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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1979
Page
3
The Sunset Limited passenger train struck the caboose of a Southern Pacific freight train near Orangefield Texas at 9 35 p m injuring about fifty people among its 125 passengers en route from New Orleans to Los Angeles Investigators worked to determine the accident cause.
OPEC oil ministers wrapped up four days of talks in Caracas with no firm price system agreed. Saudi Arabia pressed for about $24 a barrel while other ministers pushed toward higher targets, and analysts warned a deadlock could trigger a market scramble and higher prices.
A Pentagon update shows Army and Marine enlistment fell sharply in November amid public uproar over Iran hostage seizures. Navy recruitment declined modestly while Air Force enlistments stayed steady.
The House voted to require automakers to offer buyers a choice between air bags and seat belts for 1982 models, effectively enforcing air bags as standard in mid sized and large cars from 1982 onward. Rep Dave Stockman argues the move keeps industry on track to meet the air bag deadline while giving consumers a system choice. The Carter administration continues a drive to cut oil use by utilities, aiming to order 20 to 25 facilities to limit oil usage.
The federal purchasing agency vows a furniture crackdown after a report that 78 Washington area warehouses hold usable government chairs desks and cabinets.
Congress stalled on a windfall profits tax delaying federal relief for millions facing rising heating costs. The dispute over a heating credit and carryover basis changes shapes the year’s tax plan with retroactive timing uncertain.
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus expressed disappointment with the Army’s approval of a $600 million oil refinery complex in Portsmouth Virginia. Army Secretary Clifford Alexander said safeguards would accompany the project. Opponents warn of oil spills and harm to oyster and crab life in the Chesapeake Bay and James River. Andrus urged a better site selection process.
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