Weather blizzard lashes Rockies into Midwest with heavy snow
A winter storm spreads from Nebraska through Iowa to Minnesota with 2 to 6 inches expected in northwest Iowa and 40 to 70 percent snow chances in others. Roads turn slick in Sioux City and Spencer as mile after mile of drifts and closures unfold. Colorado and Wyoming report up to 2 feet in places.
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Denver
Boulder
Colo
Colorado
Rockies
Midwest
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Sioux City
Spencer
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Cedar Rapids
Northwest
Lamont
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Wyoming
Debbie Ayers
Highway Patrol
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pagosa Springs
Front Range
Weinberger Blames Syria for Beirut bombing sponsorship
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger stated that the Beirut Marine barracks attack was carried out by Iranians with the sponsorship and knowledge of the Syrian government. He cited numerous reports and declined to specify evidence or discuss retaliation. The White House ordered a Justice Department inquiry into leaks about Lebanon strategy, affecting senior officials and advisers.
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Gazette Wire
Washington
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
U.S. Marine
Beirut
Pentagon
Weinberger
Syria
United States
Reagan
Justice Department
White House
U.S
Lebanon
William French Smith
Washington Post
National Security Council
FBI
Defense Department
CIA
Four shotgun blasts miss Linn County deputy near Marion
Deputy Gene Parks was fired upon from about 80 yards in a wooded area near the Henry Hobél residence east of Marion. Four pellets struck near his neck and arm but did not break his skin as he investigated a reported trap concern and a dead deer sighting.
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J.M
Carlton Mobile Home Court
Highway 151
Hobe
Experience: something you stumble across while looking for something else
A brief reflection on the unexpected nature of discovery while pursuing a separate goal. The note hints at serendipity and the threshold between intention and chance encounters in daily life.
Retrial ordered in Ottens murder with bond set for Hall
James Wendell Hall, convicted of the 1974 slaying of U I nursing student Sarah Ottens, is granted a new trial. Johnson County District Court Judge Ansel Chapman ruled the first trial may have violated Hall's rights by improper procedures and suppressed exculpatory evidence. Bond set at 20000, Hall to remain jailed unless posted. The state has 90 days to retry unless an appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court is filed.
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Yauly Duureau
Iowa City
James Wendell Hall
University of Iowa
Robert Blink
Chapman
Blink
Harold Young
Hall
Johnson County
Sarah Ann Ottens
U of I
James Hall
Parliament approves NATO missile deployment in West Germany
Parliament passes the NATO plan to place U S Pershing 2 missiles in West Germany 286 to 226 after two days of protests. Brandt abstains as Schmidt mocks with a paper airplane marked Pershing 2. Reagan administration awaits the vote.
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Juergen Moellemann
Brandt
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Europe
Schmidt
Reagan
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