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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1983
Page
5
Ragtime pianist and hit composer Eubie Blake died Saturday at his Brooklyn home five days after his 100th birthday. He opened Broadway to black songwriters and wrote hits like I'm Just Wild About Harry and Memories of You. He had a late comeback in his 80s and died of old age with pneumonia complications.
Salvadoran guerrillas pursue a two fold tactic to win support by staging propaganda in lightly defended towns and releasing captured soldiers and police unharmed. In La Reina their dawn attack Feb 3 toppled defenders in eight hours and ended with a village dance before retreating. The tactic aims to dampen morale, erode trust in the government forces, and spread the rebel mystique across Chalatenango Morazan and Usulutan provinces.
Italy faces its third big financial scandal of the year as a petroleum tax fraud involving more than 540 businessmen and tax officials reaches the Vatican bank. Two priests are jailed and three others, including the Vatican bank’s No. 2, are under investigation. Cardinal Poletti denied resigning amid disclosures tied to a tax official jailed in the case.
Ireland detectives seized on new evidence as top inspector took charge of the Shergar case. Witnesses report a single horse trailer seen near Port Laoise after the theft, with authorities insisting the culprits used a double trailer and may have swapped rigs after abducting the Aga Khan’s champion. Trainer Jim Fitzgerald was kidnapped at gunpoint and released. ransom figures fluctuated from 2.7 million to 51000 dollars.
Japan's top trade official said exports to the United States would be limited to 1.68 million units for the third straight year. He could not assure a fourth year of restraint. The move is described as a voluntary unilateral decision.
Whitfield County coroner says about 20 babies in one family died of crib death over three generations. He requests CDC and a medical school help to determine causes as local investigators interview about a dozen relatives. sheriff notes no foul play.
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