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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1978

Page

2

Train coaches burn in Taunton killing 11

Fire gutted two sleeper coaches on a southwest England train bound for London. Eleven passengers died and about 30 were injured as authorities investigated an explosion as the possible cause. Ten bodies were recovered and the blaze was confined to two cars.

Taunton England Penzance Britain London Paddington Station 1Lth Sandra Horne Labor Party Keith Jacobs

Births Blanket of Daughters and Sons Reported Across Cities

Birth notices list multiple families welcoming new daughters and sons in Marion Center Point Martelle Ames Waukon Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon with dates July 1 to July 5. Included are names and addresses of parents and newborns along with closely connected family ties and relatives.

Waukon David Ottsen Monona Ottsen Herbert Usher 18Th St Ames Randy den Adel den Adel John Butcher Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details and Rates

The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists address at 00 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406 with daily and Sunday editions. Subscription rates shown include carrier 1.15 per week and mail options. area restrictions and AP republication rights noted.

The Gazette Company Third Ave Cedar Rapids Iowa Gazette Associated Press

Boston Transit Strike Shuts Down Subways and Buses

About 4,200 transit workers walked off today in the Boston area, halting buses and subways and stranding roughly a half million commuters. Union leaders said the action aimed to push lawmakers to oppose a bill requiring arbitrators to weigh MBTA finances in contract disputes.

Boston MBTA

Park Chung Hee Reelected Leader For Six-Year Term

President Park Chung Hee was reelected unopposed by South Korea's 2,583 member electoral college. He won 2,577 votes with one invalid tally and five absentees. Park, 60, will begin his new term December 27 amid critics' comments on detente. Gromyko addressed the Supreme Soviet urging passage of a treaty law before the session ends.

Seoul South Korea Park Chung-hee Park Gromyko Supreme Soviet

Soviet denounces anti-Soviet protests in West

Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko told the Soviet Parliament that detente faces trials from loud and hysterical anti-Soviet circles in the West. Brezhnev and top communist leaders watched as he warned against Western criticism and called for steady policy.

Moscow Andrei Gromyko West Leonid Brezhnev Gromyko

LaPrade says he was fired for wiretap role

Assistant FBI Director J Wallace LaPrade announced at a Manhattan news conference that he was dismissed by Attorney General Griffin Bell for involvement in illegal wiretaps of Weather Underground and other radical groups. He called himself a scapegoat and said he will appeal. He testified to Senate Intelligence Committee staff and demanded public release of hearings data. He criticized Civil Rights Division for punishing FBI personnel.

New York UPI FBI J. Wallace LaPrade Griffin Bell Weather Underground LaPrade Manhattan Civil Rights Division Justice Department Roy Cohn Washington Cohn Capitol

Weather outlook and river levels for the region

Forecast shows high temperatures in the mid 80s to low 90s with overnight lows around 70 and a chance of showers Saturday through Monday. Coralville Lake wind is SSW at 10 mph and Mississippi River stages are rising at several gauges, with Dubuque at 14.1 feet and Davenport at 11.1 feet.

Mississippi River LaCrosse Lansing Dam McGregor Guttenberg Dubuque Davenport Keithsburg Clinton C.R Atlanta Anchorage Miami Bismarck Boston Nashville Chicago Denver New York N.orleans Duluth Phoenix Houston Honolulu Washington Cincinnati PtCldy Cleveland Des Moines C.R. Weather Detroit A and Reneeee Kansas City

Taiwan to be offered choice of U S or Israeli fighters

U S officials say Washington will offer Taiwan modern jet fighters to aid defense. Israel approves talks for 60 Kfir jets, engines from General Electric. Taiwan seeks F 16s F 18s and F 4s plus anti ship and anti submarine gear. requests date back to 1972.

Washington United States Walter Mondale Israel Taiwan General Electric Corp

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