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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1977

Page

2

NTSB probes DC-9 crash amid hailstorm questions

National Transportation Safety Board officials say hearings will seek why the DC-9 was allowed to fly in a hailstorm near New Hope Georgia, and what caused the almost simultaneous engine failures after the Southern Airways jetliner crash that killed 72 people two months earlier.

Atlanta National Transportation Safety Board Southern Airways New Hope Ed Slattery NTSB Washington

Kidnap Trial Goes to Jury Seventeen Jurors Sequestered

Superior Court Judge Nicholas Nunzio begins jury selection for the Hanafi murder kidnapping case. One hundred five prospective jurors are called as 12 jurors and 12 alternates will be sequestered for a six to twelve week trial. Hamaas Abdul Khaalis and 11 followers face 32 indictments over the seizure that held 149 hostages and killed radio reporter Maurice Williams.

Washington UPI Nicholas Nunzio Nunzio Hamaas Abdul Khaalis Maurice Williams

Queen summons bonfires for Jubilee thanksgivings

Queen Elizabeth opens the Silver Jubilee week by calling a nation wide chain of bonfires. Flames in eight chains stretch from Windsor across 10 mountain tops and 18 offshore islands signaling Tuesday’s national Silver Jubilee holiday to thank for 25 years of her reign.

London UPI Elizabeth Windsor

Rhodesia to retaliate after Kariba rocket attack

Commandos have been sent to Kariba Rhodesia after a weekend rocket attack from across Lake Kariba in Zambia injured two people. Military sources say Rhodesia will end its previous limited response and retaliate vigorously to further provocations.

Kariba Rhodesia UPI Zambia Lake Kariba

Sadat to Send Fahmi to Moscow for Talks on Relations

President Sadat says Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmi will travel to Moscow this week to meet Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko on June 9. He declines any plan for a special relationship with major powers as Cairo seeks to improve strained ties with the Soviet Union.

Cairo UPI Anwar Sadat Ismail Fahmi Moscow Kremlin Fahmi Andrei A. Gromyko

Rosalynn Carter Faces Tough Brazilian Mission

First Lady Rosalynn Carter confronted a stern test of goodwill diplomacy in Brazil where opposition to her husband’s human rights and nuclear power policies fuels military government anger. She meets President Geisel and Brazilian leaders in Recife and Brasilia, the tour’s fifth stop, with Colombia and Venezuela to follow.

Santa Clara Peru UPI Rosalynn Carter Brazil

Weather Brief with River Stage Updates

Cloudy conditions forecast with north wind at 20 mph. Tuesday sunrise 5 31, sunset 8 40, high 85, low 69, no precipitation. Extended fair weather through Friday with 80s highs and 50s lows. Coralville Lake level 672.74 feet and Mississippi River stages show small rises and falls at multiple gauges including Dubuque 7.2 and LaCrosse 5.0.

Atlanta Anchorage Miami Bismarck Mols Chicago N. Orleans Duluth Denver New York Phoenix Honolulu Seattle Houston Washington C.R

Correction overstatement attributed to Monticello mayor

The Gazette corrects a Sunday story from Jones County about juvenile problems misquoting Janet Fraser. She says the arrested person for a knifing was prosecuted but acquitted by a jury. The paper regrets the error.

Gazette Jones County Janet Fraser Monticello

Laborers Local 43 vote on new contract proposal in Cedar Rapids

Little speculation surrounded the Cedar Rapids Laborers Local 43 expected vote on a new contract. The meeting at Teamsters hall begins at 7 PM. about 500 members are in the union. The Local has been on strike since May 16. spokesmen for neither the union nor Allied Construction Interests commented.

Cedar Rapids Laborers Local 43 Teamsters Hall Local 43 Union Allied Construction Interests

Local Birth Announcements And Evening Incident Log

Birth notices from Mercy and St. Luke's list several newborns with parent names and addresses, including a son for Hammond and a daughter for Dugan, plus multiple other families from Swisher Marion and NW addresses. The page also records a series of dispatches and incidents Saturday night through Sunday morning, detailing alarms, scrubbed alerts, and gas or vehicle issues at various city blocks and addresses.

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