Weather Update Partly Cloudy With A Chance Of Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy today with a slight chance of thundershowers tonight. Highs reach 70 to 75 and lows around 50. Sunday looks generally fair with highs near 70. Detailed weather on page 3A.
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26 May 1979
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1979
Page
1
Chicago DC-10 crash kills 272 in worst U.S. disaster
A DC-10 departing O'Hare nose-dived and exploded, killing 272 aboard including Playboy executives Sheldon Wax and two others. The left engine failed on takeoff, debris scattered over Elk Grove Township as emergency crews worked through the night. FAA and police investigated while a morgue was set up at the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
O’hare
U.S
Richard Albrecht
Elk Grove
American Airlines
Playboy Magazine
Los Angeles
Pacific Southwest Airlines
San Diego
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Canary Islands
Spain
Pan Am
KLM
Sheldon Wax
Judith
Playboy
Victoria Cher Haider
Mary Sheridan
Walter Lux
FAA
Langhorne Bond
Washington
Jane Byrne
Elk Grove Village
Touhy Mobile Home Park
Oasis Mobile
John Wayne
Chicago Area
Ozark Airlines
American Flight 191
Barbara Mueller
Oasis Trailer Park
Out for a drive in a runabout buggy
Everett Robinson and Vina Wall of Manchester prepare a runabout buggy stored in a basement last winter. Roger McIntosh, also of Manchester, holds his stallion Stonewall GTX. The hickory buggy has hard rubber tires elliptic springs a kerosene lantern and a reed seat in deep green cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Robinson
Vina Wall
Manchester
Roger McIntosh
Stonewall
Crawlers Threaten Nearby Fields In Local Insect Watch
Today warnings note bugs moving soon led by sandhill and black cutworms and dingy moths. Sunday marks graduation for 169 Marion seniors at the football field if weather cooperates. Cedar Rapids man nets 149 pounds of fish in a day from a downtown bridge. Attorneys seek new trial for Cedar Rapids man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion High School
Cedar Rapids
Right of Way Issues Slow Ambu lances on Emergencies
Page 6A notes motorists fail to yield to ambulances on lifesaving runs. The piece examines the problem and its impact on emergency response times. The article hints at public reaction and possible solutions.
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Gazette
Neal Callahan
Federal Aviation Administration
Callahan
Samuel Nolan
FBI
Tom Ring
Page SA
Lux
Air Force
American
Warren Holtsberg
Marion
Carter
U.S. A
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