Births and incidents span multiple families across several Iowa locales
Birth announcements list and dates for multiple families in Des Plaines and Cedar Rapids areas plus Marion Vinton Viola and nearby addresses. Included are twin birth at Des Plaines to Mr and Mrs Witt and a series of utility and emergency reports with times from Saturday and Sunday in Cedar Rapids area.
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Arden Baker
Twin Mound Drive
Kevin Kloopfer
15Th Ave
Marion
Dwayne Donels
Vinton
Marion Reed
Viola
Des Plaines
Ill
Jeff Witt
Mr. Witt
Albert Witt
Newport Drive
Witt
Otis Boyd
Jacelyn Drive
Canal foe concedes passage of neutrality pact
Senator Ted Stevens said Carter has enough votes to win ratification of the neutrality pact as the Senate prepared for Thursday’s roll call. Leader Byrd said prospects have been improving while undecided senators and the Carter administration remain uncertain about support for the Panama Canal treaties and post 2000 U.S. military presence. The second treaty, detailing transfer of control before 2000, will not be voted on until April and hinges on approval of the neutrality pact.
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Washington
UPI
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Carter
Stevens
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
House
Panama
United States
Canal Zone
Byrd
U.S
Sam Nunn
Herman Talmadge
Senate
Rhode Island averts state workers strike
Providence reports a new two year contract between the state and Council 94 of the AFSCME averting a strike by more than 10 000 workers. The pact runs to June 30 1980 with a 15 per week raise and a 54 percent raise of 15 whichever is greater on July 1 1979 plus longevity and health cost changes.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
Council
American Federation of State
J. Joseph Garrahy
Garrahy
Robert Liquori
Basics push fuels school board race surge
In a Carter backed trend, the National School Boards Association reports 40 percent of districts with over 10 000 students see basics platform candidates in contests. Of those districts 30 percent won and 10 percent lost according to a member survey.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
National School Boards Association
Association
Arab oil states split over restoring oil revenue power
In Nicosia AP reports Arab oil nations disagree on restoring purchasing power of oil earnings amid dollar decline. Some push immediate crude price increases, some favor dumping dollar as trade standard, others urge patience until the dollar recovers. Saudi Arabia leans toward higher oil prices backed by large dollar assets.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Avalanche on Swiss ski slope buries dozens
In Col Des Mosses Switzerland a massive avalanche swept a crowded slope. More than 300 rescuers searched through the night for victims as officials said only two remained unaccounted for among about 30 initially reported missing. Earlier fears pegged possible burials at up to 60 skiers under 25 feet of snow.
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St. Louis
Col Des Mosses
Switzerland
UPI
Ethiopian forces push toward Somalia border in Ogaden
Ethiopian forces said to have overrun Dolo on the Ethiopian Somali frontier near the Kenya junction as Addis Ababa Radio reports a southward thrust toward Mogadishu. The move aims to regain control of the disputed Ogaden desert.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Ethiopia
Somalia
Ogaden
Addis Ababa Radio
Dolo
Mogadishu
Leftists fail first French election test
Paris AP reports that in the first round of the National Assembly elections the center-right Giscard d Estaing coalition led with 46.5 percent, while Socialists and Communists trailed at 45.1 percent. Leftist gains hinge on next Sunday's runoff as analysts predict they still lack a majority. Only 61 of 491 deputies chosen so far.
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Paris
National Assembly
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Weather snippet with wind and sun data
At 10 a.m. wind from the southeast at 16 mph. Sunrise 6 21, sunset 6 12. Temperature from a year ago: high 44, low 35, precipitation .61. Forecast partly cloudy and cooler midweek with a chance of rain or snow Thursday night into Friday. lows 10 to 20 Wednesday and Thursday, in the 20s Friday. highs in the upper 20s to 30s.
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Bismarck
Chicago
Csee
St. Louis Croc
C.R
Sioux Falls
Aenean
Flynt suffers cardiac irregularity after shooting
Hustler owner Larry Flynt, 35, partially paralyzed from a gunshot attack during a trial in Lawrenceville, experienced a cardiac irregularity but responded to treatment. Doctors at Emory University Hospital say his fever remains and abdominal infection may require more surgery while paralysis persists with no movement below the waist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Hustler Magazine
Larry Flynt
Flynt
Gene Reeves Jr
Lawrenceville
Emory University Hospital
Emory
Tom Sellers
Correction fixes misidentified Center Point bond supporters
The Gazette corrects two incorrectly labeled interview photos from the bond referendum coverage. Supt. John Schwiebert was misidentified as Bert Roseberry, and Roseberry was mistaken for Schwiebert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point Consolidated School District
John Schwiebert
Bert Roseberry
the Gazette
Mosquito Control Cuts Dengue Outbreaks in Caribbean
The CDC reports Caribbean mosquito control reduced dengue fever outbreaks in the United States. In 1977 there were over 50 cases, with the first epidemic in St. Thomas ending after island-wide spraying with malathion. The Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits the disease.
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Atlanta
Caribbean
United States
Center For Disease Control
St. Thomas
U.S. Virgin Islands
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