Young competitors from area schools join UT Permian Basin math contest
13 year old Lyle Moore of Big Spring and 14 year old Brian Gifford of Midland posed on the steps edge with others after taking part in a mathematics competition sponsored by the Permian Basin chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers.
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Lyle Moore
Big Spring
Brian Gifford
Midland
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
The
Per
Mian Basin
Texas Society of Professiona Engineers
Marines Retreat From Lebanon Still Waiting For Dates
Lance Cpl. Greg Guardbo of Chicago says U S Marines in Lebanon are unsure when transfers to offshore ships will occur or when they will go home, despite May 1 as the scheduled date. Pentagon said pullback from the airport compound would start this weekend, but many Marines await orders as Italian forces depart and fighting rages in Souk al Gharb. Marines reduce bunkers and cope with minimal gear, while guards and companions live from backpacks as questions linger.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Beirut
Lance Cpl
Greg Guardbo
Chicago
Lebanon
U.S
Pentagon
Washington
Souk al Gharb
Guardbo
Ronald E. Pruitt
Reagan
Italians Leave Beirut as Militias Battle in Lebanon
Government troops repelled attacks on Souk el-Gharb while Italy withdrew peacekeeping forces from Beirut. U.S. Marines begin moving from Beirut airport with orders pending to complete redeployment, as violence erupts across central Beirut and the mountain town. Police report 16 dead and 60 wounded from overnight clashes between Shiite militiamen, Druse insurgents, and Christian troops.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Souk el-Gharb
Italy
U.S
West Beirut
19 Escape From Jail In Juarez
Authorities on both sides of the border search for 15 inmates including six murderers who broke out of a Juarez prison during a transfer. The escape involved a white pickup. the vehicle was rented from an El Paso dealer by the wife of one convict. One fugitive, David Lee Johnson of San Diego, was later shot during apprehension. an American participant surrendered at the border.
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Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
el Paso
David Lee Johnson
San Diego
Johnson
Juarez
Salvador Jaquez
U.S
Iowa Democrats kick off eight-candidate caucus in Des Moines
In Des Moines eight Democratic hopefuls including Walter Mondale head into Iowa precinct caucuses as the campaign season reaches full volume. Reagan seeks to blunt the challenge with a brief Iowa visit while Mondale and others boost last minute efforts ahead of the February caucus turnout expected to surpass a hundred thousand across the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Walter F. Mondale
San Francisco
Reagan
Jesse Jackson
Jacksonville
Fla
Colorado
Alan Cranston
California
South Dakota
George McGovern
Florida
Reubin Askew
Jackson
South Carolina
Ernest F. Hollings
New Hampshire
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Baptist Church
Operation Push
Gary Hart
McGovern
Secom
Ernest Hollings
House of Representatives
US Senate
Askew
Plonda House of Representatives
Flonda
Miami
Aiformia
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
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