Illinois Sundays closings urged by gas dealers
The Illinois Gasoline Dealers Association urged members to close stations on Sundays starting Feb 25 and cut weekday hours to conserve fuel. The vote was unanimous with emergency stations designated, and the plan could spread to Indiana.
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Chicago
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Iran
Six congressmen back farmers in Capitol protest
Six rural congressmen voiced support for hundreds of protesting farmers outside the Capitol as hearings opened. Rep. Berkley Bedell proposed national underwriting of the gasohol industry using excess grain. Other lawmakers urged planting controls while farmers seek 90 percent parity prices. nearly 200 tractors paraded in a snowstorm.
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New York City
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Berkley Bedell
Iowa
House Agriculture Committee
American Agriculture Movement
Congress
President Carter
Segregation Still Widespread Across Nation
The U S Civil Rights Commission reports nearly half of minority children attend segregated schools and segregation is strongest outside the South. It faults Congress and the executive for slow progress on a Supreme Court desegregation mandate. The court itself is accused of retreating from its commitment to desegregated education. The commission has no enforcement power but reviews desegregation status nationwide.
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U.S. Civil Rights Commission
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Congress
Executive Branch
Supreme Court
Commission
Wyoming speed limit bill fails in Legislature
A Wyoming bill to Challenge the federally mandated 55 mph limit died in the Legislature. The proposal to reduce fines for exceeding 55 mph received 20 votes from 62 House members on Monday. Rep. Charles Scott of Casper labeled the measure a near total defeat.
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Cheyenne
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Wyoming
House
Charles Scott
Casper
Coffee makers cut wholesale prices as bean crop surges
New York reports lower coffee prices on commodity exchanges will soon lower retail costs. Hills Bros. cuts wholesale beans from 2.53 to 2.48 per pound and High Yield from 2.04 to 2.00 for 13 ounce cans. Folgers unit also trims wholesale prices from 2.53 to 2.48 per pound and Flake Coffee from 2.04 to 2.00 per 13-ounce can.
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New York
Hills Bros. Coffee Inc
Folger
Procter & Gamble
Oakland men arrested in church bingo shooting murder case
Two Oakland men, Tommie Lee Powell and Clarence Brown, surrendered and were booked for investigation of murder after a woman was killed during a robbery at a church bingo game. A third man had been arrested earlier. Powell and Brown, 31 and 25, were taken into custody Monday outside Powell’s parents’ home after attorneys called police. They face arraignment Wednesday in Oakland Municipal Court. Four men invaded the bingo game.
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Oakland
Calif
Tommie Lee Powell
Clarence Brown
Powell
Michael Sitterud
Oakland Municipal Court
Birthdays for Bess Truman Eileen Farrell and George Segal
Former first lady Bess Truman is 94 Opera singer Eileen Farrell is 59 and actor George Segal is 43 reflecting a parade of notable birthday announcements from today in history styled notes.
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Bess Truman
Eileen Farrell
George Segal
Government advisers urge broader flu vaccination drive this fall
Adviser panel led by Surgeon General Julius Richmond calls renewed vaccination for chronically ill individuals and seniors 65 and older. They propose updating the A strain to A Brazil for next season while keeping A Texas and B Hong Kong unchanged. The current winter campaign started slowly with lower than expected participation.
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Washington
Julius Richmond
Brazil
Bhutto Lawyers Seek Stay From Supreme Court
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's lawyers ask Pakistan's Supreme Court to suspend his death sentence during final review of his murder conspiracy conviction. A hearing is set for Wednesday to decide the petition, with a potential execution scheduled for Thursday if denied.
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Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistani Supreme Court
Bhutto
Rhodesian Airliner Downed by Guerrilla Missile
In Rhodesia, military and aviation officials say a heat seeking missile fired by black nationalist guerrillas likely caused a domestic Viscount crash in northwest Rhodesia. All 59 aboard were killed. Air Rhodesia officials warn the strike fits a pattern from guerrilla ground fire.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Air Rhodesia
Weather snapshot with minimal details
Wind SE at 6 mph. Sunrise 7 04 and sunset 5 38. Yesterday high 28 low 22 with .14 inches. Chance of rain and snow Thursday and snow Friday. Mostly cloudy Saturday. Thursday highs 20s to 30s, Friday and Saturday 20s. Lows teens Thursday and near zero to 10 above Friday and Saturday.
Births Listed At Mercy and St Luke's Hospitals
Birth notices report a son to Cedric and unnamed mother at Mercy on February 12 and a daughter to Michael Hite in Vinton. Also a daughter born to Arvin Buchholz in Omaha area. multiple families at St Luke's announce infants including sons to Schmidt Lehner Brauer and Pearson. A Las Vegas birth records a son for Malcolm Kistler with maternal connection to Dusil.
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Cedric Brownfield
13Th St. NW
Michael Hite
Vinton
Lester Schmidt
Cambridge Drive
Donald Lehner
Ave. NW
Kenneth Brauer
26Th St. NW
Donald Pearson
Shellsburg
Las Vegas
Nev
Malcolm Kistler
Mayor’s wife ousted from Woodland planning post in conflict ruling
Marcia Kimura, wife of Woodland Mayor John Kimura, loses planning commissioner seat after a City Council vote citing conflict of interest. A prior Superior Court decision had blocked her firing, but a three judge appeals panel ruled such removal permissible absent an unconstitutional reason. Kimura contemplates appeal, while husband voted against her dismissal.
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Woodland
Calif
Marcia Kimura
City Hall
John Kimura
Planning Commission
Yalo County
Harry Ackley
Kimura
Raiders of Rome and Royal Mouthwash Origins
A playful note links Roman traders valuing raisins to price slaves, and explains Listerine mouthwash is named after Sir Joseph Lister, the English surgeon who pioneered antiseptic surgery.
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Sir Joseph Lister
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Official Description
The Cedar Rapids Gazette a daily and Sunday newspaper in Cedar Rapids Iowa was established in 1883 by the Gazette Company. It lists address 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids and notes subscription rates for carrier and mail editions including weekly and annual prices. The paper states AP news content is for exclusive local use.
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Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ceder Rapids
Gazette
Associated Press
AT&T Announces New International Dial Rates
AT&T filed a new schedule with the FCC adding international dialing to 17 more countries, raising the total dialable nations to 64. Rates drop for 16 countries and rise for 5 when billed from the U S mainland, with changes effective February 17 1979 and May 15 1979.
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