Births and family notices from Cedar Rapids area
Birth announcements list multiple families with names and addresses across Marion Hiawatha Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids. It includes twins a son and a daughter and several newborn sons and daughters. Local fire and medical incidents are also recorded with times and locations. A Napoleon Bonaparte quote closes the page.
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Ronnie Hurlbert
Ellis Blvd
David Selkowitz
26Th Ave
Marion
Harold W. Tenney
Seventh Ave
Hiawatha
Robert A. Sleep
E. Clark Sr
Michael Newmeister
Mount Vernon
Soyuz 29 Rockets Toward Dock With Salyut 6 Orbital Lab
Soyuz 29 speeds toward rendezvous with the Salyut 6 orbital lab carrying cosmonauts Vladimir Kovalenok and Alexander Ivanchenkov. Tass reports nine orbits completed and normal systems as the mission aims to dock and continue explorations begun by Soyuz 26.
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Orbital Lab
Moscow
UPI
Salyut 6
Tass
Kovalenok
Ivanchenkov
Earth
Salyut Orbital Lab
Soviet Union
Grechko
Romanenko
Italian president resigns amid corruption charges
Rome Italy's president Giovanni Leone resigns after accusations of tax evasion and involvement in the Lockheed payoff scandal. Senate President Amintore Fanfani becomes interim president as parliament begins process to elect a successor within 15 days amid national turmoil.
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Rome
Italy
Christian Democrats
Aldo Moro
Giovanni Leone
Fani
Leone
Largest ball of string on display in Darwin Minnesota
The world’s largest ball of string sits in Darwin Minnesota at 11 feet diameter and 10000 pounds. It was assembled by Fred Johnson who started gathering the string in 1950.
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Darwin
Minn
Fred Johnson
Quake Hits West-Central Texas Shaking Lubbock Area
A 4.7 to 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck west central Texas about 70 miles southeast of Lubbock at 6:47 a.m. CDT, felt across western Texas including San Angelo, with no damage reported. The UPI report notes a separate tour bus collision in Britain involving 43 passengers, mostly Americans.
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Washington
Texas
U.S. Geological Survey
Lubbock
San Angelo
Golden
Colo
Oswestry
England
UPI
Britain
Soviet Aid To Africa Surges In Early Year
U S intelligence officials report Russia has delivered more than 120000 tons of military equipment to a dozen African nations since January. Ethiopia alone received over 61000 tons via 36 freighters and 59 planes. The report notes expanded Soviet influence in Africa as it catalogues arms, aircraft, vehicles and small naval craft. The item also notes UN Security Council action extending the Cyprus peacekeeping mandate for six months in a 14 0 vote China not participating.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Africa
Ethiopia
United Nations
Security Council
U.N
Cyprus
China
Panel eyes disability cut in social security plan
A House Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security tentatively approved changes to the 14 billion dollar disability program. If enacted the maximum family benefit would drop from about 900 to 775 dollars monthly starting January 1, with existing beneficiaries unaffected. The move aims to save about 1.5 billion annually but faces uncertainty this year.
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Washington
House
Congress
Ways and Means Subcommittee On
Social Security
Snail Darter Case Signals New Conflicts Over Endangered Species
Officials warn the snail darter victory over the Tellico Dam foreshadows clashes with at least 11 major projects risking endangered species. Interior Department officials say most disputes can be settled by adjusting construction plans after interagency consultation.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tellico
Interior Department
Keith Schreiner
Interior Meat
Judge rules Colorado statute blocking juvenile ID unconstitutional
In Castle Rock Colorado Judge John Gately voided a state law barring press names of juveniles. The Rocky Mountain News and three reporters faced charges after publishing the name Rose Ann Lucero 17 linked to an March 11 arson that destroyed the Douglas County Courthouse.
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Castle Rock
Colo
Colorado
John Gately
Rocky Mountain News
James Clark
Bruce Pringle
the News
Rose Ann Lucero
Douglas County
Weather summary with wind and extended forecast
At 10 a.m. wind southeast 9 mph. Sunrise 5 30 Saturday, sunset 8 45. Yesterday’s high 89 low 65 with no precipitation. Extended forecast warms with a chance of thunderstorms Sunday through Tuesday with highs in the 80s and 90s and cooler upper 70s to mid 80s Tuesday. Lows in the 60s. Mississippi River stages: LaCrosse 5.9 rising, Lansing 8.0 fall 0.3, Dam 9 14.5 fall 0.6, McGregor 7.9 fall 0.3, Guttenberg 6.4 fall 0.3, Dubuque 9.4 fall 0.2, Davenport 6.7 no change, Keokuk 5.3 fall 0.6, Cedar Rapids 3.85 rise 0.10.
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Mississippi River
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Cedar
C.R
Anchorage
Atlento
Miami
Bismarck Ston
Nashvill
Chicago
N.orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix
Houston
Honolulu
Washington
Seattle
Labor law filibuster pressure as support slips
Senate opponents press supporters to concede after another failed cloture bid. Senator Lugar notes the 58 to 39 vote shows no new yes votes, while Byrd promises a sixth anti filibuster vote next week and Hatfield warns patience is running thin. Administration and labor lobbyists still seek two more votes to end the filibuster.
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Washington
Senate
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Mark Hatfield
Steepest Streets Named Filbert and 22nd in SF
The steepest streets in the world are Filbert Street and 22nd Street in San Francisco, each with a gradient of 31.5 percent.
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Filbert Street
22Nd Street
San Francisco
Brooke faces possible perjury probe in divorce disclosures
A probate court judge ruled Brooke misstated sworn disclosures in his divorce filings and sent the matter to the Middlesex DA for possible perjury charges. Assistant DA John Kerry and DA John Droney planned to review the case, with Droney having been defeated by Brooke in 1972.
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Cambridge
Mass
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
District Attorney's Office
Brooke
Middlesex
Lawrence Perera
Remigio Brooke
Middlesex County
John Kerry
John Droney
Droney
Senate
Perera
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