Argo Merchant Tanker Oil Spill and Sansinena Explosion
A grounded Liberian tanker Argo Merchant off Nantucket stops leaking after weather aids containment of 7.5 million gallons of fuel. In Los Angeles harbor, four Italian sailors died and four more are missing after the Sansinena exploded, injuring about 50. Coast Guard and Los Angeles officials coordinate cleanup as oil spreads to Cabrillo Beach and booms extend around the area.
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Argo
Nantucket
Mass
Los Angeles Harbor
Coast Guard
Robert Price
Massachusetts
Nantucket Shoals
Los Angeles
Thomas Noguchi
Sansinena
Noguchi
Cabrillo Beach
Weather and Births Inland Daily Record Briefs
Wind at 10 p.m. 13 mph. Monday sun 7 31 sunrise 4 38 sunset. Year ago highs 41 lows 23 with .02 precipitation. Extended forecast Tue to Thu includes snow chance Wednesday and partly cloudy otherwise. Highs 20s to 30s, lows five to 15 Tue, teens to 20 Wed Thu. Births include a son for Wells Coggan Beckner Hughes Duffe Mercy. Fires list alarms: Elmhurst drive NE, Nineteenth street NE, First avenue SE, Third street and Sixteenth avenue SE, Twenty seventh street drive SE.
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Elmhurst Drive
Nineteenth Street
First Avenue
Third Street
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Twenty-seventh Street Drive
Obituaries feature Cedar Rapids area residents and services
Obituaries report deaths of Dr. Paul O. French 79 a Cedar Rapids osteopathic physician two Cedar Rapids residents Iva I Collins and Louis T Ladd Vomacka and order of memorial services. Details include ages birthplaces marriages employment affiliations and funeral arrangements with burial locations and memorial funds. Also noted is anniversary entry on King Philip s War and several funeral notices with dates times and locations.
Oregon Man Reports Abduction By Gunmen To Police
Wallace Yonge of Gaston Oregon told police he was abducted near his home Thursday morning by two gunmen who forced him at gunpoint to drive them in his car from Oregon to Coralville and to Eastern Iowa Friday night two men allegedly forced him to transport them in his vehicle.
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Coralville
Oregon
Wallace Yonge
Gaston
Ore
Iowa
Robbery Suspect Stopped After High Speed Chase
A supermarket robbery near Marion ended with a high speed chase across Linn County involving Cedar Rapids and Marion police, the Linn County sheriff, and the Iowa Highway Patrol. The suspect fired a shot, money and a mask were recovered, no one was injured, and an IHP car collided with a private vehicle during the pursuit.
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Marion
Eagles
Mt. Vernon Road
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Iowa Highway Patrol
Linn Sheriffs
Thirtieth Street
East Post Road
IHP
Iowa Deaths Notice Summary
Delhi Mildred C Downs 77. Service 1 30 Monday at Shellys Manchester with friends to call. Lamont Earl Rolfe 64. Service 2 p m Monday Fawcett funeral chapel. Visitation after 1 p m Sunday. Burial Oakland cemetery Manchester. Waterville Louie Kuntz 80. Service 11 a m Tuesday St Pius of Cherry Mound Harpers Ferry. Visit 2 10 p m Monday Rosary 8 p m Hanson funeral home Waukon. Burial Cherry Mound cemetery. Tipton Clarence W Adams 73. 1 30 Monday Sheets and Son funeral home friends call 2 9 p m today and 9 a m until funeral Monday. On this date in 1732 Benjamin Franklin began Poor Richard Almanac in Philadelphia.
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Paul O. French
D Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Sandwich
Ill
Lily Sinclair
Kirksville
Westminster Presbyterian Church
University of Iowa
Goldendale
Wash
John Woods
Turner Chapel East
Elmgrove
Washington
Delhi
Mildred C. Downs
Shelly's
Manchester
Lamont — Earl Rolfe
Fawcett Funeral
Oakland Cemetery
Waterville
Louie Kuntz
St. Pius of Cherry Mound
Harpers Ferry
Hanson Funeral Home
Waukon
Cherry Mound
Tipton
Clarence W. Adams
Sheets and Son Funeral
Gazette Co Cedar Rapids Daily Edition Details
Establishment in 1883 by The Gazette Co Cedar Rapids Iowa publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids with second class postage. Subscription rates shown for carrier and mail with various weekly and yearly prices. Associated Press has exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Ten Charged With Drunk Driving Friday and Saturday
Ten persons were charged with drunk driving over Friday night and Saturday. Arrests include Ted Grabanski 42 La Porte City at 8 41 p m in the 500 block of Thirty third avenue SW and Paul Smith 33 of 703 Third Street SW at 11 05 p m in the 1300 block of First Avenue East. Other arrests were Marvin Tallman 44 Magnus Hotel William Clement 25 2108 L Street SW Danny Stallman 18 Marion Gary Williams 31 1909 Gretchen Drive SW Harold Hollingsworth 45 Toddville Harold McLellean 43 162 Eastview Drive NW Lawrence Miller 48 Ely and Bobbie Crouch 37 223 Third Avenue SE.
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Ted J. Grabanski
la Porte City
Thirty-third Avenue
Paul Edward Smith
Third Street
First Avenue
Marvin L. Tallman
Magnus Hotel
Second Avenue
William D. Clement
L Street
Sixth Street
Danny L. Stallman
Marion
Blairs Ferry Road
Gary Williams
Gretchen Drive
Wilson Avenue
Harold D. Hollingsworth
Toddville
Seventh Avenue
Harold McLellean
Eastview Drive
Eighteenth Street
Johnson Avenue
Lawrence W. Miller
Ely
Sixteenth Avenue
Bobbie Gene Crouch
Third Avenue SE
Cee Road
A Avenue NE
City Briefs and Local Incidents
Stolen items valued at 665 dollars reported from Karlene Snyder on route 2 include sound equipment and cash. Jerry Robertson on 3001 Second Avenue SW reports 130 dollars missing from a dresser. A BB shot damaged a window on Jerry Baum’s car in the 3200 block of Carlisle Street NE, narrowly missing his wife. Rotary Club speaker Bob Armstrong discusses Cedar Rapids history at noon. The Citizens Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse executive board meets Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at 400 Third Avenue SE. rest of board convenes at noon.
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Citizen's Committee On Alcohol and Drug Abuse Executive Board
Third Avenue SE
Rotary Club
Bob Armstrong
Roosevelt Royale
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Robertson
Second Avenue
Jerry Baum
Route Three
Marengo
Carlisle Street
Baum
Carter Widens Cabinet Picks Amid Woman-Selection Questions
President-elect Carter discussed cabinet appointments while noting difficulty in finding women willing to serve. He cited past exclusion of women from high posts and said Clarence Kelley remained under consideration for FBI director, with final choice by the new attorney general.
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Carter
Clarence Kelley
FBI
Shenandoah Mayor Trek to Meet Carter Over Rural Needs
Shenandoah mayor David Childs drives 1200 miles to Plains Georgia in a self funded bid to meet President-elect Jimmy Carter. He seeks to press small town funding and regulation concerns raised by 20 rural mayors at a Shenandoah conference. Childs travels with Willis Hoover and Robbie Bradford hoping for a meeting or response.
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Shenandoah
United States
Plains
David Childs
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Childs
Willis Hoover
Robbie Bradford
America
National Rural Communities Mayors Conference
Iowa Corporate Tax Ruling Sparsely Sets Out-of-State Liability
Polk county judge Anthony Critelli backed an Illinois firm in a case over Iowa corporate income tax. The ruling allows taxes on more than 100 percent of income under a three-factor system and notes possible scenarios where Iowa-based payroll and plant plus sales shift tax burdens. Officials warn refunds could cost the state millions if challenged.
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Polk County
Anthony Critelli
Illinois
Iowa
Norland
Ques
Tion
Hawaii quake registers 5.2. no damage reported
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 was reported on Hawaii by Hilo police early Saturday. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
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Honolulu
Island of
Hawaii
Hilo
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Atlantic
L.A
C.R. Weather
Daily Record
St. Luke's
Frank Wells
Coggan
de Wayne Beckner
David E. Hughes
Twenty-second Avenue
Mercy
Lloyd M. Duffe
Iva I. Collins
Jacolyn Drive
Sioux City
Janesville
Wis
Arnold Herbst
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Chapel of Memories
Louis ‘‘Ladd
Vomacka
Louis T. “Ladd” Vomacka
Thirty-fourth Street
FMC
Hanford
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Eire
Order of Eagles
The
Machinists Union
Dennis L
Richard Knapp
Rhode Island
Nadim Saikaly
Malta
Ivy Hill Cemetery
Malcolm. Jackson
Ella S
Beatty-Bearle-Murdoch
William P. Leonard
Oak Hill Cemetery
Charles J. Studt
George McDill
Brush Chapel
Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard
Philadelphia
Novak Monument CO
14Th Ave
Consult
Sovereign
Charles
Henrietta
John E. Lapesement Do
3Rd Ave
Karlene Snyder
Route 2
Idaho
Boise
Bair
State Supreme Court
Pierson
Ellis Bivd
Roland Wilbert Vault Co., Inc
Blairs Ferry Rd
Cedar Memorial
Christ
Bethlehem
Collins Road N.E
Collins Radil
Collins
UFE Wvestors OF America
Cipar
Bob AL
Collins Road
Ramet Cemeriay
Mndase Plaza
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home Cemetery
Piast Avinge
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