Israeli commandos storm Palestinian base in southern Lebanon
More than 150 Israeli commandos landed ashore after missile boat and helicopter attacks and a two hour battle with Saiqa guerrillas near Adloun and Insariyeh, two miles south of Sarafand. Reports say a Palestinian training camp was destroyed and casualties occurred on both sides amid broader peace talk developments.
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Sarafand
Lebanon
Menachem Begin
Jordan
Hussein
Begin
Ezer Weizman
Insariyeh
Adloun
Beirut
Tel Aviv
Tiberias
Sea of Galilee
Palestine Liberation Organization
Saiqa
River flood stage forecast for Mississippi towns
Travelers forecast Mississippi River stages today with levels in brackets. LaCrosse 10.6, Lansing 11.8, Dam 9 21.6, McGregor 14.3, Guttenberg 12.9, Dubuque 15.4, Davenport 12.9 with a drop of 0.2, Keithsburg 12.9 down 0.3, Keokuk 12.8 down 0.5, Clinton 14.3, Cedar at C.R. 4.90. No reports provided for most sites.
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Mississippi River
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Clinton
Cedar At
C.R
Births Report From Mercy and Cities
The Vital Statistics column lists numerous births by city and family names. It notes multiple newborns in Marion and Ames, including a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Alan Loomis and several sons for other local parents. The section also records nearby births in Phoenix and Tonawanda, with detailed addresses and parental information.
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Kevin Collins
21St Ave
Dale Darnell
Golf St. NE
Alan Loomis
L St
Steven Berth
Sixth Ave
Randall Baker
Fifth Ave
Marion
Randy Coghlan
Amberjack Drive
Hiawatha
Alan Strang
West
Donald Zimmerman Jr
Belle Plaine
David Meskimen
Solon
Phoenix
Ariz
Richard Randall
Randall
Glenn Gable
Zika Ave
Ames
Wallace L. Taylor
Crandall Drive
Tonawanda
N.Y
Douglas A. Valley
Robert O. Valley
26Th St. SE
Kenneth Axmear
North English
Gas lines reform at train stations nationwide
Amtrak reports rising ridership as high gas prices push travelers to trains. California leads the surge with near World War II level ridership, and Chicago to Denver Zep hyr reservations are nearly sold out. Rail traffic boosts include refurbished cars returning soon and a jump in Amtrak calls last week.
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Washington
Amtrak
California
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
Florida Executes Two Death Row Inmates First Since 1964
Gov. Bob Graham signed death warrants for John A. Spenkelink and Willie Jasper Darden. Spenkelink, convicted of murder in a 1973 Tallahassee motel death, and Darden, convicted of a 1974 Lakeland furniture-store owner killing, were scheduled for execution Wednesday by electric chair. This would mark the first U S execution since 1977 and the first in Florida since 1964.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Bob Graham
Florida
John A. Spenkelink
Willie Jasper Darden
Gary Mark Gilmore
Utah
Spenkelink
Carter investigators seek subpoena power at Three Mile Island
Middletown Pa AP President Carters investigators in the Three Mile Island case pressed for subpoena power as they prepared for hearings. The presidential commission voted 8-3 to stall the opening round until Congress grants authority to compel sworn testimony. Later the Senate granted such power, while the House had not acted.
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Middletown
Carter
Three Mile Island
Commission
Congress
Senate
House
Castro blasts U S blockade during Mexico visit
Fidel Castro, in Cozumel, attacked the U S blockade and the Guantanamo base as the main obstacles to U S Cuba ties. He called U S relations under Carter "perfectly awful" and said even aspirin could not be bought from the United States. He predicted uprisings would topple Nicaragua and El Salvador governments and praised President Lopez Portillo for independent oil policy.
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Cozumel
Mexico
Fidel Castro
United States
U.S
Guantanamo
Castro
Cuba
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Jose Lopez Portillo
Washington
Soviet nuclear-powered sub faster deeper than U S Navy sub
The Washington Post reports a Soviet nuclear powered attack submarine exceeds U S Navy boats in speed and depth. Sub tested submerged at 40 knots and a depth of 2000 feet or more. The Los Angeles class is believed under 35 knots and shallower by hundreds of feet according to intelligence data.
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Washington
Washington Post
Los Angeles
Carter weighs U.S. troops for Arab Israeli peacekeeping
The Washington Post reports a plan to deploy U S troops as part of an Egyptian Israeli peacekeeping force. A State Department official said the option is not under active consideration while another official had no knowledge of the report. The plan would be considered if other options fail, with preference to extend the existing UN force in the Middle East. Carter aims to seek Soviet support for continuing UN peacekeeping, with U N Security Council action anticipated in July.
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Saigqa
PLO
Begin
Hussein
Armed Forces Radio
Lebanon
Jordan
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Weizman
Israel
Egypt
Washington
Carter
U.S
Washington Post
State Department
United Nations
Mideast
Leonid Brezhnev
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Declassified H-bomb report published prompts security clash
A mid fifties hydrogen bomb test report was mistakenly declassified and printed in Sun Times and Washington Post. The 29 page document details device yields weights and construction, including foam filled canisters. The Energy Department calls it a clerical error now classified secret restricted data.
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Chicago
UPI
Energy Department
Progressive
American Civil Liberties Union
Los Alamos
N.M
ACLU
Dimitri Rotow
Rotow
Chicago Sun-Times
Department
Jim Cannon
Cigar Segregation Proposed By Aviation Board
The Civil Aeronautics Board proposed smoking rules for airlines including a seven row buffer between cigar and pipe smokers and non-smokers. Public and industry comment is open until August 20 with CAB to decide on adoption. Proposals include one smoking section per compartment, vents for smokers, and bans on small aircraft flights under one hour.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Canal measure falters as House delays Panama vote
In Washington, House opposition to Carter plans to turn the Panama Canal over to Panama delays final passage. A key motion to send the bill back to committee failed by 200-198, leaving opponents short of a needed 218 votes. Rep. John Murphy plans further debate Monday with a delayed final vote until sufficient support is built.
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Washington
House
Panama Canal
Panama
John Murphy
D-N.y
George Hansen
Idaho
United States
Canal
Hansen
State Department
U.S
Canal Zone
Cedar Rapids Gazette Contact and Rates Notice
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. It notes subscription rates by carrier and mail for various editions and periods and states no mail subscriptions are accepted in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and all AP dispatches.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Morland
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First Ave. S.W
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