07 Aug 1980
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1980
Page
1
Readable text notes Linn County sergeants in the sheriff's department seek to end their union affiliation. Other items preview elections, Chrysler K Cars starting production, and local civic and political figures.
The Five Seasons Center hosted Kenny Rogers with a record breaking gate and payout for the event. The story notes the concert’s financial success and records in both income and expenses.
A brief saying notes that when needs align with wants and money, the result signals health wealth or wisdom. The phrase implies financial sense as a marker of sound judgment, linking abundance to practical prudence in life choices.
Four ODECO employees and contract workers died when a Bell 205 helicopter carrying 12 people crashed 90 miles southwest of Houma Louisiana. Bodies were recovered 60 miles southwest of Houma as Coast Guard and oil boats joined the search for missing passengers.
Police Chief Lyle Willert, 65, is in serious condition after five hours of surgery for a stab wound. Suspect Eugene Creger, 56, Dubuque, is jailed on attempted murder charges in Willert’s injury and may face more for a hammer attack on service station owner Emil Pavlista, who is stable. The incident began at Pavlista’s Shell station as Willert pursued the attacker who struck Pavlista and fled toward the Jones-Cedar County line. Willert held the assailant at gunpoint before help arrived.
UPI reports law enforcement officials believe pro Khomeini demonstrators in the United States received at least 5 million dollars from Iran. Funds were allegedly raised by hashish and heroin sales here and moved through diplomatic channels and foreign banks. Bahram Nahidian and Daoud Salahuddin named as major disbursers.
A Romanian jetliner with 164 to 168 aboard crashed near Nouadhibou Mauritania as it attempted landing. Reports conflicted on survivors with figures from 20 to 40 to 168 aboard and several injured.
Mighty hurricane Allen bears down on western Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula with 175 mph winds. At least 83 dead across Haiti, Windward Islands, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Cuba. Evacuations exceed 213,000 in Cuba as other U S Gulf states brace for impact.
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