Lebanon PM says currency crash caused by market fever
Prime Minister Rashid Karami, in a radio address after an eight hour cabinet meeting, blamed the Lebanese pound’s slide on market fever and vowed to fix it. He noted battalions of Lebanese soldiers are ready to move into southern Lebanon as Israel prepares to pull back troops from the area. He dismissed Israeli warnings of sectarian violence after the withdrawal.
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Finns Retrieve Missile Engine From Lake
An air force helicopter lifted the damaged engine section of a Soviet target missile from a frozen lake near the Soviet border. The engine and bent sections of the missile body were flown to Tampere for inspection. The unarmed missile had been launched during Soviet naval target practice in the Barents Sea and crashed in Lake Inari on Dec. 28 after crossing into northern Finland.
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Record cold across nation tests limits of winter
Bitter air produced dozens of new low temperature marks from Michigan to Texas while Utah reports an unofficial minus 69.9 degrees at high elevations possibly the nation’s coldest in the contiguous states. The storm left thousands without heat or power in the Deep South and caused at least 24 deaths. Forecasters expect snow in the West with flurries reaching New Mexico as a cold front lingers.
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Lake Erie Winds Shift to Westerly Over Ice Covered Lake
Lake Erie winds become westerly at 10 to 18 knots today as the lake remains mostly ice covered. Strong gusts may impact travel and maritime operations along the shoreline. Mariners should monitor updates for choppy water and ice movement.
Snow chance through Tuesday to Thursday
A forecast shows snow possible Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with high temperatures in the 20s and nightly lows from 5 to 15.
Intruder Killed After Hiding in Dining Room
Cleveland police say an unidentified intruder was shot dead by homeowner Delbert Wilson after entering through a bathroom window early Saturday. Wilson, 54, pursued the man who allegedly produced a bright metal object before being struck by gunfire. the weapon turned out to be vise grip pliers. No charges filed as prosecutors review the case.
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Immunization Push Aims to Cut El Salvador Child Deaths
Government plans a one day blitz to immunize up to 600 000 children at over 3200 health posts across El Salvador to cut infant mortality in half from an official 41 per 1000 live births. Health minister Dr Benjamin Valdes says many deaths go unrecorded in rural areas.
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Protest Near Heilbronn Over Nuclear Missiles
About 7,500 demonstrators gathered two miles from the U S Army Pershing-2 base near Heilbronn to protest deployments in Europe and honor three Americans killed in the January 11 crash. The protest included Greens and Social Democrats plus labor and church groups and lasted about four hours.
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Vietnam forces seize Khmer outposts near border town
About 600 Vietnamese troops backed by artillery seized two Khmer Rouge outposts at Phnom Tuek and Phnom Angkorpan in Cambodia. Thai officers say Vietnamese units pressed toward Khmer positions in the Khao Tangoc mountains while artillery and ground assaults drove about 18,000 civilians into Thai territory.
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Police hunt for killers of West German industrialist
Police nationwide search for a man and a woman believed linked to the murder of Ernst Zimmermann 55 chairman of Motoren und Turbinen Union in Munich. The attack in Gauting followed by Red Army Faction terrorism aims and leaves authorities with about 80 clues, no concrete leads on suspects.
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Daredevil Karel Soucek Buried Near Falls in Niagara
Daredevil Karel Soucek, who died after a 180 foot drop from the Houston Astrodome, was buried near Horse Shoe Falls. More than 100 mourners attended at Drumond Hill cemetery. His mother Ruzena Soucek, 68, traveled from Czechoslovakia for the funeral. Soucek, 37, of Stoney Creek Ontario, died January 20 after the barrel stunt crashed on the tank rim. he had been alive when rescued but died hours later.
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Deaf postal clerk vows appeal after napkin embezzlement case
James Dollard, a deaf man who says he took 86 undelivered sanitary napkins from the downtown Charlotte post office to aid poor, hearing impaired women, plans to appeal his embezzlement conviction and regain his job. He says others told him to discard samples.
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Six Die In Two Plane Crashes In New Hampshire And New Jersey
Six people died in two separate crashes Friday and Saturday. A Piper Navajo crashed near Mount Martha above Whitefield New Hampshire, killing four while one passenger survived with a concussion and a broken wrist. The wreckage lay about 1 200 feet below the peak after flight last transmission. In New Jersey an off duty police officer found a Beechcraft King Air burning near Lawrence Township on Friday night. The bodies of two men remained in their seats when located.
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Eastern seeks extension as labor talks resume in default
Eastern Air Lines, facing technical default on 2.5 billion dollars in debts, will resume negotiations Monday on labor contracts to complete an operations plan creditors demand. Last week talks with three unions representing 20,000 of its 37,000 workers failed, and the carrier asked 60 lenders led by Chase Manhattan Bank to extend the profitable operating plan deadline by two months to allow unions to reach agreement.
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Drug money funds Saginaw cops computer program
Saginaw Township Police Department will ascribe funds from narcotics seizures under a state law allowing local agencies to keep about 75 percent of confiscated drug profits after administrative costs. Chief Robert Ott notes the 1983 windfall from Antonio RestrepU of New York, with $49,000 seized and a Cadillac.
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Ohio and Pennsylvania Lottery Draws Report Winning Numbers
In Ohio the daily game The Number produced 089 with six Lotto numbers 1 10 13 30 39 35 and earnings of 1 039 285 50 on sales of 1 405 744 50 while Lotto sales totaled 4 092 787. In Pennsylvania the Daily Lottery drew 7 9 0 and the Big 4 draw yielded 2 1 1 3.
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Donahue prankster Alan Abel is Ohio native and OSU graduate
Alan Abel, a Coshocton born prankster who staged seven fake paintings to critique television on Donahue, heads FAINT, Fight Against Idiotic erotic TV. He grew up in Coshocton, graduated from Coshocton High School in 1942, and earned a bachelor’s in music and speech from Ohio State in 1950.
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Leg o' mutton sleeves dazzle in Ungaro fashion show
Model showcases Emanuel Ungaro 1985 Spring/Summer Haute Couture at Paris show wearing leg o' mutton button sleeves with a red crepe tunic and bright green maire wrapped skirt. Jimmy Stewart praises Frank Capra before BYU tribute event in Provo.
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Coroner probes ex OSU doctor Swango in Norwalk incident
The coroner enters a probe into Dr Michael J Swango a former OSU physician amid poisoning charges. He reportedly worked last week in Norwalk after Norwalk area hospital officials failed to independently review his out of state background. Swango 30 faces six charges of aggravated poisoning tied to a year the poisoning of paramedics in Adin County. He had been employed by the Adams County Public Health Department in Quincy while awaiting medical licenses from Ohio and Minnesota.
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Metzenbaum seeks end to PACs in political reform push
Senator Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio called for abolishing Political Action Committees, labeling PAC money bread and butter for lobbyists and a pernicious influence on Congress. He floated legislation to do away with PACs while awaiting strategy for passage.
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Howard Metzenbaum
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