Israel ends Lebanon war and pulls out after three years
Israeli troops complete withdrawal from Lebanon ending a costly three year conflict that left the nation divided. Begin and Sharon launched the 1982 invasion aiming to crush the PLO and secure a stable Beirut government but achieved limited gains amid heavy casualties and a growing antiwar movement.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Menachem Begin
Defense
Ariel Sharon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Begin
Likud
Peres
Galilee
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Switchers Push West Texas GOP Rises In Party Switch
Midland County Commissioner Durward Wright and former U S Rep Kent Hance join a trend as Republicans attract voters in West Texas amid a national swing to the right. Wright says he drifted from Democrats during the 1984 campaign citing inefficient government and Mondale’s focus on special interests. Democrats defend liberal leaders like O Neill and Kennedy, while party spokeswomen link the shift to a broader national realignment.
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Midland
Durward Wright
U.S
Kent Hance
Lubbock
Washington
Lama Republican
Phil Gramm
College Station
GOP
West Texas
Permian Basin
Jane Tindall
Cambridge
Ector County
Republican Party
Tindall
Mary Lou Parsons
Midland County
Wright
Walter Mondale
Texas
House
Thomas P
Tip” O'Neill
D-Mass
Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy
Democratic Party
Jobless Oil Boom Echoes in Odessa Texas
Jeff Bridgeman and two other former oil field workers queue at the Odessa Texas Employment Commission seeking steady work as they reflect on the boom days. They describe the cutthroat job market and regret not finding oil pay elsewhere. Bridgeman says he cannot schedule any fun while job prospects remain scarce.
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Jeff Bridgeman
Texas Employment Commission
Odessa
Bridgeman
Harless Ave
Tornado Toll Mounts Across Pennsylvania and Ohio
The National Guard patrolled wrecked neighborhoods as rescue crews with bulldozers and dogs searched for victims of devastating twisters that left at least 87 dead across Pennsylvania Ohio and Canada. Governors declared disasters in 22 counties, with Pennsylvania hardest hit reporting 61 deaths 430 serious injuries and 1255 homes destroyed or damaged amid widespread power loss and debris. Federal aid was sought as Red Cross shelters housed about 1000 people, and officials warned the outbreak was the worst in the state's history with more than expected losses.
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National Guard
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Canada
New York
Dick Thornburg
Thornburgh
David Runkle
Ontario
New York State
Weather Service
Kansas City
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
Darcey Charney
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
Charney
Reagan
Wheatland
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Chaim Adler
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
Shimon Peres
Hance
Gramm
Mark Caperton
Mark Wright
Rocky
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