Carter aide meets Somoza amid resignation speculation
A special U S emissary, William Jorden, met with Nicaragua's President Anastasio Somoza in Managua fueling talk that Carter urged Somoza to resign. Embassy officials offered no details of the discussion while Jorden continues regional talks on the Nicaraguan crisis.
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Nicaragua
Carter
Anastasio Somoza
U.S
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Somoza
William Watson
Jorden
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Guatemala
Honduras
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Pacific
United States
Organization of American States
Latin America
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Moscow
Cuba
Hemisphere
White House pushes renewed drive to curb hospital costs
The Carter administration urged swift action in Congress to slow hospital fee growth. Health Secretary Califano said the president backs hospital cost containment with a plan to back Sen. Gaylord Nelson's amendment, seen as the only viable path to Senate approval and potential savings of 34 billion dollars over five years.
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Washington
White House
Carter
Congress
Joseph Califano
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Califano
Nelson
Senate
IMF chief backs U S on dollar stability
Jacques de Larosiere, IMF managing director, blamed global trade and growth imbalances for a weak dollar and warned it will not stabilize until major economies align. He rejected stop-gap dollar purchases and spoke at IMF World Bank meetings with Carter preparing to speak.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
Jacques de Larosiere
IMF
United States
de Larosiere
U.S
German terrorist nabbed in Dortmund shootout
Police captured Angelika Speitel 26 after a bloody encounter on Dortmund outskirts while two other suspected Red Army Faction members fled. Speitel and Michael Knoll 27 were among 14 suspects linked to the 1977 murders of Siegfried Buback Juergen Ponto and Hanns Martin Schleyer. one of the trio was killed and another wounded.
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Dortmund
West Germany
Angelika Speitel
Miss Speitel
Red Army
Siegfried Buback
Juergen Ponto
Hanns-Martin Schleyer
Ulrich Haffke
Wolfgang Manner
Michael Knoll
FTC proposes post on pump for octane ratings after April
The FTC plans a rule after next April requiring gasoline distributors and retailers to display octane ratings directly on pump faces. The rule builds on a Carter signed law mandating refiners to test and certify octane ratings to retailers who must show them clearly. Octane measures resistance to engine knock.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
Carter
FTC
Missing Carter aide's son among five after lobster boat capsizes
Five men are missing after the lobster trawler Lobstar capsized 45 miles southeast of Montauk New York. Steven Hoyt of Narragansett Rhode Island is aboard the vessel and is the son of Mary Finch Hoyt Rosalynn Carters press secretary. Coast Guard helicopters and surface craft resumed search today as the boat is believed sunk.
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Boston
Rosalynn Carter
Montauk
Long Island
N.Y
White House
Steven Hoyt
Narragansett
R.I
Coast Guard
Hoyt
Mary Finch Hoyt
Carter
Life Magazine Returns as Monthly After 36 Years
Life magazine, first issued in November 1936, suspended in 1972, rises on newsstands today as a monthly rather than weekly. It preserves its large-page format with a price of 1.50 dollars, fifteen times the cost of its first issue, reflecting a shift in market tastes and advertising revenue.
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New Life
FDA Orders Expiration Dates on Drugs and New Plant Rules
The FDA announced that all prescription drugs and nearly all non prescription drugs must bear expiration dates to show shelf life. The update to Current Good Manufacturing Practice requires plants to have a unit for accepting or rejecting drugs and ingredients, plus standards for worker training and handling consumer complaints.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Oil Fire at Strategic Reserve Burns 70000 Barrels
In Hackberry Louisiana firefighters fight a stubborn crude oil blaze at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Four days in and 70000 barrels valued at about 1 million dollars have burned as crews attempt to flood the well and seal it to prevent another geyser. Life magazine announces its revived publication debut in New York.
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Hackberry
Asgar “Boots” Hansen
Edgar “Coots
Matthews
New York
UPI
Life Magazine
Rhodesia reports smash of 25 guerrilla bases in Mozambique
Rhodesian military command says troops destroyed 25 black nationalist guerrilla bases up to 40 miles inside Mozambique during a four day sweep that brought raiders into contact with Mozambique's army. A Sunday communique gave no casualty figures. A government film showed soldiers burning huts and a Soviet made armored personnel carrier.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Mozambique
Rhodesia
Labor union breaks with Carter amid policy split
The International Association of Machinists, with 927,000 members, split from President Carter accusing him of an about face on key issues. IAM President William Winpisinger said Carter caved in to the right wing and failed on natural gas deregulation, national health insurance, and labor law revisions.
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Washington
International Association of Machinists
Carter
William Winpisinger
Sam
German General Hasso von Manteuffel Dies in Tyrol
Hasso von Manteuffel, the German general famed for a brief Ardennes breakthrough in World War II, died at 81 while on vacation in Innsbruck Austria. He suffered a heart attack at the Reith tourist resort, having commanded Adolf Hitler’s 5th Tank Army during the December 1944 push.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Hasso von Manteuffel
Austrian
Tyrol
Reith
Adolf Hitler
Ardennes
Meuse River
Weather summary and forecast for the region
Highs are in the mid 70s to low 80s with overnight lows in the mid 40s to low 50s. A chance of widely scattered showers on Wednesday. Winds from the east at 10 mph at 10 am. Sunrise 6:58 am, sunset 6:58 pm. Coralville Lake level notes appear garbled.
Travel River Breaks Forecast For Mississippi Levels
Travelers forecast Mississippi River stages today with flood stage levels in brackets. LaCrosse 6.2 fall .2, Lansing 8.3 fall .2, Dam 9 15.4 fall .5, McGregor 9.5 fall .4, Guttenberg 8.5 fall .6, Dubuque 11.1 fall .5, Davenport 9.6 fall .2, Keithsburg 10.0 no change, Keokuk 8.7 rise .3, Clinton 11.1 no change, Cedar at C R 4.58.
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LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Clinton
Cedar
C.R
Births and Calls Reported in Local Directory
Mercy on Sept. 25 welcomed a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Cletus White of Center Point. St. Luke's on Sept. 23 announced a son for Rudolph T. Pitts of Swisher and a daughter for Donald D. Weaver of 1036 H Ave NW. Other births list multiple families with sons and daughters across Cedar Rapids area. A late Saturday 11:26 p.m. birth is noted alongside emergency and nuisance calls at several addresses, detailing medical, fire and alarm events through Sunday afternoon.
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Mercy
Cletus White
Center Point
Rudolph T. Pitts
Swisher
Donald D. Weaver
H Ave
William K. Millard
Blairs Ferry Road
John L. Riccolo
Center Point Road
Marvin D. Ward
First Ave
Michael Mullin
van Horne
Duaine L. Bollwitt
Monticello
Fourth Ave
Sue Lane
First Avenue
16Th Street
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