Islanders Loot U.S. Ship In Indian Ocean Abduction
About 300 Maldive islanders armed with guns and axes boarded the Ulysse Maru, a U.S. owned oceanographic vessel, kidnapped medical officer Thomas Wiemken and looted equipment worth about 60 000 dollars before the crew regained control and sailed away from Male. Distress calls were picked up by amateur radio operators across Africa and the Middle East.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Indian Ocean
Maldives
Diego Garcia
Washington
Navy
Cmdr
Don Lewis
Jacques Cousteau
Cousteau
U.S. Navy
Thomas Wiemken
Kenneth Leonard
Craig Williams
Wiemken
Australia
South Africa
Israel
Rhodesia
Bruce Johnson
International Amateur Radio Union
Newington
Conn
Johnson
East Africa
Male
Coralville Lake Weather and River Summary
At 10 a.m. wind is from the west at 14 mph. Sunrise 6 56, sunset 5 45. Temperature highs in the 30s to 40s with lows in the 20s. Extended forecast shows a chance of rain or snow Wednesday and Thursday, partly cloudy Friday. Mississippi River readings listed for many gauges with small changes or no report. Davenport down 0.1 to 5.5 feet, Cedar Rapids at 3.81 feet.
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Mississippi River
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Clinton
Cedar At
C.R
Impressive Missile Plan by Burley Boy Ernie Boerner
A 15 year old Burley Idaho student named Ernie Boerner wrote a two page guided missile proposal that impressed Air Force physicist Dr Curtis Wood though it contained misspellings. Wood may visit Burley to discuss the ideas and possibly invite Ernie to Eglin AFB to view missile research facilities while noting the plan is rejected by the Air Force.
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Burley
Idaho
Air Force
Curtis Wood
Michael Ernest Boerner
Boerner
Wood
Armaments
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Burley High
Ernie
Eglin
New Orleans talks aim to save Carnival as strikes ease
Striking police and city officials agree to resume negotiations to protect Carnival and Mardi Gras. Federal mediator Ansel Garrett says statements to media will be centralized. Mayor Morial cancels parades amid heightened security by National Guardsmen and state police. In Washington, a new $2 million House camera system will televise floor debates with a two week test.
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New Orleans
Ansel Garrett
Ernest Morial
Washington
House
Charles Rose
Berkowitz Seeks Stop to New Trial Appeal
David Berkowitz asked his attorney to drop his appeal for a new trial on insanity grounds. The 25 year old pleaded guilty to six killings in 1977 and said he fabricated the demon possessions. He asserts he is of sound mind and wants to spend life in prison.
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NEW York (Ap
David Berkowitz
Sam
Berkowitz
Coast Guard Helicopter Crewman Searched After Crash
The Coast Guard searched for the crewman of a helicopter that crashed in heavy seas while airlifting an injured man from the Japanese vessel Kaisei Maru No. 18. Three other Coast Guardsmen were killed in the early morning crash.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Irish Post Office Strike Hits Pay Demands Large
In Dublin more than 13,000 workers of the Irish Department of Posts and Telegraphs launched a week long strike to press for higher pay. Mail delivery ceased and telephone and telegraph services stopped as unions rejected a government 8 percent offer, sticking to a 37 percent demand.
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Dublin
Ireland
Irish Department of Posts and Telegraphs
Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes While Hoisting Injured Crewman
The HH-3F Pelican from Otis Base crashed 180 miles southeast of Cape Cod and 350 miles east of New York City. Coast Guard Seaman Paul Powers says the aircraft went down as it prepared to hoist the Japanese crewman.
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Coast Guard
Otis Air Force Base
Cape Cod
New York City
Paul Powers
FBI presses hunt for four men in Lufthansa cargo heist
The FBI, already holding two suspects, aims to capture four more in the Kennedy airport cargo terminal robbery, with authorities valuing the haul at about 5 million dollars plus jewels. One of the missing men is believed murdered. Angelo John Sepe, 37, and Peter Gruena wald, 39, were detained on robbery and as a material witness respectively. Gruena wald worked in Lufthansa's cargo traffic division.
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New York
FBI
U.S
Lufthansa
Kennedy Airport
New York Times
Angelo John Sepe
Queens
Peter Gruenawald
Levittown
Long Island
Gruenawald
Baker warns U.S. response would be insufficient to deter Soviet strike
Senate Republican Leader Howard H. Baker says the United States could not likely respond with enough force to destroy Soviet war making ability after a nuclear strike. He notes any strategic arms reduction talks must consider this reality. Baker spoke Sunday on ABC's Issues and Answers.
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Washington
Senate
Howard H. Baker
United States
Tennessee
Pentagon
ABC
Taxi Drivers Down Tools for Critical Day in Leningrad
More than a dozen Leningrad taxi drivers walked off work not for conditions but because their bio rhythm charts marked it a critical day. They were granted the day off by doctors and will still be paid.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Rhodesian Air Force Attacks Mozambique Arms Dump
Rhodesian air force aircraft struck a guerrilla arms and supply dump in Mozambique, announced by the Rhodesian military command. It followed two previous incidents in three days at a Zimbabwean group’s storage complex near Chimoio, about 80 miles east of the Rhodesian border.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe African National Union
Chimoio
Layton pleads innocent in Ryan murder case in Guyana
Peoples Temple member Larry Layton, a 32 year old ex marine from San Francisco, pleaded innocent to five murder and attempted murder charges in the airstrip massacre of Congressman Leo Ryan and four others. The judge adjourned to Feb 28 as defense witnesses could not reach Guyana.
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Georgetown
Guyana
UPI
Peoples Temple
Larry Layton
Leo Ryan
Dcalif
Layton
San Francisco
Nandram Kissoon
Rex McKay
New York
Harold Bollers
Cedar Rapids Gazette Address and Subscription Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, lists its publication at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It details subscription rates by carrier and mail including weekly and yearly prices and notes no mail subscriptions in carrier areas. The piece cites Associated Press republishing rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Gazette
Associated Press
Births roll in from Mercy and St Luke's with multiple families
Birth notices report a daughter for Harry Holmes in Palo and daughters or sons for Elmer Mims at 330 29th St Drive SE, Philip McCurdy at Langdon Ave SW, Steven Beckmann at Norwich Road SW, John Thompson at 19th Ave SW, Mark Morris at First Ave Hiawatha, Richard Watson at Samoa Drive Hiawatha, Duane Bolton Central City, plus an out of town birth in Malden Mass for Ralph DiLando and Becky Frush of Cedar Rapids. Emergency calls listed with times follow as public safety notes.
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Elmer Mims
29Th St
Dennis Bush
Seventh St
Marion
Philip McCurdy
Langdon Ave
Steven Beckmann
Norwich Road
John Thompson
19Th Ave
Mark Morris
First Ave
Hiawatha
Richard Watson
Samoa Drive
Duane Bolton
Central City
Fire at rundown Chicago apartment hotel kills at least two
A early morning blaze in a four story Chicago apartment hotel left at least two dead and nine injured, including two firefighters. Witnesses said the rear half burned as temperatures hovered around freezing and residents reported prior alarms and a possible court battle over the building.
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Chicago
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Cue’s Knitting Studio
Westwood Dr. NW
Kissoon
Center Point Road
N.E
Credit Life Insurance
Harry Holmes
Palo
St. Luke’s
Malden
Mass
Ralph DiLando
Summer Circle
John S. Groves and
Becky R. Frush
Sixth St. NW
Bowling St. SW
Ellis Blvd
Ninth Ave
J St
Sixth Street
10Th Avenue
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He Country Stores
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First Avenue NE
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Center Pt
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