Pressure on Arafat to quit Tripoli and end Lebanon war
The report notes growing calls for Yasser Arafat to leave Tripoli as fighting escalates in Lebanon. Syria fires missiles at U S aircraft while Marines come under fire near Beirut airport. The piece cites statements from Rashid Karami and comments by U S and allied officials on the crisis.
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Thomas Eagleton
D-Ma
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Alan Dixon
D-Ill
U.S
Lebanon
Gazette Wire Services
Beirut
Yasser Arafat
Tripoli
PLO
Tunis
Syria
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Anson Franklin
Reagan
Tokyo
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Wayne Jones
Rashid Karami
Arafat
Karami
Damascus
Palestine Liberation Organization
Vietnam Veterans Find Healing On Veterans Day 1983
On Veterans Day 1983, Vietnam veterans and veterans of other wars show signs of reconciliation after years of tension from the war. The American Legion reports 700000 Vietnam veterans among its 2.59 million members, second to World War II veterans, with Iowa aiding a Vietnam Memorial at the Statehouse and continued efforts to welcome vets while some remain wary of close grouping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
United States
American Legion
Legion
Iowa
Iowa Statehouse
Des Moines
Bettie Andrews
Cedar Rapids
Sign on the Oregon California border district note
A border sign at the Oregon California line reads Leaving California resum normal behavior. The image captioned item references a humorous or satirical message about reentering California. No additional context or attribution provided.
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Oregon-California
California
Iowa strikes oil near Casper Wyoming well
Iowa state officials announced an oil strike on a landholding east of Casper, Wyoming, held by Des Moines contractor Glenn G. Herrick. The state owns one eighth of the royalty and expects annual earnings. initial production was 60 barrels daily, now about 30 to stabilize, with a second well planned next year.
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Judy Daubenmier Lazette
Des Moines
Jean Des Moines
Michael Fitzgerald
Lowa
Casper
Wyo
Iowa
Glenn G. Herrick
Steve Miller
Miller
Union Oil Co
L and R Co
House blocks $2 monthly phone access fee
The House passed a bill barring the FCC from imposing a $2 monthly access fee on residential and small business phone bills next year and creating a universal service fund for rural and low income users. AT&T criticized the measure as consumer bias while supporters call it consumer protection. The bill advances to the Senate as Congress nears adjournment.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
House
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Rep
Timothy Wirth
D-Coro
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
FCC
Welfare rights meeting ends in upheaval at DHS office
Cedar Rapids police escorted nine Linn County Welfare Rights members from a meeting with Iowa Department of Human Services officials after five shouted, slammed desks, and threatened to bring baseball bats to future sessions. Dixie Clark halted the discussion and involved police as six members exited under watch.
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Vanessa Shelton Lazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County Welfare Rights
DHS
Dixie Clark
Clark
Four Ave. SE
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Tyre
Italy
Vietnam
Dick Hogan Gazette
Abby East Iowa
Bridge Brothers
Marion
Money Clark
Kenneth Whalen
At&t
Wirth
Whalen
Barrick
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