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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1979

Page

2

Mount Holly Case Ties Mother and Boyfriend to Drowning

Tanya Luciani 5 led police to details of her 3-year-old brother Arthur being held by the ankles and dunked in hot water until he died. Brian Still charged with murder and Linda Luciani with aiding and abetting. both held without bail. Arthur found dead in a bag behind Still's boyhood home.

Mount Holly N.J Tanya Luciani Linda May Luciani Brian Lee Still Still Ms. Luciani New Jersey Burlington County Ralph Tolomeo Tanya Arthur Burlington County Times Paul Mickle Tolomeo Luciani

Storm devastates northern Europe with multiple deaths

A severe gale covers northern Europe, causing at least 24 deaths and widespread snowdrifts. Four fishing boats sink in the North Sea, Danish fishermen drown, and British roads and rails grind to a halt. One northeast England plane crash kills a person, while cold weather claims more victims in Germany.

Europe North Sea London England West Germany

Sugar price rise could hit groceries next year

Legislation in the House would push up both domestic and imported raw sugar prices, potentially adding 5.5 cents to a five pound bag by early next year and increasing costs for soft drinks, canned goods and bakery items while aiding distressed sugar beet and cane farmers and processors. A separate NRC review finds no need to shut down U S atomic plants, downplaying the Rasmussen Report's influence on regulations and licenses.

Washington House Thomas S. Foley D-Wash Agriculture Committee Rep. A UN- Man D-Ore Ways and Means Committee NRC Commission Harold Denton Rasmussen

Steel Prices to Rise Across U S Steel Products

U S Steel Corp the nation’s largest producer announced price increases from four to six percent on industrial use products. The hikes take effect April 1 and average about 1.14 percent across the steel mill product line, aligning with voluntary guidelines from the President’s Council on Wage and Price Stability.

Pittsburgh U.S. Steel Corp President's Council On

Warsaw bank blast raises death toll to forty one

The official PAP news agency reports 41 dead in the Warsaw savings bank explosion, with 110 injured and 77 still hospitalized. Police doubt foul play and cite possible gas pipe involvement as engineers assess the incident.

Warsaw Poland PAP

Chad sees cease-fire hold in N'Djamena calm restored

The French foreign ministry reports a renewed cease-fire in Chad and notes N'Djamena is calm for the first time since Monday.

Felix Malloum Hissen Habre Chad Paris UPI French Foreign Ministry N’djamena

Secret Service Drops Agnew Protection in 1974

On this date in 1974 the U S Treasury Department announced that its Secret Service agents would no longer provide special protection for former Vice President Spiro Agnew.

U.S. Treasury Department Secret Service Spiro Agnew

Subscription rates for Cedar Rapids Gazette in 1883

The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists carrier and mail subscription terms with weekly and monthly rates. It notes no changes to prices for the newspaper or AP dispatches.

Rapids AP News

Strong quake hits Peru agricultural region

A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 struck Peru’s agricultural region near Arequipa. Reports say at least three people were killed and more than 100 injured as Arequipa with about 800,000 residents suffered damaged buildings. quake occurred shortly after 5 08 a m local time per the Peruvian Institute of Geophysics in Lima.

Lima Peru Arequipa Peruvian Institute of Geophysics

Weather Summary and Mississippi River Readings

Wind 17 mph from the north at 10 a.m. Sun up 7 00 Saturday sunset 5 42. Extended forecast calls for chance of snow Sunday and Monday, partly cloudy Tuesday with highs 15 to 25 and subfreezing overnight lows. River levels: LaCrosse no report, Lansing 8.0, Dam 9 13.9, McGregor 7.6, Guttenberg 5.4, Dubuque 8.0, Davenport 5.6 rising 0.1, Keokuk 1.4, Cedar at CR 3.70. Clinton no report.

Mississippi River LaCrosse Lansing Dam McGregor Guttenberg Dubuque Davenport Keithsburg Keokuk Clinton Cedar C.R Coralville Lake Bismarck Chicago Cincinnati St Des Moines Detroit Kansas City Milwaukee Sunny St. Paul PtCidy Omaha Snow St. Louis Sioux Falls Cloudy

Birth announcements and incidents listed in Vital Statistics

The notice lists births at various addresses on Feb 14 to Feb 16 including families like Krumbholz Clay Johnson Frey McConnell Norris Staggs Mulholland Vogel Deuel Leu Goodhall Youngman and others with locations Ames Santa Barbara Brentwood and Hiawatha. Fire and police notes cite a chimney fire at 3600 Clark Road SE an investigation at 2326 49th St NE a car wiring short at 127 Janice Drive NW rekindling at 2326 49th St NE and a mistaken alarm at 2625 Bever Ave SE.

John Krumbholz Woodside Drive Tony Claypool Ninth St. NW Lee Johnson Tonga Drive Hiawatha Donald Frey Benton St. NE Richard McConnell Harold Drive James Norris Wildwood Court Kerry K. Staggs Jerry Mulholland Mount Vernon Road Randy Lee Vogel Bayberry Drive Harold Deuel Pineview Drive Santa Barbara Calif Tom Leu Clifford O. Leu Walker Ames Gary Goodhall Ann Goodhall Clifton St James Treka Dalewood Ave Clark Road 49Th St Janice Drive 49Th St. NE Bever Ave

US income rise in January marks slowest gain in a year

U S income across all sources rose only 7.9 billion dollars in January at a 0.4 percent annual rate, the smallest since January 1978. The Commerce Department cited Social Security tax raises and farm-subsidy cuts as factors, with economists predicting a recession later this year.

Washington Commerce Department Department Carter

Anti abortion groups clash at dialogue gathering

About 30 groups on both sides of abortion debated for five hours in Washington seeking consensus. Afterward three anti abortion activists displayed an aborted fetus at a news conference, denouncing compromise, a tactic disavowed by other anti abortion leaders.

Washington UPI Reporters of Progress National Right To Life Committee Elizabeth Moore Feminists For Life

Death of Sir Israel Brodie, British Chief Rabbi

London AP report notes Sir Israel Brodie died Tuesday at age 83. He was the first British born chief rabbi of the British Commonwealth and president of the Conference of European Rabbis.

London Israel Brodie British Commonwealth Conference of European Rabbis

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