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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1981

Page

5

Poles Face Kremlin Ultimatum Amid Solidarity Tension

Warsaw held urgent talks after a Soviet ultimatum demanding radical steps to crush anti-Sovietism in Poland. Solidarity planned emergency meetings as police tried to enter its printing shop. ministers met to discuss measures while parliament prepared to reconvene.

Warsaw Poland UPI Soviet Union Solidarity Union City Transport Company Kremlin Boris Aristov Moscow Janusz Onuszkiewicz Wojciech Jaruzelski Socialist Commonwealth Communist Party Stanislaw Kanin

Protest at Diablo Canyon draws rock star Browne arrest

Rock musician Jackson Browne, with an arrest number on his arm, leans from a bus window as anti nuclear protesters are taken away during the Diablo Canyon protest. He is the first celebrity arrested as reinforcements arrive and demonstrations aim to continue over the weekend with more than 1,100 arrests through Friday.

Jackson Browne Diablo Canyon Browne Avila Beach Calif

Third Beirut car bomb kills in Muslim district

A third car bomb exploded in a Beirut Muslim district killing three and wounding ten as bearers prepared for Sidon victims’ funeral. The right wing Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners claimed Friday’s blast, following Thursday’s attack.

Beirut Lebanon UPI Sidon Front For the Liberation of Palestine Liberation Organization National Movement Israel Chekka

France Abolishes Death Penalty in Historic Vote

The National Assembly approved a bill to end capital punishment by a 363 to 117 margin. The vote ends 189 years of guillotine executions in France, with only three executions in the last seven years and two guillotines remaining operational.

Paris UPI France National Assembly

Pentagon confirms eight Southeast Asian remains not American

Defense Department states the eight bodies delivered to U.S. officials in summer from Thailand are not Americans missing in Laos. Pentagon says the remains are eight separate and distinguishable Mongoloid males of Southeast Asian origin.

Washington U.S Thailand Laos Defense Department Pentagon

Million-Dollar Salmon Caught in Commence Bay Derby Sponsor Awards $10,000

The elusive fish was caught Friday in Commencement Bay after a Seattle fishing derby for Children's Orthopedic Hospital. Forrest Sondrud received a $10,000 prize for the tagged catch though the $1 million insurance prize had been voided. The event raised about $13,000 for the hospital.

Seattle Commencement Bay Schuck Auto Supply Forrest Sondrud Children’s Orthopedic Hospital

NBC May Expand Nightly News To One Hour In 1982

NBC proposes a full hour for Nightly News as early as September 1982 following an Affiliates Board recommendation. All networks favor the hour format, with NBC seeking FCC relief from the Prime Time Access Rule, which returns a half hour of peak time to top markets to spur local programming.

New York NBC Federal Communications Commission

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