Gemayel's government faltering in Beirut battles
Moslem militiamen battled Lebanese army across western Beirut as Gemayel’s government neared collapse. Two U.S. Marines guarding embassies were wounded in a brief firefight. Amal leader Nabih Berri claimed U.S.-backed President Amin Gemayel sought a new president amid rising violence and a cease fire was later announced by army command.
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Amin Gemayel
Lebanon
Shah
Gemayel
Nabih Berri
Amal
West Beirut
Druse Movement
Andropov reports improve after kidney transplant recovery
West German expert Eberhard Schneider said a well informed Soviet source reports Yuri Andropov is recovering from a kidney transplant and has been working more than two days a week. The comment followed updates on his condition.
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Cologne
West Germany
Yuri V. Andropov
Kremlin
Eberhard Schneider
Andropov
Soviet Leader Andropov May Speak Before March Election
A Soviet leadership specialist in Cologne says Yuri Andropov, recovering after kidney transplant, is likely to appear publicly before the March 4 Supreme Soviet election though illness could alter plans. He notes Andropov has not been seen since August and cautions against assuming reduced policy influence.
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Supreme Soviet
Schneider
Federal Institute of Scientific East and International Studies
Cologne
Andropov
West Germany
Frugal Odessa shoppers curb 1983 holiday sales rebound
Odessa's 1983 December retail sales tax rebate dropped 28.3 percent to 929,295 as shoppers bought fewer luxury items and more basic goods. City officials and store managers blamed cautious spending, monthly tax reporting changes, and ongoing oil industry concerns, yet remain hopeful for a 1984 rebound.
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Odessa
State Comptroller of Public Accounts
Texas
Charles Deems
Dobbs
Maple Ave
Frank Muser
Muser
Midland
Comptroller’s Office
Bill Warner
InterFirst Bank
Warner
Deems
Dual juries tested in Lozano civil rights case
District Judge Lucius Bunton affirmed that smaller juries can be as effective as full ones. Two juries, one six and one three, issued verdicts in the Lozano civil rights lawsuit stemming from an Ector County Jail confrontation that led to Larry Lozano's death on January 22, 1978 after an arrest for assaulting a peace officer.
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Larry Lozano
Ector County
Lozano
Sheriff's Deputies
Ector
Subzero temperatures blamed for 28 deaths
Winter storms and record cold swept the Midwest and South killing at least 28 people. A family of six perished in a car. forecasts warned against travel as temperatures dropped to the teens in Georgia and snow blanketed Kentucky and Tennessee. Roads froze under 60 mph winds and blizzard conditions spread from the Dakotas to Minnesota.
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Midwest
Kentucky
Maine
Georgia
Jasper
Athens
Atlanta
Clay
Knox
Harlan
National Weather Service
Dakotas
Iowa
Minnesota
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