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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1980
Page
1
U S and Cuba opened exploratory talks at an undisclosed location December 22 23 focusing on a broad agenda including repatriating Cuban exiles deemed ineligible to stay in the United States. Further talks are planned for January and should not be seen as thawing Cuban American relations.
Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Rajai summoned foreign diplomats and reporters to Tehran for a 70 minute session in which Iran restated it will not free the 52 hostages unless the United States meets its terms. Tehran says the talks were informational, not negotiative, and rejects trial as spies.
U S administration officials and Algerian intermediaries discussed Iran s 24 billion demand to free 52 hostages as reports cited their good health and morale. Warren Christopher joined talks with Seghir Mostefi and Rehda Malek while Algerian envoy Gheraieb joined later.
Relatives of 52 American hostages in Iran viewed a Friday film showing 21 detainees reading messages to families and sharing a holiday party scene. Some family members praised sight of loved ones while others criticized Iran’s use of the film to press demands amid ongoing negotiations.
Sherie Hiebert 24 of Garden City died after a pickup veered on ice, flipped, and she was thrown from the vehicle southeast of Galva. Her husband Jerry suffered minor injuries and their 18 month old son was unharmed. Hiebert worked as an inventory clerk at Supreme Manufacturing. The family was visiting relatives for the holidays. This followed Kansas Christmas traffic death on Christmas Day.
Rain and melting snow flood Washington Oregon and British Columbia forcing evacuations as swollen rivers crest. A logger drowned near Hood River, a woman died near Scottsburg, and dozens more homes were swept away or threatened. Rivers receded later as temperatures cooled and dikes held.
In Whatcom County Washington a gag product called Guilt Away by Corn-Berg Laboratories offers a rosewater spritz to “eliminate guilt.” The $3.98 8 ounce bottle emerged after Mike Corning and Craig Bersma joked during a sailing trip and collaborating with Dami Corp in Marysville. Howard Lanz, head chemist, calls the mix non-toxic.
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