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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1972

Page

6

Stamps honor Olympic Games with four new designs

Four postage stamp designs unveiled in Tokyo by Deputy Postmaster Merrill Hayden honor Olympic sports cycling bobsled skiing and outracing. The set includes 6 8 11 and 15 cent stamps issued in Washington on Aug 17 ahead of the Munich 1972 Summer Games. Additional commemoratives and a 100th anniversary mail order stamp program were announced with details on print runs and subjects for 1973.

Merrill Hayden Tokyo Sapporo Japan Washington D.C Munich Germany Inlte E. T. Klassen Dulles International Airport May U.S America Rusia Pietre de Coubertin Hua Era PTA Peror Athens Mos É Day Morrow Lanve Wyman New York City Mexico Wyman Marcel ‘Duchamp Armory Stamp All Mall Harris Mumich Gravure Andreoill Press

Offer Up Date for TV Show Black Out

London networks promise up to date introductions for future episodes after viewers faced mid program blackouts due to power cuts. The Daily Express front page reveals a reader question about The Moonstone ending and identifies Godfrey Ablewhite as the thief who stole the diamond and placed it back in the Indian temple.

London UPI Britain The Daily Express Godfrey Ablewhite

Man Wounded in Fake Snake Joke in Parkersburg

David Hutchinson 27 was shot in the arm and chest when a fake snake prank went wrong in Parkersburg West Virginia. An unidentified friend fired a pistol at the supposed snake. Hutchinson was in critical condition at a local hospital. Police said the friend was not charged.

Parkersburg W. Va UPI David Hutchinson Stern Hutchinson

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