Bombing injures four Marines as Lebanon talks collapse
Four U S Marines were wounded when a car bomb exploded near the Kuwait Embassy in Beirut amid heavy artillery and rocket fire. The Lebanese government canceled a planned national reconciliation conference after opposition leaders rejected the airport venue, with potential new sites discussed in Geneva or Jidda.
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Lebanon
U.S
Maj
Robert Jordan
Kuwait
Druse
Souk el-Gharb
Amin Gemayel
Jidda
Saudi Arabia
Geneva
Switzerland
Rashid Karami
National Salvation Front
Tripoli
Shultz warns against halting aid to rebels in Nicaragua
Secretary of State George Shultz urged Congress not to cut off covert U S aid to Nicaraguan rebels, saying the Sandinista regime may reconsider its intervention in Central America. House leaders replied emphasizing opposition to aggression, with a vote already passed to end such funding.
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Washington
George Shultz
House
U.S
Tip O'Neill
D-Mass
Robert Michel
Illinois
Shultz
Nicaragua
Central America
Reagan
el Salvador
O'Neill
United States
Personal income rise called good and solid by economists
Americans saw a 0.9 percent income boost in September with 1.0 percent after tax growth and 1.5 percent rise in consumption. Commerce Department data show disposable income at $2.781 trillion annual rate, savings at 4.5 percent, while inflation remains to be released.
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Washington
Commerce Department
David Ernst
Evans Economics Inc. Commerce
Robert Ortner
Lewis trial opens over Tylenol extortion letter
In Chicago, James Lewis admitted writing a letter demanding 1 million to halt cyanide Tylenol killings but defense says he meant to reveal financial crimes by his wife's ex-employer, a defunct travel agency. The lawyer argued the letter aimed to draw law enforcement to the employer rather than threaten victims.
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Chicago
James Lewis
Lewis
Michael Monico
Brazilian President invokes emergency powers amid feared Congress vote
President Joao Figueiredo, citing potential tumult in Brasilia, uses emergency powers as Congress prepares to reject a government bill that would cap wage increases at 80 percent of the official cost of living index. The IMF backed measure aims to ease Brazil's $90 billion foreign debt amid rampant inflation.
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Brazil
Joao Figueiredo
Congress
International Monetary Fund
China executes 40 in crackdown public posters reveal names
Posters outside the Peking High People's Court announced that 40 men were executed in the past week for crimes including gang rape murder robbery and kidnapping. Western reporters are barred from trials but authorities publicize condemned felons by posting their names and crimes.
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Peking
Peking High
Rescue Operation Under Way in Arctic Ocean
A major Soviet rescue effort began in the eastern Arctic Ocean to free ships trapped in the Long Straits amid the worst ice in four decades. Weather worsened with freezing winds up to 44 mph off Siberia, threatening seven vessels near Cape Schmidt.
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Moscow
Arctic Ocean
Long Straits
Siberia
Cape Schmidt
Famine Threat Looms Across 22 African Nations
FAO warned at a Rome meeting that 22 African countries face famine risking over 150 million people. Edouard Saouma urged immediate international aid as the agency estimates a minimum of 1 million tons of extra food needed for the coming months.
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Rome
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Edouard Saouma
Bugging device found in Izvestia reporter car sparks protest
Moscow's Foreign Ministry protested to the U S Embassy after a bugging device was found in the car of Izvestia's Washington correspondent. Izvestia said the incident was one of two CIA orchestrated anti Soviet provocations per day. A U S Embassy spokesman confirmed the protest but declined further comment.
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Foreign Ministry
U.S
Izvestia
Washington
CIA
Gazette Wire
Shamir survives no-confidence vote in Israel
Israel's 10 day old government won a 61 to 54 no-confidence vote in the Knesset. Finance Minister Yigal Cohen Orgad defended the economy against claims of impending ruin while promising spending cuts to ease the economic crisis following the Aridor resignation and banking turmoil. Five members were absent.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Yigal Cohen- Orgad
United States
Cohen- Orgad
Yitzhak Shamir
Yoram Aridor
U.S
Aridor
Alleged spy denied bail in California case
James Harper Jr., a 49 year old California engineer in Silicon Valley, was denied bail at an afternoon court session. An FBI affidavit alleges he traveled to Geneva Vienna Mexico City Warsaw to supply Polish contacts with materials on U S missiles and nuclear survival plans. Federal agents reportedly recovered documents and hidden profits from the alleged scheme. Harper is ordered to return to court on November 10.
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U.S
Poland
Soviet Union
James Harper Jr
California
Silicon Valley
Owen Woodruff
FBI
Harper
Geneva
Switzerland
Vienna
Austria
Mexico City
Warsaw
America
The Gazette History and Subscription Rates
The Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second Class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with four week and annual prices.
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THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Continental pilots sue for $100 million over bargaining
ALPA alleges Continental Airlines acted in bad faith to break the pilots union and unilaterally altered pay and working conditions. A separate Civil Aeronautics Board petition seeks to bar chairman Dan McKinnon from airline formation deliberations amid private talks with management. The suit follows a $50 million airline suit against the union last week.
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Continental Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Dan McKinnon
Continental
McKinnon
ALPA
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