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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1978
Page
11
Diana Nyad endures a 60 hour open water challenge from Cuba toward the Florida Keys amid 3 foot waves and fatigue. Her operations manager notes only the sea size can defeat her as Coast Guard signals hint she remains near Cuba.
Candy Steele, 16, a deaf mute foster child, survived by drinking river water for two weeks after disappearing July 29 from a campsite at 6800 feet east of Fresno. Found by anglers on Kings River about 12 miles from camp, she reported via sign language of surviving on water. She was treated for poison oak and bites and sent to a hospital. Temperatures dropped to the low 60s at night.
A dense area page outlines Monday and Tuesday evening broadcasts across stations, listing shows from Jeffersons to MASH and news programs. It ends with a dated historical note: on this date in 1848, the Oregon Territory was organized.
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