Cedar Rapids couple evicted after dismantling hut near rail yards
Tom and Martha Mortimer, arrived from Illinois seeking cheap rent, dismantled their hut along the Quaker Oats rail yards as police arranged shelter at the Catholic Worker House. Staff said they wouldn’t extend time without genuine effort to find housing. social services coordinator noted possible Social Security limits on aid and a growing housing problem in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Mortimer
the Gazette
Quaker Oats
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Worker House
Mortimer
Jacque Reed
Reed
Mortimers
Madge Phillips
Linn County
General Relief
Phillips
Martha Mortimer
Tom
Don
Martha
Iowa City
Hijackers Press Israel on Shiite Prisoner Release
Militia alert as Beirut hijackers press Israel to free 800 Lebanese Shiites and release other prisoners. Talks include plans for airlift to Damascus, with Amal militia mediation and U S, French, UN, Red Cross involvement amid tense standoff and hostage conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Bassam Tleiss
Berri
Amal
Lebanon
United States
France
Spain
United Nations
Red Cross
Israel
Damascus
List of Flight 847 passengers released
A compiled roster shows crew and released passengers from TWA Athens to Rome Flight 847 hijacked to the Middle East. Crew include Captain John L. Testrake and First Officer Philip Maresca, with flight engineer Benjamin Zimmermann. Releasable passengers span many states and countries, with multiple families and individuals listed among those freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TWA
Rome
Middle East
New York
John L. Testrake
Richmond
Philip G. Maresca
Salt Lake City
Benjamin C. Zimmermann
Cascade
Idaho
V. Amburg
Cairo
Egypt
Kenneth Anderson
Fox River Grove, Jr
Thomas J. Dempsey
St. Charles
Ill
Grant Elliott
Algonquin
Elkobbi
Beirut
Vincente Garza
Laredo
Texas
Simon Grossmayer
R Herzberg
Norfolk
Peter Hill
Chicago
James Hoskins
Indianapolis
J. Ingalls
Virginia
Raymond Johnson
George Lazansky
J. McCarty
McCarthy
Boston
James W. McLoughlin
Geneva
Richard Moon
Asheville
N.C
Thomas W. Murray
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Jim Palmer
Little Rock
Ark
Robert Peel Jr
Hutchinson
Demir Roussos
Russos
Athens
Greece
S. Salvan
Steve Willett
Choupic
Thibodaux
Lorraine Anderson
Fox River Grove
Helen Argyrakis
San Francisco
Anne Ashmore
Arlene
Atlanta
Bernice Balt
Aurora
Stanley Balt
Evelyn
Oswego
Penny Bamford
Hanover
Sherry Barnes
Maine
Laura Bergman
Almedas
Attendant urged restraint during midair hijack attempt on TWA flight
Ali Derickson the TWA 847 purser said Americans aboard tried to overpower hijackers but were told not in midair. She described brutal treatment of two men including a Marine and an American with official papers. Passports were collected for inspection as the crew mediates with attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
TWA
Ali Derickson
Greece
Kennedy Airport
Derickson
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David Zalaza
Atlit
Gush Emunim
West Bank
Tel Aviv
Madrid
Camp David
White House
Trans World Airlines
Robert Peel Sr
Kan
Peel
Algiers
Algeria
U.S
Torrejon
Kathryn A. Davis
Jose Delgado
Escondido
Sylvia Delgado
Genevieve Doris
Sparta
N.J
Irma Garza
Elaine Grossmayer
A.M. Mazouki
Tunis
Tunisia
Emily Mazurowski
Lancaster
N.Y
John Mazurowski
Melissa Mazurowski
John
Williamsville
William McDonnell
Loretta McLoughlin
Deerfield
Eunice Milton
Dimitrios Mingos
Feliatis
Abdalla Mohamed
Khartoum
Sudan
Thema Murray
New Jersey
Ed Novak
Lil
Janet Novak
Mary Palesse
West Allis
Wis
Joe Don Palmer
Sammie Palmer
Jim
Kristi Peel
Esther Or Lou Peel
Douglas Porter
Genevieve Porter
Frances N. Reynolds
Pamela Rice
Middletown
R.I
Mauri Schwartz
Frank Scibetta
Josephine Scibetta
Jane Sharp
Blake Lynnestved
Philadelphia
Neta Slotowski
Huntley
Minas Thanos
Arthur Targontsidis
Brockton
Mass
Elizabeth Tartas
Santa Barbara
Theophilos Tartas
Debra Toga
Arthur Toga
St. Louis
Irma Trautmann
Robert Trautmann
Adriana
Katherine
Ashley
Dorothy Tressler
Braintree
Arlene Turner
Tzanoudaki
Frank Walsh
Kathleen Walsh
Burton Weber
Patricia
Lynn Marie
Mari-Pat
Albuquerque
N.M
Marsha Willett
Christopher
Joshua
Choupie
Gail Zillgett
Judy A. Cox
Westwood
Newton
Hazel Hesp
Old Greenwich
1St Avenue
Ald Meas
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