Condominium Collapse in Cocoa Beach Kills Nine
A five story waterfront condo at Harbor Cay collapsed killing nine workers and leaving five missing in Cocoa Beach Florida. Rescue teams battled debris under floodlights as cranes and heavy machinery moved rubble. authorities said five bodies had been recovered with four more suspected under the wreckage.
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Gazette Wire Services
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Gary Whittaker
Wftv-Orlando
Robert Walker
Air Force
Brevard County
Richard Weber
Hugh Flynn
Mike Hocke
Hocko
Bill Straub
City of Cocoa Beach
Straub
House of Cards
Harbor Day
Univer of
Senate warns Soviets on Poland intervention
The Senate approved a 96 to 0 resolution warning the Soviet Union against intervening in Poland, saying such action could damage East West relations. Defense Secretary Weinberger warned of serious consequences and ruled out arms talks if Moscow invades Poland. Poland faced a four hour general strike as talks stalled and Solidarity protested.
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Gazette
Washington
Senate
Soviet Union
Poland
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
U.S
U.S. Senate
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Moscow
Kremlin
Weinberger
Pentagon
Europe
Russia
NATO
United States
Solidarity
Legislature Ray veto shapes budget cuts and foster care funds
The first veto of the session by Governor Ray trims proposed budget cuts but preserves funds for foster children. Other items note recurring record fish winner from Van Horne and a Tama man with a world title contending coon hunting dog.
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Ray
van Horne
Marion Movies and Outdoor Recreation Feature
The index calendar lists segments across multiple pages with times 1-38 and 6-158 noting events from Marion Movies to Outdoor Recreation. A humor line from a Little boy to his mother adds a light moment.
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Marion
Four college friends lounge to watch the bush grow
A group of four students sits in a yard near Coe College during spring break. Larry Mahoney Dan Meade Ray Noonan and Tom Oberbroeckling watch traffic with iced tea. Mahoney and Oberbroeckling are from UNI while Meade and Noonan attend Coe.
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Coe College
Larry Mahoney
Dan Meade
Walker
Ray Noonan
Tom Oberbroeckling
Coggan
Mahoney
Oberbroeckling
University of Northern Iowa
Meade
Noonan
Coe
Florida
Hijackers seize Honduran jetliner demanding leftist prisoners
Four armed hijackers and a woman seized a TAN SAHSA Boeing 727 with 87 others, landed in Managua, and pressed for freedom for 15 Salvadoran leftists jailed in Honduras. Forty hostages were released including at least four Americans. remaining travelers on board included U.S. citizens and Honduran crew members as troops surrounded the plane.
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Managua
Nicaragua
U.S
Mike Magger
State Department
Col
Cesar Elvir Sierra
Tegucigalpa
Jorge Torre
Dario Celaya
U.S. trade deficit improves as exports rise in February
February saw the U.S. trade deficit shrink to 3.15 billion dollars with exports rising 5 percent to 19.8 billion while imports fell 5.6 percent to 22.9 billion. Oil imports per day rose to 7.5 million barrels despite a shorter month, and manufactured goods exports grew while car imports declined. The OPEC deficit and Japan shortfall weighed on balance, though the current account showed a small surplus for 1980.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Commerce Department
Department
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
United States
Japan
Virgin Island
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