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PANAMA CITY SPORTS | B1 MOODY RETURNS TO STATE FINALS Tuesday, November 5, 2019 www.newsherald.com @The_News_Herald facebook.com/panamacitynewsherald 75¢ Former US envoy: I was warned Ex-U.S. Ambassador planning to “do things, includ- diplomat’s ouster. Her account Former U.S. to Ukraine’s testimony ing to me” and were “looking to started with the warnings from ambassador transcript released hurt” her. Ukrainian officials and then to Ukraine The former envoy, who was led legislators through various Marie By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric pushed out of her job in May attempts to badmouth her both Yovanovitch, Tucker And Lisa Mascaro on Trump’s orders, testified in Ukraine and the U.S. arrives on The Associated Press that a senior Ukrainian official The emotion behind her nine Capitol Hill told her that “I really needed to hours of testimony was evident. on Oct. 11. WASHINGTON — Laying watch my back.” At one point, when Yovano- [AP PHOTO/J. out the anatomy of a chilling While the major thrust of vitch returned from a short SCOTT smear campaign, former U.S. Yovanovitch’s testimony had break, one of her questioners APPLEWHITE, Ambassador to Ukraine Marie come out on the day she tes- told her, “We understand this is FILE] Yovanovitch told House inves- tified behind closed doors last a difficult and emotional topic.” tigators in a transcript released month in the impeachment Yovanovitch also offered Monday that Ukrainian officials inquiry, Monday’s 317-page significant new threads of had warned her in advance that transcript provided new details information — including the Rudy Giuliani and other allies of about the bewildering sequence President Donald Trump were of events that led to the career See ENVOY, A11 US: $20M reward for citizen missing in Iran By Deb Riechmann The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday offered a reward of up to $20 million for informa- tion about Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who disap- peared in Iran in 2007, and imposed new sanctions on leading Iranian officials as relations deteriorated further on the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. The reward for help solving the Levinson disappearance and the sanctions also come as Iran said it was doubling the number of advanced cen- trifuges it operates to produce ABOVE AND BELOW: IRONMAN Florida, a triathlon, weaves through Panama City Beach on Saturday. An IRONMAN triathlon is a 2.4 mile nuclear fuel, trimming the swim, a 112 miles bicycle race and a marathon. Participants and organizers in the event also helped with Hurricane Michael recovery time experts believe that the work in the area over the weekend. [PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BOUCHER/THE NEWS HERALD] Islamic Republic would need to have enough material to build a nuclear weapon. The State Department claims Levinson was taken hostage in Iran with the IRONMAN Foundation involvement of the Iranian regime. The Iranian govern- ment has never acknowledged arresting him. Combined with enjoys charitable works a $5 million reward already in place from the FBI, this makes a total of $25 million avail- By Tony Mixon able to the person or persons News Herald Staff Writer providing information about Levinson. PANAMA CITY — This “This is the 40th anniver- past week the IRONMAN sary of the day in 1979 when Foundation had boots on 52 Americans were taken hos- the ground in Bay County to tage and held for 444 days,” help those in need of relief Levinson’s family said in a from Hurricane Michael. statement released after the The foundation, the new reward was announced. charitable arm of the “Bob Levinson has been held annual Ironman triathlon in more than 10 times longer — Panama City Beach, started for 4,624 days. Bob Levinson off by building 130 bikes must come home, and Iran’s on Wednesday in partner- hostage-taking as govern- ship with FLO Cycling and ment policy must end.” country music singer Ryan The senior officials used the Kinder joined them. They anniversary to call on Tehran loaded the bikes Friday in to release all missing and truck and took them to the wrongfully detained Ameri- Boy’s and Girl’s Club on cans, including Levinson, 19th St. Xiyue Wang, Siamak Namazi “When you get there, you and others. See IRONMAN, A11 See MISSING, A11 Panama City News Herald Diversions ......................B6 Sports.........................B1-4 TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Want to subscribe? Local & State ..................A3 Business ........................ A9 A t-storm Partly sunny Low clouds Call 850-747-5050 TV Listings .....................B5 Viewpoints .................... A8 79° / 65° 80° / 65° 78° / 65° * ** A2 Tuesday, November 5, 2019 | The News Herald GO AND DO CELEBRATE COMMUNITY TODAY IN HISTORY Tuesday, Nov. 5 PICTURE PERFECT Today is Tuesday, Nov. BEACH KIDS - SPACE 5, the 309th day of 2019. 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