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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 2000
Page
4
Janea Jagger spoke at the Hartford Artists Collective on Women and Children in the Third World while battling walking pneumonia. The ex-wife of Mick Jagger delivered the keynote though she was visibly frail and urged aid for vulnerable children with a saving-one philosophy.
At 88, Vo Nguyen Giap says Americans are welcome back as friends and must aid Vietnam’s rebuilding. He urges moving past the war while remembering it, speaking in a Saturday interview.
Dee Snider and band members say they will vote for Al Gore. The group notes a 1985 Senate hearing on music labeling did not change their support as they urge fans to vote for Gore.
On this day in 1682 Robert La Salle reached the Mississippi River. In 1865 General Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. In 1939 Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial after rejection at Constitution Hall. In 1942 Bataan fell to Japan and the Death March began. In 1947 deadly tornadoes swept Texas Oklahoma Kansas. In 1959 NASA named its first seven astronauts. In 1965 the Astrodome hosted its first baseball game. In 1992 Noriega was convicted in Miami. In 1993 Chavis became NAACP head.
Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, 58, had surgery to repair three hernias caused by weight lifting. A spokesman said he returned home Friday and expects to resume work on Monday. He noted the governor had been exercising heavily, including running lifting weights and boxing.
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