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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1978
Page
2
Births listed in Flat Rock Michigan and Cedar Rapids area include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs James Weede March 8 at 651 40th St SE. Also noted are several marriages dissolved and births announced across Mercy hospital and Cedar Rapids addresses with multiple families and dates.
President Carter signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act to prevent export of U S nuclear fuel for weapons, while aiding developing nations with reactors. The law tightens protections and allows halting cooperation if a country weaponizes or breaches safeguards.
Two BP oil workers trapped 355 feet down in the North Sea for almost 24 hours were rescued from the PC-9 mini-submarine 80 miles west of the Shetland Islands. Divers in another mini-sub freed the vessel after a half inch wire fouled its propeller. The PC-9 surfaced under its own power and was hoisted aboard the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. mother ship.
In San Salvador, Central American coffee producers gather to discuss ways to push prices back toward last year's highs. They face drought reducing production, with drought limiting reserves in several countries. El Salvador continues normal trade while Brazil and Colombia, major producers, are absent. Speculators are blamed for the tumble from about 2.50 to 1.72 dollars per pound.
The White House says a personal letter from President Carter to Somalia's Siad Barre burdens the Soviet Union with maintaining peace in Africa. Barre pledged withdrawal from Ogaden after Ethiopian, Cuban, and Soviet forces push him back. Ethiopians expect durable peace only with Somali renunciation of claims.
Weather forecast lists high temperatures in the mid forties to low fifties and overnight lows in the twenties to low thirties. Extended outlook calls for partly cloudy skies Sunday through Tuesday with a chance of showers Sunday night and Monday.
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