Carter Lopez Portillo Talks Open Doors Amid Migrant Tensions
Carter and Lopez Portillo matched cordial relations in private talks as a breakfast meeting was added to the schedule. Officials noted progress on oil and gas prices while Lopez Portillo warned that migrants remain a serious issue with illegal crossings and labor exploitation cited as a starvation of human rights.
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White House
Carter
Lopez Portillo
Mexico
Washington
Fire destroys idle Cedar Rapids house owned by state
Investigators probe the cause after a vacant Cedar Rapids residence at 2326 49th St NE, owned by the Iowa Department of Transportation, burnedThursday evening amid 23 mph winds and minus 10 degree temperature. No injuries reported. Firefighters returned at 6:25 am today as the smoldering blaze was extinguished. A separate kitchen car fire at 127 Janice Drive NW caused by a wiring short totaled the 1977 Pontiac.
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Mary Ellen Moynihan
Fairfax
Frank Moynihan
Cedar Rapids
Arlington, Ill
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of
Catholic Order of Foresters
St. Patrick Altar and Rosary Society
Heber P. Hostetter
Des Moines
Martin F
Kansas City
John M. Jacoby
Port Huron
Mich
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
William Arquitt
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Arquitt
Teahen Funeral Home
James A. Basley Sr
Colonial Manor
Amana
Vinton
Mabel Scholtfelt
State of
Iowa
James A
Andrew G. Smith
Bill
Mesa
Ariz
Turner Crematory
49Th St
The
Iowa Department of
Robert J. Thoman
Janice Drive
City Briefs Spark Various Local Notices and Sales
Page 5B brief mentions a 1 p.m. Sunday Memorial Coliseum meeting for World War I veterans and auxiliary after a potluck. It highlights a Cherry Special Sale on Sherwin Williams Super Kemtone paint at Allied Glass Products through February. Banks to close February 19 for Presidents Day. Local ads for jewelry buyers and loans, a hair salon, and a Saint Patrick’s Parade organizational meeting February 17 at the Gin Mill. Also notes a Town House lottery game and a reported theft of stereo equipment on Shaver Road.
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Sherwin Williams
Allied Glass Products
1St St
Sapadapaso
1St Avenue
Adv
Fire destroys ISU office and lab at beef research farm
A blaze at Iowa State University beef nutrition experimental farm burned the office and laboratory, destroying records from 10 years of experiments. Firefighters from Ames and nearby towns fought the 6 a.m. fire. one firefighter received frostbite treatment. The elevator, feed lot, and 300 experimental calves were saved. cause under investigation.
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Ames
Iowa State University Beef Nutrition Experimental Farm
Man Charged With Sexual Abuse in Linn County
Police arrested Hugh S. Gibson aged 46 of 238 Boice Road NW on a warrant for third degree sexual abuse. The warrant relates to an April 4 1978 incident reported by a 17 year old woman at the Gibson residence. He was held overnight in Linn County Jail and released on his own recognizance.
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Hugh S. Gibson
Boice Road
Southeast Side
Gibson
Linn County
Boy injured in storm good condition after frostbite
Iowa City report says Jason Palmer twenty four year old frostbite victim from the blizzard of January thirteen is in good condition at University Hospitals in Iowa City He was released from the burn unit where he had been listed as serious then fair The family and hospital would not say if toes fingers or limbs were lost The nine family members were stranded in a car near the West Liberty interchange of I 80 Also a Belfast bombing death toll note dated 1978 appears.
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Iowa City
Jason Palmer
University Hospitals
Jason
West Liberty
Iran Executes Generals and Seizes Assets in New Revolutionary Edict
Bazargan’s cabinet approves a confiscation bill targeting palaces lands factories and businesses of the departed shah and four executed generals. Special revolutionary courts set up to try former officials while overseas fortunes remain untouched. Clashes in Tabriz with up to 700 killed end as pro shah forces are crushed. Iran Radio claims oil exports could be cut to one fifteenth.
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Bazargan
Shah
Iran
Iran Radio
Frostbite risk warning as Cedar Rapids hit by deep chill
Weather and utility reports describe a brutal wind chill of 60 to 80 degrees below zero with morning temperatures around minus 8. Outages affected 10 towns as high winds brushed power lines. Fog and icy roads slowed travel. Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids canceled shifts due to rail and trucking shortages.
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Cedar Rapids
National Weather Bureau
Iowa
Pat McPartland
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Swisher
North English
South English
Kinross
Center Point
Alburnett
Urbana
Palo
Brandon
Shellsburg
Ozark Air Lines
United Airlines
Chicago
Mel Dotson
United
Quaker Oats
Bob Leeper
Leeper
Midwest
Cedar Rapids Air Ambulance draws strong area interest
Officials and Mayor Donald Canney report high public and official interest as Cedar Rapids plans a Huey jet powered air ambulance service starting February 22. Hangar viewings in Cedar Rapids attract about 100 attendees. two more sessions for officials are set next week.
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Cedar Rapids
Canney
John Saddler
Three Arrested on Linn County Drunk Driving Charges
Three individuals were arrested and charged with drunken driving in Linn County. Robert G. Heneks, 23, was taken into custody Thursday at 11:15 p.m. in the First Avenue East 3600 block. Gerald N. Sumner, 47, was arrested at 12:25 a.m. in the 800 block of Seventh Street SE and faces a license charge. Eileen M. McDermott, 20, was arrested at 1:15 a.m. in the 2000 block of Sixth Street SW.
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Linn County
Robert G. Heneks
Mechanicsville
First Avenue
Gerald N. Sumner
Ninth Ave
Seventh Street
Iowa
Eileen M. McDermott
Brockman Drive
Sixth Street
SF Water Plant Shooting Kills Two. Suspect Detained
A city employee opened fire at a San Francisco water pumping station at 8 05 a m, killing two men and wounding a third. A suspect was taken into custody on Van Ness Avenue and questioned at the Hall of Justice. Victims' identities were withheld pending relatives’ notification. An all points bulletin was issued for a 1977 Plymouth Volare.
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San Francisco
van Ness Avenue
Hall of Justice
Gordon Wyatt
Plymouth Volare
Task force appointments across Iowa legislators
Eleven Eastern Iowa legislators were named to Democratic task forces studying natural resources agriculture and human services. Rep. Donald Avenson appointed members who will form five groups, hold public hearings and gather state wide suggestions. Members include Husak Hinkhouse Jochum Patchett Wells Oxley Miller Lloyd-Jones Welsh and Connolly.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Donald Avenson
D-Oelwein
House of Representatives
Utilities
Emil Husak
Toledo
Herb Hinkhouse
West Branch
Tom
Jefferson Chosen President as Burr Becomes Vice President
On this date in 1801 the U S House named Thomas Jefferson as the third president. Aaron Burr tied with Jefferson in the Electoral College and became vice president.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Aaron Burr
Jefferson
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Berkeley
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Central City
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von Elbert
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Murdoch Chapel
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Americana Healthcare Center
Marion
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Sell
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Gene
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Czech National Cemetery
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Tipton
Ray A. Isabel
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Oskaloosa
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Indianapolis
Manchester
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Alice B. Wallace
Mount Vernon
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U.S
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Jack Shepherd Auction Company
Liebke
Peg
29Th St. NE
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Scott Kinkead
Shaver Road
ISU
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Manuchehr Jhosrowdad
Khomeini
Tehran
Isfahan
Mehdi Rahimii
Reza Maji
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Tabriz
Weather Bureau
Nancy Stevens
Gazette
C.R. Air Ambulance
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Turner
Eass
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