25 Dec 1979
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1979
Page
1
The report notes a single governor in Iowa during the 1970s and mentions upsets in other offices as part of a broader retrospective. It teases pages 10 and 11A for election hints and page 12C for memories of losses, with page 15E highlighting M A S H cast members looking ahead to season nine and Mike Farrell's fond reflections.
A reader debates gambling as a disease and a sister defends ailing behavior. A perfume maker admits an image problem tied to Chicago stereotypes. An orphan with 1300 adoptive parents celebrates a fishy Christmas. Kids and gifts are discussed on TV. A Gazette urges acquitting Santa. Editorials demand food labeling regulation. An antique quilt needs care.
Infected with the Christmas spirit employees at Mercy Hospital and Midland Forge create a special project from ordinary materials. The feature notes Bran Castle as Bela Lugosi’s setting, but Count Dracula’s ghost is part of the nostalgia.
Thousands of pilgrims gathered for midnight mass in Manger Square Bethlehem watched by Israeli troops as Mayor Elias Freij urged Iran to release U.S. hostages. Pope John Paul II led Christmas mass in Vatican and prepared to deliver Urbi et Orbi blessing to tens of thousands at St Peter's Square.
Dayton, Ohio report on 18 year old Jim Dennler who died of muscular dystrophy. His eyes were donated to an eye bank and will help two people see. His mother recalls his generosity and resolve to keep Christmas spirits bright as the family buries him on Christmas Eve.
Merle Hicks Harris 83 preserves family roots in a 50 page memoir begun in 1976 and finished in Cedar Tower Cedar Rapids. The book includes 30 pages of genealogical data and recounts a life from Wellman to Cedar Rapids, wartime service, and the death of her husband in 1924.
Three American clergymen and Cardinal Etienne Duval visited the U S Embassy in Tehran to hold midnight mass and confer with the 50 hostages as militant students doubled guards around the compound. Crowds outside shouted anti Carter and anti shah slogans while gifts and parcels were questioned for booby traps.
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