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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1982
Page
3
A Beirut apartment blast killed 12 and seriously injured 45 in the Muslem neighborhood of Chiyah. Police said a 66 pound dynamite charge detonated remotely caused the explosion, with authorities seeking clues on responsibility. French and Italian peacekeepers secured the scene.
County jobless peaks near 23 percent with Lorain hardest hit due to steel and auto industries. U.S. Steel Lorain and Amship yard idle, Ford Thunderbird and Mercury Cougar XR-7 retooling delays, unions warn of bleak year ahead. Auto workers anticipate relief after redesigns roll out. Navy tanker construction may boost spring employment.
AFL-CIO criticizes a plan to tax unemployment benefits as ordinary income arguing it punishes the victims of Reaganomics. Studs Terkel calls the proposal outrageous while citing potential tax revenue and use for job training. The unemployment package accompanies broader GOP proposals to stimulate the economy.
The piece speculates on Celeste Rhodes returning to power, noting Rhodes, at 77, could win again in 1990 before the two term limit bars him in 1994. It questions whether a new tax stance or another Democrat will rise, and odd bets on a possible return from a folksy former governor by 1998.
Cleveland AP reports that International Christian Aid telecasts misstate Somalia figures and mislead viewers. State Department deputy assistant secretary Arthur E. Dewey asked ICA to stop airing revised films, saying they remained inaccurate. ICA founder L. Joe Bass leads a large charity network through Evangelism Center International. In Middletown AP notes two policewomen clash with their chief over hair policy. Laurel Powell and Andrea Frisby wear wigs as they pursue appeals with the Civil Service Commission, with support from the International Association of Police Women.
A State Department official says Reagan could send more Marines if needed to speed the withdrawal of Israeli, Syrian and Palestinian forces from Lebanon. Negotiations may start soon, but full departure likely next year. Aimed first at separating forces inside Lebanon with Syrians moving to Bekaa and Israelis pulling back north.
In Wiesbaden and across Europe about 42,000 US soldiers live off base in cramped, aging housing. Generals warn the crisis hits morale as barracks date from prewar eras and family units squeeze into tiny rooms, sinks, and leaking walls. The Grants describe a 10 by 12 foot room serving as home and living space amid nearby adult cabarets.
Kenneth Meggison awoke bloodied and blinded in a stranger’s house after a car crash in a ravine. He used a telephone to guide St. Francis Hospital and Shawnee County Sheriff’s deputies, whose siren-led search found him on a kitchen floor. He suffered corneal abrasions and eye burns but expects vision to return.
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