Iran Iraq oil war escalates with air strikes
Iraq reports MiG strikes on Ahwaz and Basra area clashes as Iranian jets confront Baghdad and Basra Abadan oil centers. Pars agency says civilian casualties in Ahwaz while Iran denies refinery damage and claims oil port Khorramshahr and Abadan hit. Oil installations burn on both sides amid heavy shelling.
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Iran
Ahwaz
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Persian Gulf
Pars
Khuzestan
Tehran
Basra
Abadan
Shatt al- Arab
Shatt al-Arab
Khorramshahr
Bomb blast at Oktoberfest kills and injures dozens
A powerful bomb exploded near the main gate of the Theresien Meadow at Oktoberfest in Munich. At least 12 people died, including children, with around 140 injured, many critically. Officials suspected terrorism. no group claimed responsibility.
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West Germany
Theresien Meadow Fairgrounds
Jobless rate hits 14 percent in Lorain County
Lorain County unemployment rose from 13.3 to 14.1 percent in August as the labor force expanded by 4,993. OBES analyst John Toth links the rise to Ford Lorain plant layoffs affecting about 3,500 workers, while overall employment and jobless numbers climbed. He notes the August 1980 rate is markedly higher than the prior year and questions why the labor force grew so rapidly.
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Lorain County
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
John Toth
OBES
Lorain
Toth
Ford Motor Co
Lorain housing probe bid to be halted by Jacobozzi
Former Lorain Safety Service Director Elio Jacobozzi asks Common Pleas Judge Mikus to terminate the special grand jury investigation into the Lorain housing rehabilitation project. He claims the process risks irreparable harm and seeks an indictment halt as the final report date approaches.
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Lorain
Lorain Safety Service
Elio Jacobozzi
Jacobozzi
John Kozich
Common Pleas
Paul J. Mikus
FBI
Kozich
Granda
McKee, MacGillivray
Dean Hitchens
Akron Woman Seeks Count In 1980 Census
An Akron woman, Everett, 34, says she was repeatedly omitted from the 1980 census though living in the same building for 11 years. She never received forms, tried calling, met a Census Bureau worker who promised to help, but no one visited or mailed a form. She questions why she wasn’t counted and notes delays and dead-end contact numbers.
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Akron
Everett
Union Paper and Twine
Ms. Everett
Census Bureau
The
Cleveland
Tim
Diary excerpts and housing trends in postwar society
Staff Writer David Knox reports on cluster subdivisions as a housing response to rising costs for postwar baby boom families. Civil War veteran George Metcalf, Elyria, dictated memoirs about Gettysburg that were not published. Kathy Byland notes growing interest in single living before during and after marriage. Dan Dotiman highlights earnings from racetrack ownership.
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George Metcalf
Elyria
Battle of
Gettysburg
Kathy Byland
Weather outlook with light precipitation and mild weekend
The forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight and Sunday with a low in the low to mid teens and Sunday highs in the low to mid 60s. A 14 percent chance of precipitation is expected both tonight and Sunday. NE winds 5 to 15 mph tonight. Sunrise 7 28 a m. Sunset 7 17 p m. Details on Page B 3.
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Douglas MacGillivray
Logan County
Jerry Blocker
Detroit
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