn on eight counts
A Cedar Rapids grand jury returned an eight count indictment against Gary Lewellyn a 33 year old former stockbroker He faces two counts of false statements to a bank to influence funds totaling 10990000 and six counts of embezzlement totaling 13452181 The case is led by U S Attorney Evan Hultman and Robert Teig The potential penalties total 34 years and 40000 in fines Lewellyn surrendered in Cedar Rapids on April 20 and is to be tried in the Northern District of Iowa
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Gary Lewellyn
District
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Evan Hultman
Robert Teig
James Reynolds
Hultman
Grand
Reynolds
Mum
Lewellyn
GOP Leaders Back Off Social Security Cut Effort
Senate Republicans abandon a plan to trim Social Security by 40 billion over three years and move to restore Medicare, student loans, veterans benefits, and housing funding. Domenici says 1983 deficit would exceed 112 billion even with modest adjustments.
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Washington
Senate
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Domenici
House
GOP
Bob
Howard Baker
Baker
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Congress
Linn inmates exploit jail phone system
Linn County jail inmates telephoned fellow prisoners after learning ten internal numbers and even received and re‑routed calls from outside the facility. New bells‑less phones installed to stop unauthorized calls comply with a federal order guaranteeing free local calls during set hours.
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Linn County
Roy Roseberry
Roseberry
Waterloo area posts nation’s highest March jobless rate
Waterloo Cedar Falls region faced 25.3 percent unemployment in March amid farm machinery layoffs affecting about 9 000 workers in the Deere area. Enid Oklahoma had the lowest rate at 3.4 percent, while Flint Anderson Saginaw and Modesto also posted high rates above 20 percent. The national unadjusted rate stood at 9.5 percent in March.
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Washington
UPI
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Labor Department
Flint
Saginaw
Mich
Anderson
Ind
Modesto
Calif
Enid
Okla
Stamford
Conn
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Black Hawk County
Deere and Co
A.K. Armstrong
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Bay City
Stockton
Janesville-Beloit
Wis
Muskegon- Norton Shores
Muskegon Heights
Detroit
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Raleigh- Durham
N.C
Tulsa
Lawrence
Kans
Houston
Gainesville
Fla
Tallahassee
Sioux Falls
M.C
Lafayette
Jim Lawrence
Aid line in Waterloo booming amid unemployment
UPI reports United Way of Black Hawk County says its aid line of taped messages is going like gangbusters as unemployment hits 25.3 percent in March in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Deere and Co idled plants for two weeks, but officials expect April rates to drop toward 8 to 9 percent.
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United Way
Black Hawk County
Iowa
Ager
Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
Deere and Co
Deere
Lawrence
Waterloo
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Esther Bremer
Paris
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Illinois
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Linn
Chuck Hess
United Auto Workers
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