Falklands Crisis Rages As British Seaborne Assault Unfolds
British forces land 5,000 on East Falkland after UN envoy quits mediation. Argentine warplanes sink HMS Ardent with about 20 missing and 30 wounded as three other ships take minor damage. Britain says 16 Argentine planes and four helicopters destroyed. one Sea Harrier and two recce helicopters lost. A helicopter ferrying troops ditched with 21 dead. Prime Minister Menachem Begin survives Israeli no confidence vote by one. Senate panel moves to cut 166.3 million in El Salvador military aid over land reform suspension. Dominican Republic wires declare Jorge Blanco winner of presidential race.
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Motel switch to house St Luke's Auxiliary at Cedar Rapids
The Unique Motel will be bought and remodeled to serve as quarters for St Luke's Methodist Hospital Auxiliary and volunteers. Wayne Engle helped negotiate the option to purchase the building next to the hospital. Plans include ten motel rooms for families of patients, seven rooms and second floor for a gift shop and offices. Edgewood Road SW paving bid comes in under estimate at 21.4 percent. E F Cement & Asphaltic Concrete Co. Inc. of Cedar Rapids awarded $334,847 for widening Edgewood Road to four lanes with a turning lane.
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Iowa storm spawns funnel clouds and power outages across counties
An eastern Iowa storm system produced 17 funnel clouds and heavy rain last Thursday. Tornadoes touched ground near Belle Plaine and several other towns, with no damage reported. Lightning outages affected 550 Cedar Rapids residents. 649 Rural Electric Cooperative customers near North Liberty and Tiffin lost power briefly. A Tama apartment blaze saved by a neighbor left 10 homeless and caused $350,000 in damage.
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Senate approves budget with tax hikes amid social cutbacks
The Senate passed a White House backed budget with 107 billion in tax increases over three years and a 116 billion deficit for 1983 in a 49 to 43 vote. Republicans failed to advance Social Security savings and opposed delaying a July 1983 10 percent personal income tax cut.
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