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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1983
Page
15
Michael delivers a non political message about greeting the world and building a global following from leaders to grassroots. He says the event has already helped hundreds of millions bring peace and friendship, stressing peace is every person’s responsibility while noting progress is gradual.
Extended forecast shows a chance of snow Wednesday and Thursday with partly cloudy conditions Friday. Highs run from the 40s Wednesday to the 20s Friday, lows from the 20s to the teens. National extremes report 7 degrees at Alamosa Colo and 85 degrees at Miami Fla.
A large swath of the northwest reports up to 8 inches of snow at Lake Yellowstone Wyoming while central Nevada and Sierra Nevada see 2 feet in high elevations and 4 inches in valleys. A cold front hits Indiana with winds to 60 mph and a Florida tornado watch follows thunderstorms statewide. Forecast calls rain in New England and Pacific Northwest turning to snow in parts of the Dakotas and Nebraska with warm 60s and 70s in the southeast.
In Lebanon the Israeli military said air strikes were a response to attacks on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. In northern Lebanon rebels shelled followers of PLO chief Arafat for the 17th day, with both sides trading fire near Tripoli and around an oil refinery near the Baddadi camp. In Jerusalem, Mordechai Ben Porat announced a plan to relocate 250,000 Palestinian refugees from UN camps in the West Bank and Gaza within six years, creating new homes funded by foreign sources and possibly the United States. The project would demolish camps house by house as families move, with no force planned, and seeks Arab assistance. The government had not yet approved the idea but was expected to.
Local viewers including Carol Peters and her son Kurt say the movie makes the nuclear threat feel real and terrifying while others like Victor Root and Chris Dalton call it thought provoking. Several teens express fear and a wish for preparedness, noting the film’s central message could apply anywhere in the continental United States.
After weeks of controversy viewers saw The Day After on ABC. Shultz said the film shows nuclear war is unacceptable while Adelman stressed its horrors. Reagan aides circulated position booklets as Ford avoided watching. Anti nuclear groups planned vigils and meetings nationwide as 75 million people watched.
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