Floodwaters Overrun Jackson Threaten Sewage Plant
Flooding along the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi, driven by record highs, sent 17,200 residents fleeing and inundated the city’s new $48 million sewage treatment plant. Officials warned the river could crest at 42.6 to 42.8 feet while authorities bolstered levees with sandbags and volunteers.
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Jackson
New
Jackson, Miss
Pearl River
Steve Spotts
Dale Danks
Pearl
National Weather Service
Carter
Cliff Finch
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Danks
Town
Mississippi
Tennessee River
Mississippi- Alabama
Alabama
Weather notes and paper info from Cedar Rapids Gazette
Weather section shows wind 5 mph at 10 a.m. with sun data and forecast including thunderstorms midweek and partly cloudy days. Temperature outlook midweek highs near 70s, lows 40s to 50s. Also confirms paper established 1883 by The Gazette Company and subscription rates. AP rights noted.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Births and marriages noted in local vital stats
Mercy April 14 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Becker 630 10th St Marion St Luke s Manchester a son April 15 a son for Mr and Mrs Robert Korinke 8 Sylvan Lane SE and Mr and Mrs Steven Northrup 2736 D Ave NW a daughter for Mr and Mrs Paul Reiff 628 36th St NE plus several marriage licenses listed Cedar Rapids Palo and multiple couples named in the notice. Also incident reports include a fire, medical emergency and matches found in various streets.
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Robert Becker
10Th St
Marion
William Swift
Manchester
Robert Korinke
Sylvan Lane
Steven Northrup
D Ave. NW
Paul Reiff
36Th St. NE
Biggest Canadian post office robbery nets up to five million
Ottawa police described the heist as the largest in Canadian history with an estimated 4 to 5 million in negotiable money orders traveler's checks and loot from the main Ottawa post office. Thieves broke in early Sunday accessed the registered mail room and gathered about 2.4 million in money orders and travelers checks plus cash jewelry coins and passports. A postal employee is suspected of involvement and three Montreal area suspects are linked as leads.
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Ottawa
American Express
Quebec
Montreal
Wells Fargo
Miami
Royal Bank of Canada
Brinks
Guerrillas Hit Rhodesia Oil Depot Amid Election Week
Rhodesian guerrillas attacked an oil storage depot in Fort Victoria, destroying nearly a million gallons of diesel and thousands of gallons of gasoline. No casualties were reported as flames raged through the night and firefighters controlled the blaze by morning. The strike marks the seventh urban attack this month during elections and followed a general mobilization of about 90,000 troops and police. Zambian President Kaunda imposed curfews along the Rhodesia rail link and southern borders amid regional tensions.
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Missouri
Illinois
Alabama
Selma
Fort Victoria
Rhodesia
Ity
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Nicolae Ceausescu
Kaunda
Joshua Nkomo
Zimbabwe African People’s Union
Dunn, original Cisco Kid, dies
Costa Mesa California AP Bert Stanley Dunn who played the original Cisco Kid in silent pictures from 1913 to 1915 has died of a stroke at age 87. He starred in about 100 Cisco Kid films and apparently suffered the stroke as he prepared for bed Friday night. He was taken to a hospital by paramedics after his secretary found him unconscious, but died shortly after 1 am Saturday.
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Costa Mesa
Calif
Herbert Stanley Dunn
Dunn
North Side apartment fire kills one and injures 38
An early morning blaze at a Chicago North Side apartment building for the elderly and blind killed one man and injured at least 38, including several blind residents and at least one firefighter. The unidentified 70-year-old resident died of respiratory failure. conditions for the injured were not fully known. In a separate report, President Carter’s windfall profits tax faces trouble as lawmakers draft alternatives, while a Waterbury robbery at Purolator Security ends with three guards killed and the truck’s cash unknown.
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Chicago
North Side
Washington
Carter
White House
James Jones
D-Okla
Jones
Waterbury, Conn
Purolator Security Inc
Waterbury
Hartford
Congress Members Flock Abroad For Easter Recess
At least 115 lawmakers plan overseas trips during Easter recess funded by the government. Air fares alone could exceed $180,000 if all traveling members fly tourist class on commercial flights to popular destinations.
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Defense Department
Washington
Congress
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Blunt
Mildred Sullivan
Georgia
Eather Fotocast
Miza
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Anchorage
Atlanta
Mpis
Boston
Nashville
Wey Chicago
N.orleans
Ake
Denver
New York
Aes
Duluth
Phoenix
Honolulu
Seattle
Houston
Coralville Lake
Cincinnati
Peas
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Clinton
Cedar
C.R
St. Luke’s
Ronald C. Bloxham
Theresa A. Reif
James D. Vanersdale
Rebecca S. Clapp
Cory G. Nordman
Roberta J. Scheer
Palo
Genevieve J
Thomas H. McGrew
Nadine A
Thomas J. Bading
J. Michael
Annie Suzanne Schmitt
Martha Catherine
Donald Lee Carstens
V. Lucille
Richard E. Wallerich
Connie Marie
Delbert Paul Keasling
Joseph Paul
Susan G. Luse
Debra Breggette
Kevin R. Kesselring
Ave. NE
Chicago North Western Railroad
Wilson Avenue
Fourth St. NW
First Avenue SE
Nancy Jane Lane
Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ahmad Hamadi Ashtiani
Kermanshah
Khomeini
Ron Downs
Ron
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Iowa City
Second Avenue
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