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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1971
Page
2
Cedar Rapids police take over ambulance duties after Ambulance Service Inc. quits amid welfare patient transfers. Police report five to six calls since starting, with Baxter Ambulance Service in Marion handling welfare runs under no subsidy.
In Keokuk Iowa a mother Mrs Archie Saint Clair 38 and her children Archie Jr 17 Carolyn 11 and Debia 4 died in a house fire. Cheryl Saint Clair 14 saved her eight year old brother and three other siblings by evacuating them from a second story window. Six others including Laurie 12 Darryl 6 Joe 9 Timothy 8 survived with injuries. Firemen faced intense heat before recovering the bodies.
Several hundred Indians pelted the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi protesting the destruction of a Indian airliner by Kashmiri hijackers in West Pakistan. Jammu shops and schools closed while police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators. India barred Pakistani military flights over its territory in retaliation.
Ground controllers said abnormal readings on one of two ascent batteries in the Antares module did not signal an imminent problem. If one battery failed, the remaining unit could still permit a safe takeoff and rendezvous with the command ship, though landing risk remained. Astronauts Shepard Mitchell and Roosa slept through most of the checks as they neared lunar orbit.
Ten oil producing states including Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela backed a plan to legislate unilateral oil price increases, with penalties and tax hikes to be set by new laws. The agreement followed failed talks with Western oil companies and signals of separate talks on pipeline price terms.
South Vietnamese forces with 2500 fresh troops initiate a new cross border drive into Cambodia aided by full U S air support. No U S ground troops are involved as 7500 troops already operate from Cambodian bases amid limited contact and ongoing secrecy at the borders.
A Woodbine Georgia Thiokol chemical plant explosion killed at least 15 and injured about 50 with as many as 18 missing. Sheriff W E Smith and officials described a massive blast at the Kingsland area facility that employs some 400 people. Fire and rescue planes hurried to scene as helicopters carried wounded to safety.
In Lambertville New Jersey four people died and four were missing after two gas explosions and fires that destroyed three homes and damaged seven more. Six others were injured including bystanders. among the dead were Bessie Randolph and Nancy Crosby, with Brian Hoagland and Evelyn Trent also victims. Police evacuations and gas line work followed as crews searched rubble.
Ronald Barker, a 29 year old ex paratrooper, is released after a 375 day hunger strike ends with an acquittal of robbery at Northampton assize court. He weighed 175 pounds before the fast and 120 at its end, and plans an inquiry into the years ordeal. He cannot yet eat normally after forced feedings during imprisonment. Barker sought compensation but said he would not yet decide.
A witty quip notes that the younger generation will mature into taxpayers, suggesting humor about aging, responsibility, and societal costs. The brief reflects a light social commentary common to humorous newspaper items.
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