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08 Sep 1987
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1987
Page
1
West German hostage freed in Beirut after seven months
Alfred Schmidt, a 47 year old West German engineer, was released by Shiite captors in south Beirut and arrived in Bonn by military flight from Damascus. Berlin credits Iran and Syria for helping secure the release. Schmidt planned to reunite with his family in West Berlin.
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Syria
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Anglican Church
Terry Waite
Terry Anderson
Middle East
Associated Press
Foreign Ministry
Juergen Chrobog
Rudolf Cordes
Labor Day contrasts in Iowa job market debate
Iowa workers show more employment and lower unemployment but wage cuts erode gains. Labor leaders warn of low pay and job insecurity while Democrats and Republicans court working voters ahead of the February caucuses. The piece notes in Ottumwa a plant replacement at half prior wages and cites figures on job creation under Reagan.
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Ronald Reagan
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United States of America
George Bush
America
Jesse Jackson
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
Missouri
Libyan Bomber Downed by French Forces in Chad
French troops shot down a Libyan Tupolev 22 bomber over N Djamena after it joined two others in a punitive raid on Chad. Paris worries about US influence as Habre’s regime pursues Libyan targets amid escalating Central African conflict. Libya confirmed air raids and warned civilians to evacuate.
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United States
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Soviet refuseniks allowed to emigrate to Israel
Soviet Jewish activist Josef Begun and more than a half dozen refuseniks were granted exit visas to Israel after years of waiting. Begun, freed from prison in February, awaited approval and said the Moscow visa office notified his son of permission. Reagan called the news uplifting as Gorbachev and Reagan’s summit loomed.
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