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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1987
Page
2
The column weighs Baby M surrogate birth ethics and compares the judge’s approach to Solomon. It notes a shift toward supporting the church, questions about the high cost of fame, and critiques Reagan’s veto, plus Gooden’s fall from grace and the idea that athletes should not be role models. It blends political, legal, and sports commentary with aging humor and cultural references.
London police say thieves forced entry to the Wildenstein Gallery in the West End and took Renoir's The Vase of Flowers, valued at 720000 dollars. Discovered missing Saturday night, the painting was last seen when the gallery closed Friday.
Unclear OCR yields a garbled Cedar Gazette notice from Cedar Rapids with misread postal and pricing data. Mentions Associated Press republication rights but contains scattered fragments about subscriptions and frequency.
A 17 million year old ape species may be the earliest member of the lineage leading to great apes and humans, pushing back the split from lesser apes by about two million years. Researchers Lawrence Martin Peter Andrews and Peter Whybrow discuss the find and its implications, based on a 1977 jaw fragment.
University of Maryland experts outline personality types that appear as April 15 nears and offer steps to manage anxiety. They advise breaking the task into small parts, assigning responsibilities, organizing records, reviewing the process afterward, and viewing tax time as a yearly duty rather than a crisis.
In Rockwall Texas the evangelist Ora Roberts described a 10 day vigil that raised about 8 million dollars for a medical missionary program. He said he nearly lost his voice after praying over more than one million requests and faced a perceived divine ultimatum to collect funds by March 31.
Big band leader Woody Herman, 73, remained in serious condition in the coronary ICU at Sinai Hospital after heart effects from medication used for high altitude sickness during a Colorado Utah tour. Manager Tom Cassidy said a postponement of a performance was possible as doctors work to stabilize his heart rate. Herman, a Hollywood Hills resident, leads the Thundering Herd and has a 50 year career in big bands.
A 32-year-old Grand Rapids construction worker, Michael Van Timmeren of Fryling Construction Co., was killed when two crates of mirrors split while unloading at an apartment complex. The falling mirrors caused fatal head injuries. Deputy Harlow Blumenstein of the Kent County Sheriff's Office described the accident and ongoing investigation.
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