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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1978

Page

5

Cuyahoga collision off Chesapeake sinks with 11 missing

Coast Guard reports little hope for 11 crewmen after the cutter Cuyahoga collided with the Santa Cruz II and sank near Smith Point Virginia. 18 survived as divers found the wreck in 57 feet of water with no signs of life aboard.

Reedville UPI Coast Guard Little Hope Cuyahoga Chesapeake Bay Potomac River J.g. John Kercher Port Huron Roger E. Wild Newport News Buenos Aires Smith Point Santa Cruz Kercher

Sanford's Name Change Traces Cedar Rapids Bookstore History

The Cedar Rapids bookstore lineage began in 1851 in Iowa City with William Lee, grew through George Mullin and others, moved to Cedar Rapids by 1883, expanded to include Kodak and Shaeffer Pen lines, and finally became Sanford's after Morris Sanford bought the business in 1917 and renamed it in 1920. Ownership shifted to James Morse and Ballard family members, with the latest note of new owners tied to Dorothy Morse and Ruth Allen.

Lee Iowa St. Louis Iowa City Morris Sanford Co George A. Mullin James Mullin G.W. Smith Cedar Rapids Smith, Mullin and Vorhees Morris Sanford Sanford Wilcox Third Ave James H. Morse James Morse Sanford’s Morse Baileys Dorothy Morse Ruth Allen New Orleans Morris Helen Sanford

Quints Born at Hadassah Hospital in Surprise Birth

A 36 year old woman at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem delivered quintuplets by Caesarean section. The three boys and two girls, weighing 3 pounds 9 ounces to 4 pounds 14 ounces, are in good condition and likely to survive. Mother Mrs Sara Wexler plans for help with mounting medical costs as her husband is a factory worker. This is the third quintuplet birth at the hospital in seven years.

Jerusalem UPI Hadassah Hospital Sara Wexler Beershaba Wexler

Texas mother freed after unpaid child support case

Maria Almendarez, 39, jailed in Houston for refusing to pay $12 weekly per child, was released in Richmond after paying $150 of $1,068. She will try to comply with a new court order allowing visits to her two sons, aged 15 and 16, while living with her common law husband Lean dro Ortiz and five other children.

Richmond Texas UPI Houston Wells Stewart Maria Almendarez Stewart Leandro Ortiz Raymond Cruz Almendarez Salvador Almendarez Ortiz

Mel Street ends life on 45th birthday in Nashville suburb

Country singer Mel Street shot himself at his Hendersonville home on his 45th birthday, moments after arriving at Nashville Memorial Hospital. Personal manager Jim Prater said Street had been in a low mood for days amid heavy workload and had spoken with his wife and brother before the tragedy. Street was known for the hits Broken Angels and Living on the Front Street and Loving on the Back Street.

Hendersonville Tenn UPI Mel Street Nashville Grand Ole Opry Street Broken Angels Nashville Memorial Hospital Jim Prater Henderson

Five Hurt In Accidents Injuries Reported Friday And Saturday

Five people were injured in separate accidents Friday and Saturday. Ronald Gorsh 20 suffered leg injuries in a two wheel or three wheeled motorcycle crash on Eighteenth Avenue and K Street SW. His condition was not released. His brother Michael 18 was the rider. Dale Griffith 52 and Arlene Griffith 51 were listed in serious and stable condition at St Luke's Hospital after a one car crash three miles north of Hopkinton. Donald Hawker 39 fell from scaffolding and was in good condition at St Luke's with shoulder and ankle injuries. Greg Farr 10 was in fair condition at St Luke's after a hay stack fall with head injuries.

Ronald Gorsh K St Mercy Hospital Eighteenth Avenue K Street Gorsh Michael Gersh Dale Arlene Griffith Wyoming Drive St. Luke’s Hopkinton Donald Hawker Central City Greg Farr Route 3 Marion

Woman pinned under overturned car in Linn County crash

Wanda S. Hodges, 32, of 215 Seventh Ave. SW, was listed in critical condition at St. Luke's Hospital after being found pinned under her overturned car on a country road 40 feet off Highway 150, about one mile north of Hiawatha. Deputies arrived at 7 a.m. Hodges suffered a fractured spine and pelvis along with multiple internal injuries.

Wanda S. Hodges Seventh Ave St. Luke’s Hospital Highway 150 Hiawatha Linn County Hodges

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E General First Avenue Third Street Smith Vorhees Roosevelt Royale Hotel Eastman Kodak Shaeffer Shaeffer Pen Co Fort Madison Second St Independence George Mullin Quints Singer Killians Lindale Mail Killian’s Lindale Plaza Killian's Lindale Mall Shopping Center
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