Midwest cools while East sweats with rare 100 degree heat
The Midwest enjoyed relief from heat with 20 to 30 degree drops, Iowa cooled to 74 in Cedar Rapids, Chicago cooled from 95 to 72, and St Louis dropped to 79. Yet the East and New England endured near record highs with Boston hitting 98 and Providence reaching 100.
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Ark
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Boston
National Weather Service
Mercury
Harry Terban
Nantasket Beach
John Wright
Providence
R.I
Rhode Island
Baltimore
Baltimore-Washington International
Concord
N.H
Lebanon clashes persist as U S and British jets patrol Beirut
U S and British jet fighters roared over Beirut while mortar shells hit Marine positions near the airport. Fighting spread from the Chouf Mountains toward Souk el Gharb as Christian and Druse militias clash, with Lebanese army unable to enter the region amid Israeli troop withdrawals.
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Souk el Gharb
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Israel
Druse
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Moshe Arens
U.S
Senators propose staged freeze and downsize of nuclear forces
Three key lawmakers including Sam Nunn William Cohen and Charles Percy urge a two part plan to freeze current U S and Soviet nuclear capacity then cut by half with a second build down extending to bomber forces. They aim for a united front after the Korean airliner shoot down as context for stronger arms control.
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Soviet Union
Brent Scowcroft
Presidential Commission
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
William Cohen
Maine
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reagan
Scowcroft
Congress
U S Reassesses Soviet Warning Before Jet Downing
The State Department says the Soviet pilot fired warning cannon shots about six minutes before detonating a missile that downed a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 with 269 aboard. It remains unclear if the shots served to disable or compel a landing and whether the 747 crew perceived any signal.
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United States
Korean Air Lines
State Department
Soviet General Says 747 and RC-135 Identical in Form
Moscow reports quote Col. Gen. Nikolai Moskvitelev asserting that the RC-135 and Boeing 747 are identical in type form and dimensions with similar radar signatures. Western analysts dispute the claim noting the 747 is larger and differs in outline, while U S officials reject the assertion.
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United States
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