Snowstorm Rages Across Plains Causing Fatal Pileups
An Arctic winter storm blanketed the central Plains with up to 8 foot drifts and half inch ice. Nebraska Iowa and Kansas towns reported stranded travelers power outages and closed highways as 44 deaths were linked to the week long weather. A Nebraska rancher described snowbound cattle needing shelter with no pasture access.
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Associated Press
Central Plains
Rockies
Nebraska
National Weather Service
Grand Island
Neb
Denver
Colo
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
Highway 281
Greeley
Leon Cederline
James Bowlin
Arthur
Bowlin
Tribune
Scott City
Kan
Ogallala
Eastern Iowa ice storm topples TV tower
Freezing rain and high winds caused widespread outages across Iowa as a 2 inch ice cable buckle toppled KWWL TV tower near Rowley at 4 36 p m knocking Waterloo station KFMW off air and prompting blizzard warnings. Snowblanketed northwest Iowa with up to a foot in some areas while roads iced over across much of the state.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Kwwl-Tv
Rowley
KFMW
Cedar Rapids
Grant Price
KWWL
Japan Election Looms as Nakasone Faces Scandal Crisis
Tokyo dissolves lower house amid Liberal Democratic Party scandal surrounding Tanaka. Dec 18 election aims to trim Nakasone's majority and resolve ethics issues after Tanaka’s $1.8 million Lockheed bribe conviction. Opposition demands resignations and a parliamentary boycott ended to allow a vote.
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Gazette Wire Services
Tokyo
Liberal Democratic Party
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Nakasone
Kakuei Tanaka
Tanaka
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Reagan
Liberal Democrats
Tact as a Quiet Shield Against Forced Silence
A compact credo on tact as the power to restrain one’s tongue before others intervene to silence dissent, framing restraint as a protective skill in communication and conflict.
Mayors say national recovery fails to aid cities
At the National League of Cities convention 5000 delegates heard local governments face rising expenses outpacing income through 1984. The league's analysis shows slower revenue growth next year, inflation outpacing gains, with deficits forcing cuts and delayed investments.
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New Orleans
National League of Cities
League
Charles Royer
Seattle
Roger
Congress’ Joint Economic Committee
Drunk Drivers Offered Four Year Jail or Antabuse Drug
Evansville Indiana judge offers felony drunk drivers a four year prison term or four years on Antabuse, a drug that causes violent illness if drinking. Since January, 58 offenders have chosen the medication program with work release and house arrest, while critics call it ineffective and risky.
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Evansville
Ind
William Miller
Vanderburgh Circuit Court
Miller
Hugh McQuillan
Vigo County Court
Charles Essex
McQuillan
Essex
Bob Scott
Hamilton Center
Terre Haute
Scott B Penne
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