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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1980
Page
3
A derailment on the Santa Fe line near downtown Garland left nine tank cars off the track at 2:20 a.m. Water from hoses battled a leak of the flammable styrene monomer. About 5,000 residents in the area were evacuated due to explosion and fire risk while the cause remained under investigation.
Willie T. Jones, a white former Florida highway patrolman, was indicted by a federal grand jury in a probe of civil rights cases involving area officers. He faces charges of illegally arresting and sexually abusing an 11 year old girl. Jones had pleaded no contest to similar state charges in January 1979 and received three years probation. He resigned his post with no incident noted in his personnel records.
Five defendants pleaded innocent in Brooklyn federal court on Abscam charges. Philadelphia congressmen Michael Myers and Raymond Lederer, both Democrats, were released without bail along with three others. They were accused of taking bribes from undercover FBI agents in exchange for help to staged Middle East businessmen to immigrate.
The Secret Service forms a special task force and offers a 25000 reward to capture two men wanted for the killing of Julie Cross, 26, the first female Secret Service agent killed in the line of duty. Cross was shot Wednesday night in an unmarked car during a stakeout of a counterfeiting operation near Los Angeles International Airport.
National Guard troops manned roadblocks around Grand Island Nebraska to deter sightseers and looters while residents begin rebuilding after seven killer tornadoes. Six people died four in funnels and two from heart attacks during cleanup. 34 remained missing by Thursday night, down from over seventy.
Tass reports Lt Col Yuri Malyshev and flight engineer Vladimir Aksenov launched Thursday night to test the Soyuz T2 systems. They may link with the orbiting Salyut 6 station, which has orbited since Sept 29, 1977, while a separate Intercosmos mission returned to Earth.
Lorene Fancher recalls the deadly charter bus wreck near Jasper Arkansas that claimed 20 lives as investigators consider brake failure on the twisting road. Arkansas State Police say brakes apparently failed as the Texas bound tour bus plunged 50 feet into a ravine in darkness. Federal officials work to determine cause while a Sangamon County grand jury indicts Wanda Brandstetter on bribery charges tied to ERA lobbying in Illinois.
In Baltimore delegates urged creative compassionate solutions to family problems while a pro family coalition warned of a walkout unless abortion and homosexual rights are addressed in recommendations.
A National Organization for Women volunteer in Springfield has been indicted on charges she offered a $1,000 bribe to a state lawmaker for a vote on the Equal Rights Amendment. The FBI had been investigating the case.
Key West officials anticipate the Freedom Flotilla's end as only two shrimp boats and 20 small craft remain in Mariel harbor. FEMA’s Tom Casey doubts a quick finish, while 110,002 refugees have arrived after a 48 day effort. Coast Guard reports a sinking Verónica Express rescue and ongoing exclusion hearings.
About 600000 unemployed workers and ex servicemen face loss of a special federal unemployment fund as Congress stalls on a new budget. Payment stoppage may last at least two weeks, with disaster relief and coal miner black lung benefits also at risk amid the fiscal 1981 funding dispute. Regular unemployment payments to roughly 34.5 million people remain secure for now.
In Marseille a diamond dealer, Elie Guigui, was robbed by four masked gunmen who forced the combination to his safe after wounding his wife and children. The gang extorted 2.4 million dollars in gems by threatening to kill a child.
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