Deadly crash near Gladbrook claims 54 lives
A plane wreck four miles southwest of Gladbrook in Tama County killed 54 people and left at least 75 injured. The notice highlights dangers of ignoring school bus warning lights and the legal violation of doing so with a combined police and schools program. Centennial plans noted. Marshalltown and Stuart top science fair winners in Cedar Rapids.
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Gladbrook
Tama County
Iowa
Marshalltown
Stuart
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Metro
Families Make Difference conference in Cedar Rapids April 1
The Cedar Rapids Area Extension Service will host a conference titled Families Make the Difference on April 1 offering survival tips for the future of families. New statistics from the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Convention and Visitors Bureau show Iowa's eastern third holds 44 percent of corporations 59 percent of corporate employees and 44 percent of the state's population.
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Cedar Rapids
the Convention and Visitors Bureau
The
Cedar Rapids Chamber of
Iowa
Money
General Telephone Company of
Midwest
Brandon
Continental Telephone Co
Plane explodes in Illinois tanker kills 27
Dozens of rescue workers search swampy woodlands for the bodies of 27 people killed when an Illinois Air National Guard tanker exploded in a huge fire. The plane carried four crew members and 23 other military men and lacked a black box. The investigation will proceed despite its absence.
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Wonder Lake
Ill
UPI
Woodlands
Illinois Air National Guard
National Guard
William Swinley
Air Force
Wisconsin
Mubarak approves death sentences in Sadat assassination case
Mubarak signs off on death for five Moslem militants and jail terms for 17 others from the Oct. 6 Sadat killing, with appeals for mercy possible within 15 days after formal notice. The ruling followed March 6 sentences by Egypt’s Supreme Military Court.
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Cairo
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Anwar Sadat
Defense Ministry
Mubarak
Supreme Military Court
OPEC Agrees to Formal Production Cuts in Vienna
In response to a global oil glut OPEC binds to limit output for the first time in its 21 year history. Saudi Arabia pledges a 500000 barrel daily cut as analysts estimate overall OPEC production around 17.5 million barrels per day and the $34 base price may hold briefly. Consumers see little immediate effect while gasoline and heating oil prices may ease slowly.
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Vienna
Austria
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Mount St Helens Erupts Spews Ash Floods Nearby Areas
Mount St Helens erupted twice sending ash clouds nearly 9 miles high and a hot mud flow down the Toutle River. About 65 residents evacuated with no injuries reported as scientists warn activity may continue for days.
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Gazette Wire Services
Vancouver
Wash
Mount St. Helens
Toutle River
Kathy Cashman
U.S. Geological Survey
Hugh Fowler
State Department of Emergency Services
A.B. Adams
University of Washington Geophysics Center
Seattle
Kid Valley
U.S. agrees to Nicaragua request for UN Security Council hearing
The United States said it would not oppose Nicaragua's bid for an urgent Security Council session to present charges of an imminent invasion. Jeane Kirkpatrick outlined fair and expeditious handling while signaling U.S. arguments about Soviet and Cuban arms to Sandinistas and guerrillas in El Salvador.
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United States
Nicaragua
U.N. Security Council
Washington
Jeane Kirkpatrick
U.S
Council
Managua
Security Council
Kirkpatrick
Alexander Haig
U.N
Caribbean
Ireland
Javier Perez de Cuellar
U. S
Daniel Ortega Saavedra
Perez de Cuellar
Ortega
Hondouras
State Department
Fidel Castro
el Salvador
Department
Castro
Havana
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Naperville
Five Seasons Center
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
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San Salvador
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ABC
Ratcliff
Mt. Vernon Rd
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Tootle River
Spirit Lake
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Mount Mercy College
Sister Mary Cephas Wichman
R.S.M
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Thomas R. Feld
Gary J. Streit
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