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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1979
Page
2
In Nicaragua the Somoza government says troops crushed Sandinista forces in Masaya and Leon, killing 48 rebels as clashes intensify near Managua. Rebels deny the south has fallen, while reports from Masaya describe heavy fighting as a Red Cross volunteer is reported shot.
Tecolote chief medical officer says the 19 year old Fernando Montoya died from plague in an isolated case with limited transmission risk and ongoing monitoring of contacts through next Wednesday.
An Iraqi border patrol fired on Iranian guards and Iraqi aircraft flew over western Iran signaling escalating tensions between Iran and Iraq. Banks in Iran closed after government nationalized the sector, while Maj. Bob Astles was extradited from Kenya to Uganda and jailed on murder charges. A Gulf of Mexico oil geiser sparked a 60 mile slick as Red Adair was summoned to cap the blaze at the Pemex site.
Randy Howard 26 and two counterdemonstrators were arrested before a Knights of the Ku Klux Klan rally at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. A 28 year old law student Mary Cagnina was also detained as riot police protected the scene.
Two members of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra who just finished a Japan tour applied for political asylum in the West, likely the United States. Foreign Ministry sources said the male trumpeter and female violinist, both in their early 40s, filed after the rest of the group departed Yokohama Saturday.
Section and page list for the current edition covering Deaths Editorial Marion Iowa and Marion pages with sections A B C D E F Growth sectors include Business Farm Show and TV listings. The index notes late news across Pages 1 3 6 10 16 and various category pages.
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