Births and weather and river data blur in same notice
This brief mixes birth announcements from Sept 4 5 with extended forecast notes for Thursday to Saturday, plus Mississippi River stage readings for multiple towns and several medical emergencies logged Sunday and Monday. The portion lists births in several families, river levels at LaCrosse to Dubuque, and a string of EMS calls including medical emergencies and a welding sparks incident.
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Oakland Road
32Nd Street
Ninth St
McKinley St
Collins Road
Third Ave
50Th Ave
16Th Ave
Edgewood Road
19Th Ave
A Ave
Guerrilla Leader Denies Survivors Massacre in Rhodesia Crash
Zimbabwean insurgents led by Joshua Nkomo claimed responsibility for shooting down the Kariba bound Air Rhodesia Viscount and dismissed survivors' reports of 10 killings. Eight survivors were later hospitalized as government forces hunted the guerrillas amid a looted wreckage scene 35 miles southeast of Kariba.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Joshua Nkomo
Rhodesia
Nkomo
Lusaka
Zambia
Air Rhodesia
Kariba
Anthony Hill
Zimbabwe African People’s Union
Hans Hansen
Hansen
Jerry Lewis denies telethon profits amid labor day broadcast
In a rambling televised speech in Las Vegas Jerry Lewis said he receives nothing from the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon and related activities. He asserted all funds are accounted for under FOIA and other laws as pledges reached a record $29,074,405 while local efforts raised $182,569 in Eastern Iowa.
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Las Vegas
Jerry Lewis
Jerry
Lewis
Sahara Hotel
Labor Day
Horace Petzall
Iowa
Wmt-Tv
Roland Lefebvre
Commuters Halted as Chicago & North Western Strike Hits
About 3,000 clerks walked out on the Chicago & North Western Railroad halting service for 50,000 Chicago area riders and disrupting freight. Vice President Thomas Fitzgibbon of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks said 28 locals joined the walkout after discipline of clerks backing a Norfolk & Western strike. The railroad said no new freight trains would start, though existing runs would finish. The line serves eight states including Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Thomas Fitzgibbon
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
Montana
Coast Guard Adm. Trips Include Wives on One-Third of Flights
Rep. Les Aspin says 12 district commanders audited took 74 government flights last year and brought their wives on 24 trips. In 18 of those cases the approving officer was the wife’s husband, Aspin warned he will raise the matter with Transportation Secretary Brock Adams.
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Coast Guard
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Aspin
Banana Republic
Transportation
Brock Adams
Metropolitan Nikodim Dies During Papal Audience
Vatican confirms the death of Metropolitan Nikodim of Leningrad and Novgorod the head of the Russian Orthodox delegation at Pope John Paul I’s inauguration. He collapsed from a heart attack in the pope’s private library during a meeting with the pontiff.
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Vatican City
John Paul I
Nikodim
Leningrad
Novgorod
Vatican
Somoza Cracks Down as Opposition Rounds Up in Nicaragua
Somoza forces arrest hundreds of opponents in Managua as the Conservative Party reports over 600 rounded up in two days. Adolfo Calero Portocarrero, Coca Cola Nicaragua head, is detained, while five Commission on Human Rights members are also arrested. Business groups aiding the general strike say members were picked up.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Adolfo Calero Portocarrero
Coca-Cola
Commission On Human Rights
Somoza
Dobkin Named New Director at National Academy of Design
John H. Dobkin is named director of the National Academy of Design. He arrives from the Cooper Hewitt Museum where he was assistant director for administration. Earlier he served as executive assistant to the secretary of the Smultpronian Institute.
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New York
John H. Dobkin
National Academy of Design
Dobkin
Cooper- Hewitt Museum
Smultpronian Institu
Pentagon overpays workers by 900 million dollars a year
A Brookings Institution study led by Martin Binkin finds the Pentagon wastes about 900 million annually through white collar overpayment and civilian vs military staffing. It urges reform to avoid unnecessary defense costs while maintaining military pace against the Soviet threat. The Pentagon declined comment.
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Washington
Pentagon
Brookings Institution
America
Soviet Union
Martin Binkin
Brookings
Teachers Strike Burdens Schools Across Major Cities
Across New Orleans Boston Philadelphia Cleveland Dayton and Pontiac teachers walkouts force thousands of students home as talks stall. In Boston 2000 of 5500 teachers vote to open classes Wednesday but threaten to strike September 14. Marion Indiana and Seattle also see actions with desegregation busing tensions noted in Seattle.
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New Orleans
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Dayton
Ohio
Seattle
Pontiac
Mich
Odell Nails
Marion
Ind
Dayton Education Association
Gene Geisert
Carter Receives Briefing On GSA Probes In White House
President Carter was briefed by GSA Administrator Solomon and Deputy Attorney General Civiletti on expanding investigations into the General Services Administration. They reported Carter expressed full support for probes and that no one is exempt from inquiry.
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Washington
Jay Solomon
Shenandoah Mountains
Carter
General Services Administration
GSA
Solomon
Benjamin Civiletti
Oval Office
Civiletti
Camp David
Middle East
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Mississippi River
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Fall
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Clinton
Cedar
C.R
Michael Webber
Ellis Blvd
Ron Bentley
Regal Ave
Kenneth Houser
Norway
St. Luke's
Russell Wilkins
Stephen Merkel-Hess
Mansfield Ave
David McVay
29Th Ave
Timothy Price
35Th St
Marvin Hopp
Broadmore Road
St. Cloud
Minn
James R. Davis
Davis
John Gibney
13Th St
T.J. Davis
Independence
Scottsdale
Ariz
James Loomis
Loomis
Charles Loomis
Foxbourne SE
National Weather Service
Denver
Dallas
Upi Weather Forecast
Rockies
Upper Plains
Florida
Great Lakes
Anchorage
Atlanta
Agence
Bismarck
Nashville
N.orleans
Honolulu
Houston
D.R
Renee Ene
Mpls
St. Paul
Omaha
St. Louis
Sioux Falls
Associated Press
Bill Malloy
Diamond Store
Cedar Rapids
Malloy Jewelers
Second Ave. SE
Office of
C.R. Kitchen
Optometrist
Fee
Bohemian
Iowa City
DIAL
Owa
Connie Ule Boyd
Steve Murphy
Linda Edwards
First Avenue
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