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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1979

Page

7

Governors urge medical aid for Cambodian refugees in Thai camp

Six American governors led by Michigan's William Milliken appealed to President Carter for 30 doctors and nurses to assist 30,000 refugees at a Thai camp near the Cambodian border. They urged daily truck convoys of food into Cambodia and condemned Phnom Penh's rejection of aid movements, citing dire conditions and deaths.

U.S William G. Milliken Michigan Thomas L Montana Albert H. Quie Minnesota Robert D. Ray Iowa Carter Bangkok Thailand Cambodia Robert Ray Sa Kaew William Milliken The Del Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Phnom Penh Milliken China Ray Thomas Judge Richard Lamm Colorado Richard Snelling Vermont Albert Quie

Eight killed in Iowa weekend traffic crashes

Weekend traffic accidents in Iowa killed eight people including three in a Howard County head on collision on U S 63 near Lourdes. Others died in Winnebago County Floyd County Guthrie and Washington counties with several injured or hospitalized.

Iowa Howard County U.S. 63 Lourdes Charles Smith Cresco Michael Mahoney Alta Vista Piersol Casey Des Moines Iowa Highway Patrol David Ludwig Guthrie County Ludwig Jeff Aitchison Omaha Neb Jeff Kester John Bera Jim Tenga Tenga Bera Jeff Allen Latta Riverside Latta Washington County Rick Gerot

Ozark to resume partial flights after contract deal

Ozark Air Lines will restart a partial flight schedule on Monday November 5 after flight attendants ratified a new contract ending a five week strike. Ticket counters reopen the same day with reservation offices back by 6 am Tuesday, while a full winter schedule remains six weeks away. The strike had idled all flights and cost an estimated 750000 dollars per day.

ST. Louis UPI Ozark Air Lines Ozark Midwest

Pathologist cannot confirm Oswald identity by autopsy findings

Iowa City AP report cites Dr. Earl Rose saying he could not verify the identity of the man autopsied as Lee Harvey Oswald. Rose described methods for ID including fingerprints, X rays and dental records but said no matching records were available. He noted exhumation could reveal teeth or bone condition but outcomes are uncertain.

Iowa City Lee Harvey Oswald John F. Kennedy Earl Rose University of Iowa Dallas County Oswald Jack Ruby Rose

Iowa student drowns after Wisconsin football game

Peter F. Wolfe, 20, of Worthington Iowa, a University of Iowa student attending the Hawkeyes 24-13 Big Ten win over Wisconsin, drowned after falling from a pier into Lake Mendota near the Madison campus. Coroner's investigator says he could not swim and appeared intoxicated as he went into the water alone around 2 a.m.

Madison Wis University of Iowa Hawkeyes Big Ten University of Wisconsin Dane County Peter F. Wolfe Worthington Iowa Lake Mendota Philip Little Wolfe Little

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