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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1977
Page
15
Princess Caroline, 20, daughter of Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly, is engaged to 37 year old French businessman Philippe Junot. Palace sources say the June 1978 wedding is planned after a long engagement.
The Sahara hotel in Las Vegas sues entertainers Sonny and Cher for breaking a 1974 contract to perform eight weeks over two years. The hotel claims they shortened one engagement by four performances and skipped three weeks, seeks a court order to reschedule or $350,000 in damages.
Zeppo Marx, 76, says he was not told of Groucho Marx's death and was not invited to the memorial. He accuses Arthur Marx of snubbing him and alleges anger over Zeppo's support for Erin Fleming in Groucho's guardianship dispute.
In Minneapolis AP report the Veterans of Foreign Wars declines to admit women for the eighth year running. The vote stays overwhelming despite a BYLAWS amendment endorsement and federal pressure urging women's admission. Some ballots may have shifted under federal influence and President Carter’s intervention is invoked.
Dr Christiaan Barnard, famed for the first human heart transplant, says he and his brother Marius have agreed that if one becomes terminally ill and unable to end life, the other will help him die. Marius Barnard is also a surgeon.
Country singer Waylon Jennings was charged with possession of cocaine and released on his own recognizance after police say he received a cocaine containing package. His secretary Lori Evans was arrested with him. Conviction could bring up to 15 years in prison and a $15,000 fine on each of two counts.
Mid August U S new car sales reached a record pace with 235 584 units sold from Aug 11 to 20 up 17 percent from last year. GM led with 136 179 cars up 31 percent erasing a 1965 period record while Ford rose 6 percent and Chrysler about 5 percent AMC fell 44 percent short of last year.
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